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Warming up to a green revolution

Action speaks!
President Obama's push for a green revolution has inevitably drawn comparisons to President Kennedy's famous call, 48 years ago, for a moon landing.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | May 13, 2009

Labor Pains

Action Speaks!
With an economy in free fall, and popular anger mounting over bailout-mania, one might expect the labor movement to be front and center. But the streets are relatively quiet. And the nation seems as ambivalent as ever about unionism. There is, in short, plenty of fodder for discussion.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | May 06, 2009

Keeping 'the Hope' alive on Fountain Street

As the ProJo turns
The decline of the American newspaper is a story often told in bold print.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | May 06, 2009

Is the American Dream a nightmare?

Action Speaks!
Action Speaks!, AS220's panel discussion series, continues with a topic near and dear to us here in little Rhody — failure.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | April 29, 2009

Eyes on the prize

Hold on, Linc Chafee! Dems Frank Caprio, Patrick Lynch, and Elizabeth Roberts would also like to be governor in 2010
We interrupt the Lincoln Chafee buzz fest to bring you this little nugget of news: there are a few Democrats who'd like to be governor, too.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | April 22, 2009