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By Will Weatherly on August 7, 2018
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Brown attacked pension cuts for state employees dating back to Governor Raimondo’s previous role as state treasurer at a town-hall style “Restore Our Pensions” event at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence on Monday evening. The event came mere hours after WPRI published polling results showing Brown lagging behind in name […]
Posted in Economics, Education, Elections, Featured, Labor, News, Pensions | Tagged Adam Lupino, Allan Fung, Education, Elections, Gina Raimondo, Labor, Mari Beth Calabro, Matt Brown, pensions, Providence Teacher's Union, seth magaziner |
By Will Weatherly on June 27, 2018
As the deadline to run for elected office came and went Wednesday afternoon, there are more than a few political newcomers—many young, and many centered around social justice—that could constitute the makings of a progressive wave in Rhode Island. Governor Most notable might be the governor’s race, where Matt Brown promises to give incumbent Governor […]
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By John McDaid on June 25, 2018
Last night’s RI Democratic State committee meeting offered no surprises in the outcome — incumbent Governor Raimondo and Lt. Gov. McKee received expected endorsements — but the process of getting there provided moments of conflict that illuminated tensions within the Party. The convention of the more than 100 members of the state committee — city […]
Posted in Elections, Featured | Tagged aaron regunberg, Dan McKee, Democrats, election, Gina Raimondo, gov18, Matt Brown, Nellie Gorbea, RI, RI Democratic Party, seth magaziner |
By Steve Ahlquist on September 5, 2017
With the events of Charlottesville and the death of Heather Hyer still smoldering in our memories, hundreds of Rhode Islanders representing dozens of labor, political and advocacy groups came together to celebrate the accomplishments of organized labor and to condemn racism, white supremacy and the rise of fascism.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Events, Featured, Inequality, Labor, News, Photos, Providence, Race & Racism, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, AFL-CIO, black lives matter, Brown University, Burnside Park, Charles Jones, Charlottesville, Coalition of Labor Union Women, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Democratic Socialists of America, donald trump, DSA, Free Hugo, fuerza laboral, Heather Hyer, Hugo Mejia, IBT Local 251, IUPAT, Javier Juarez, John Brown Gun Club, Justin Kelley, labor day, Latino Policy Institute, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Matthew Taibi, Maureen Martin, Michael Araujo, Paul MacDonald, Paul Roselli, Providence Career & Technical Academy, Providence Central Labor Council, providence student union, Raul Figueroa, Resist Hate RI, Rhode Island Jobs with Justice, Rhode Island State House, Right to Work, Sabina Matos, Scott Malloy, seth magaziner, university of rhode island, What Cheer? Band |
By Steve Ahlquist on June 16, 2017
Deep divisions of race and class among the Ward 3 neighborhoods were noted. It was obvious that Ward 3 is more a collection of neighborhoods than a unified Ward.
Posted in Class Warfare, Criminal Justice, Economics, Elections, Featured, Inequality, Photos, Politics, Providence, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, Angie Ankoma, Christopher Reynolds, Daniel Chaika, David Lallier, John Lombardi, Kevin Jackson, Mark Santow, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School, Mike Ritz, Mt Hope Neighborhood Association, Nirva LaFortune, Observatory Neighborhood Association, Providence Ward 3, seth magaziner, the Summit Neighborhood Association, un-debate |
By Bob Plain on February 16, 2017
Rhode Island is taking money away from Mr. Potter and giving it to George Bailey, to put General Treasurer Seth Magaziner’s latest initiative into “It’s a Wonderful Life” terms. More specifically, the state is taking money out of big, nationwide banks and investing it with local, Rhode Island lenders. “We want to support institutions that […]
Posted in Business, Economics, Featured, State House | Tagged bank local, credit union, Home Loan, magaziner, seth magaziner |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 30, 2017
Cheryl Al-Sasah’s story about a boy who is fleeing Syria for the safety of America is a perfect example of what’s going so wrong with our country right now.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Featured, Immigration, International News, National News, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, Abdelnasser Hussein, AHOPE, Americans Helping Others Prosper, Cheryl Al-Sasah, Coalition for Safer Rhodes, Community Safety Act, CSA, DARE, David Cicilline, direct action for rights and equality, Donald Anderson, donald trump, FANG Collective, Georgia Hollister-Isman, Gina Raimondo, Islamic School of Rhode Island, Jeanine Calkin, jorge elorza, Laufton Ascencao-Longo, Michele Dardashti, Mufti Ikram ul Haq, Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement, RICMA, sanctuary, Sarath Suong, Seena Chan, seth magaziner, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sophia Wright, Sterk Zaza, syria, Vanessa Flores-Maldonado, Working Families Party RI |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 30, 2017
Two thousand people arrived at the Rhode Island State House Saturday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting Muslims and refugees.
