Tag: Op-Ed
A bit of optimism in recent climate reports
It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change has advanced so far, it’s now inevitable that societies...
The future of misinformation on Twitter?
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is acquiring Twitter in a $44 billion deal that will take the publicly traded company private.
In a filing...
Suddenly, the new U.S. union movement
In a result that could reverberate across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor Union – first formed in 2020 by Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com...
Disasters hurt affordable housing most
The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless....
Want better child care? Try entrepreneurial training
Christine Heer – a veteran preschool teacher – had long harbored a passion to run a nature-based preschool. So in 2015 she opened Sprouts...
Inflation inequality is a thing, and it’s getting worse
The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for everything from meat and...
Make healthy lives for all Rhode Islanders a top priority
Over the last few years, we’ve worked closely together as co-chairs of the Rhode Island Foundation-initiated long-term health planning effort. During that time, we’ve...
Some polarization is good, but this is bad
For the first time, the U.S. has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International Institute...
Many states unprepared for broadband windfall
The federal government is pouring billions of dollars into expanding broadband internet access. But it’s at the state level where the financial rubber meets...
Crucial competition for world’s best minds
Driven largely by the global pandemic, the number of international students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities fell by 15% – or 161,401 students...
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