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Mad Hatters Don't Have Monopoly on Patriotism

David Segal | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Election Reform, Providence Journal, Voting Rights, Progressives, Immigration, Rhode Island, Tea Party, Labor Unions, Providence, History, Dorr Rebellion, Politics News
David Segal

In Rhode Island, it was left-leaning patriots, in the form of labor activists, immigrants, and suffragists, who propelled Rhode Island towards the ratification of its constitution in 1842.

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Heading to Rhode Island Tomorrow in Support of a National Oceans Policy

Sarah Chasis | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Ocean Policy Taskforce, Economy, Atlantic Ocean, Obama Administration, Offshore Wind, Rhode Island, Whales, Healthy Oceans Policy, Offshore Renewables, Healthy Oceans, Great Lakes, New York Obama, Marine Spatial Planning, National Oceans Policy, Oceans, Fisheries, Providence, Green News
Sarah Chasis

A national ocean policy will help New York, the East Coast and the entire country better address all of these issues that affect its ocean and its Great Lakes resources.

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Hope in Real Life

Rhoades Alderson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cynicism, Progressive Movement, Hope, Health Care, Providence, Barack Obama, Progressives, Politics News
Rhoades Alderson

The president's most recent August swoon reminds us that this moment is the first real test of Obama's "hope" in the nitty-gritty of getting big things done in Washington.

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At Camp Runamock, Homeless Live By Written Contract

The New York Times | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homelessness, Economy, Homeless, Rhode Island, Providence, Recession, Politics News

The chief emerges from his tent to face the leaden morning light. It had been a rare, rough night in his homeless Brigadoon: a boozy brawl, the wieldi...

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Biden Skipping Mayors' Event Because Of Picket Line

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mayors' Conference, Joe Biden, Joe Biden Vice President, Obama, Robert Gibbs, Biden Firefighters, Biden Picket Line, Biden Strike, International Association of Firefighters, Rhode Island, Providence, David Cicilline, Eric Holder, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Steering clear of a messy labor dispute, the White House on Friday said Vice President Joe Biden and other members of President Bar...

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Providence Mayor Wants To Tax College Students

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, Taxes, Providence, David Cicilline, Brown University, Business News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The mayor of Providence wants to slap a $150-per-semester tax on the 25,000 full-time students at Brown University and three ...

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SLIDESHOW: Kids Say The Darndest Things At Anti-Tax Tea Parties

HuffPost Citizen Journalist Bess Kalb | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dan Forbes, Tea Party Photos 2009, Tea Party Ri, Providence Ri Tea Party, Barney Frank, Rhode Island, Tea Party Photos, Bess Kalb, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea for Totts, Ri Tea Party, Anti-Tax Tea Parties, Slideshow, Tea Party, Providence, Tea Bagging, Rhode Island Tea Party, Politics News

Written by Bess Kalb, a senior at Brown University, who attended the Providence, RI Tea Party as a HuffPost citizen journalist. She interviewed a s...

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Tea and Sympathy's Robert Anderson Was a Class Act: The Great Playwright Lured Deborah Kerr to Broadway

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: ACE Award, Russnow, Switzerland, Scottish Film Council, Academy Award Nomination, Deborah Kerr, Roundabout Theatre, Motion Picture Academy, The Patricia Neal Story, The Nun's Story, I Never Sang for My Father, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, David Bruce, Tea and Sympathy, WGA Award, WGA Nomination, Prime Minister Major, The Sand Pebbles, Cbe, Ben Benjamin, Until They Sail, Queen Elizabeth, Ingrid Bergman, The Reader, Tennessee Williams, Harvard Club, New York City, Arthur Miller, Robert Anderson, Michael Russnow, Providence, Klosters, Dame, Movies, The Last Act Is a Solo, Silent Night Lonely Night, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Tea and Sympathy will be remembered eternally for its final line, "Years from now when you talk about this -- and you will -- be kind" -- one of the tenderest moments in Broadway history.

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Flailing Dailies: Bye Bye Urban Newspapers?

Harry Moroz | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Tribune Company, Mayors, Bridges, Sewer Systems, Schools, Cities, Dallas, Infrastructure, Journalism, Governors, State of the News Media, New York Times, Roads, Newspapers, Honolulu, Providence, Stamford, Media News
Harry Moroz

Indeed, city dailies in a tenuous economic state would likely not close their doors completely, but instead would provide only online content or eliminate weekend service.

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