Tag: Opinion
Suffering unequal when food prices skyrocket
THE COST OF EGGS AND BREAD is soaring – a trend that’s particularly punishing for the poorest Americans.
Average food prices climbed at an annualized rate...
Most of corporate America quiet on Roe v. Wade
Corporate America – once known for carefully avoiding public stances on hot-button issues – has, in recent years, become increasingly outspoken on a host...
Businesses addressing future risks based on pandemic experience
Small-business owners in Rhode Island and across the country are reporting inflation and supply chain disruptions are impacting their businesses in big ways, according...
Hardening schools don’t really make them safer
The first real possibility for federal firearms legislation in decades has been sketched out by a bipartisan group of senators.
It comes in the wake...
Performance reviews in post-COVID era
Few office workers seem to like performance reviews, and many seem to outright hate – or fear – them.
A 2015 survey of Fortune 1000...
Here’s how to boost computer science ed
When advocates push for computer science education, usually they’re talking about boosting the number of schools offering computer science classes – with the intent...
The supply chain lesson from pandemic
COVID-19 has exposed the skewness in the globalized supply chain. During the pandemic, the disruption of the value chain was common across most, if...
Too many crops aren’t used to feed people
Rising competition for many of the world’s important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include...
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...
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