Rhode Island Tag

RI State Rep. Patricia Morgan: Keep Critical Race Theory Out Of Schools, “it is a step backwards for our country”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2021 15 Comments

Rhode Island House Representative Patricia Morgan filed a proposed bill that would prohibit the teaching in public schools or by entities that receive public fundings of concepts, like Critical Race Theory, that demonize or attempt to shame people based on race.

U. Rhode Island Denounces Prof For Criticizing “Trans-Sex Fantasy” That Someone Can Change Sexes

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2021 31 Comments

You don't hear much about it, but there is a growing divide between the transgender community and feminists who adhere to the idea that biology matters and that being a woman is about more than declaring it. At the University of Rhode Island, Professor Donna Hughes, who teaches women and gender studies, is now under fire for challenging the left's position on the issue.

Rhode Island School of Design Ordered to Pay Female Student $2.5 Million Over Sexual Assault

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2021 6 Comments

“direct and proximate result of the negligence of RISD and its officials”...

Democrat Senator Wants IRS to Investigate Conservative Student Group Over Large Gathering

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 23, 2021 19 Comments

"In light of these actions, the IRS should review whether Turning Point USA should continue to enjoy its tax-exempt nonprofit status"...

Brown University Chief of Police Resigning Amid Demands to ‘Defund the Police’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2020 5 Comments

"Brown University must confront the ways it contributes to the harmful conditions that leave Black, Brown, poor, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and disabled Rhode Islanders vulnerable to predatory policing"...

Student Activists at URI Threaten Lawsuit if Next School President isn’t a Slave Descendant

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2020 20 Comments

"if anyone reading this asks why the next president of URI must be an African-American but has never questioned why URI has had 128-years of white presidents then you must be a racist"...

URI Students Plan to Create a ‘White List’ of Profs Who Fail to Push Diversity Hiring

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2020 9 Comments

"no university could possibly maintain an all-White senior leadership for 128 years without implicitly and deliberately colluding and conspiring to exclude African-Americans"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeY64XgJtd0

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Is A Conspiracy Nutter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2020 25 Comments

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is nutter. A conspiracy nutter. It's his personality, and it preceded the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

University of Rhode Island Votes to Cancel Spring Break in 2021

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 26, 2020 1 Comment

"spring break, which was initially set for March 22, has been replaced with classes"...

URI Removing Murals Commemorating WWII Veterans for Lacking Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 12 Comments

“These murals were a snapshot in time, but the images no longer represent who we are today and where we are going in the future” ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1taqE7HAGuc

“Michael from Rhode Island” Starring At DNC as “Longstanding Republican” Voting Biden, Is A Democrat

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2020 37 Comments

Other than some of the key speeches, I skipped most of the live coverage of the Democrat National Convention. When I tried to watch, it was unbearable, like watching a never-ending public service announcement from the Ad Council. So I missed the live coverage of "Michael from Rhode Island" presented by the DNC as a "longstanding Republican for a long time" who is voting for Biden.

https://youtu.be/CZ85j6U2Fvs https://vimeo.com/5645171

Rhode Island’s “Victory [Over Japan] Day” Holiday May Fall Victim To Ongoing Historical Purge

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2020 38 Comments

"But amid the national reckoning on racism, those calls [to change the name] have been renewed ...

Naval War College Official Placed on Leave Over Pornographic Link in Email

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 03, 2020 5 Comments

“The matter is currently under investigation”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgyzdgf66eM

Connecticut pathologist’s study shows CDC coronavirus test kits generate 30% false positive results

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 19, 2020 63 Comments

As the American press paints a dire picture of all the new cases of coronavirus out there, to inspire another economy-crushing set of closures, it would be wise to step back and start questioning the numbers.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Rhode_Island.svg

“Connotation” phase of the cultural purge: Rhode Island loses its “Providence Plantations”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2020 40 Comments

Rhode Island's official full name is State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The word "Plantations" in Rhode Island history giving rise to the name has nothing to do with slave ownership or slave plantations. Rather, at the time Rhode Island was founded, the term plantation simply signified an early settlement:

Man Arrested for Allegedly Painting Swastikas on Gravestones at Providence College

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 24, 2020 11 Comments

"spray-painted swastikas, defaced multiple gravestones, then attempted to set a grass area on fire at the Dominican Cemetery on campus"...

Middle School Teacher Among Those Arrested for Allegedly Vandalizing Columbus Statue in RI

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2020 5 Comments

"Pawtucket Superintendent Cheryl McWilliams told WPRI 12 on Saturday afternoon that Garforth is out on leave pending an investigation."...

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