Posted in Activism, Featured, Immigration, International News, National News, Photos, Politics, Religion, State House | Tagged aaron regunberg, Abdelnasser Hussein, David Cicilline, Donald Anderson, Georgia Hollister-Isman, Gina Raimondo, Jeanine Calkin, jorge elorza, Laufton Ascencao, Michele Dardashti, Mufti Ikram ul Haq, Providence Youth Student Movement, PrYSM, Sarath Suong, seth magaziner, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sofia Wright, Sterk Zara, Vanessa Flores-Maldonado |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 27, 2017
Rhode Island residents who make $54,000 a year or less may be entitled to an earned income tax credit as well as free tax preparation.
Posted in Economics, Featured, Poverty, Rhode Island, State House, Taxes, Video | Tagged Barbara Cottam, Ben Lessing, citizens bank, Community Care Alliance, Comprehensive Community Action, David Cicilline, earned income tax credit, Economic Progress Institute, EITC, Federal Hill House, gayle goldin, Gina Raimondo, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, James Langevin, Joanne McGunagle, jorge elorza, Providence VITA Coalition, Rachel Flum, Rhode Island Community Action Association, Rhode Island State House, RICAA, Sara Morales, Scotte Slater, seth magaziner, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tony Maione, United Way of Rhode Island, VITA, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 8, 2017
“If you’re going to have a successful entrepreneurial climate,” said RI General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, “you have to have a climate where it’s okay to take risks and it’s okay to fail…”
Posted in Business, Civil Rights, Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, News, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged Nellie Gorbea, Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit, seth magaziner, social safety net |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 8, 2017
Powerful business interests spend the day hammering out their legislative priority wishlist and present them directly to elected officials. One-stop shopping.
Posted in Business, Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Economics, Energy, Events, Featured, Inequality, Infrastructure, Labor, News, Photos, Politics, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged Bryant University, Bryant University Academic Innovation Center, Center for Women & Enterprise, Daniel DaPonte, Daniel MicKee, Deborah Ruggiero, Dominick Ruggerio, Evan Shanley, Gary Ezovski, Gina Raimondo, Grafton Willey, Jean-Phillippe Barros, John Gregory, john simmons, Joseph McNamara, Len Lardaro, Leonidas Raptakis, Mark Deion, Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, Miriam Ross, Neil Steinberg, Nellie Gorbea, Nicholas Mattiello, Oscar Mejias, Ralph Coppola, Rhode Island Foundation, Rhode Island Public Expenditures Council, Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit, RIPEC, Robert Lancia, Sandra Cano, senate finance committee, seth magaziner, social safety net, Susan Rittscher, university of rhode island, US Small Business Administration |
By Steve Ahlquist on December 16, 2016
“The results of the recent election isn’t going to erode our core beliefs. It’s not going to weaken our commitment to our core beliefs.”
Posted in Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Featured, Gun Control, National News, News, Race & Racism, Rhode Island, Video, Women | Tagged David Cicilline, donald trump, First Unitarian Church of Providence, Gina Raimondo, Religious Coalition for a Violence-Free Rhode Island, seth magaziner |
By Bob Plain on November 30, 2016
General Treasurer Seth Magaziner began pushing some of the corporations the state invests with to be more socially responsible in April. Since then the $8 billion pension fund used its proxy voting power to withhold affirmative votes for either excessive executive compensation or lack of racial or gender diversity on boards of directors from 257 […]
Posted in Economics, Energy, Featured, Inequality | Tagged ConocoPhillips, pension, proxy vote, seth magaziner, shareholder engagement, shareholder resolution, shareholder revolution, Wells Fargo |
By Planned Parenthood Votes! RI PAC on November 18, 2016
“Rhode Island voters made their support for reproductive rights clear during the primary,” said Rep. Edie Ajello (D-Providence), a long-time pro-women’s health leader at the State House. “I look forward to working with my new colleagues to expand reproductive freedom and change our embarrassing F rating from NARAL.”
Posted in Featured, Reproductive Rights, Rhode Island, Women, Youth | Tagged Craig O’Connor, David Cicilline, Edie Ajello, gayle goldin, Gina Raimondo, jack reed, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, Senator Whitehouse, seth magaziner |
By Will Collette on September 28, 2016
I spoke to Seth this afternoon about his new plan for the pension funds which was unanimously approved today by the State Investment Commission.
Posted in Corporate Greed, Featured, News, Pensions, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged General Treasurer, hedge funds, investment, pension, seth magaziner, State Investment Commission |
By Steve Ahlquist on September 16, 2016
In 2016, Treasurer Seth Magaziner has voted “no” on executive compensation plans at 75 companies, including Facebook, eBay, and the parent company of Google, “due to a misalignment between CEO pay and company performance or because the compensation plans were deemed excessive or otherwise inappropriate.”
Posted in Activism, Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Featured, Inequality, National News, News, Rhode Island | Tagged ceo pay, Economic Policy institute, Facebook, seth magaziner |
By Steve Ahlquist on June 23, 2016
The RI State Investment Commission voted to invest $20 million with GEM Realty Capital, despite the company’s claim that the health and safety of employees at the Sofitel Los Angeles Hotel in Los Angeles, one of the many properties owned by the company, is not something they can have any affect on.
Posted in Class Warfare, Featured, Labor, News, Pensions, Rhode Island | Tagged Gina Raimondo, nlrb, Rhode Island Progressive Democrats, RIPDA, Sam Bell, seth magaziner, unite here |
By Andrew Stewart on May 9, 2016
California, the state Gov. Gina Raimondo was visiting for a fundraiser to promote her pension policies, and New York have recently divested from high-risk, high-cost hedge funds like those the Rhode Island fund invests in. One New York City official in an April 14 Reuters story said of hedge fund managers, “Let them sell their […]
Posted in Featured, Pensions | Tagged hedge funds, pension, seth magaziner, ted siedle |
By Bob Plain on April 27, 2016
It’s morning again in Rhode Island. At least that’s what it feels like to the progressive left the day after Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in the Ocean State’s presidential primary poll. The socialist-leaning senator from Vermont all but conceded the nomination to the more conservative Clinton after losing four other states in the so-called […]
Posted in Elections, Featured | Tagged aaron regunberg, Bernie Sanders, Gina Raimondo, Nellie Gorbea, Rhode Island, seth magaziner, Sheldon Whitehouse |
By Bob Plain on April 20, 2016
Treasurer Seth Magaziner has a plan to make corporate board rooms more diverse. Rhode Island’s pension fund will vote against appointing white men to corporate boards of directors that are already comprised of mostly white men. “Research has shown that diversity leads to better performance. It’s true in government, it’s true in education and its […]
Posted in Economics, Featured, Race & Racism, Women | Tagged diversity, race, seth magaziner |
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