RSV, or Respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus, is common. But, due to the fact people have been isolating the last few years due to COVID, their immune systems haven’t learned how to handle most diseases. Now, kids are getting sicker than before.
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Immigration: nothing is as it seems
Mosaic is The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, which features a series of community essays. This one is by Susan Mills, a retired immigration attorney and author of On the Wings of a Hummingbird, a story about a young girl’s journey from Guatemala to the United States. She writes about some of her experiences with […]
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Election updates: McKee, Magaziner win key races in Rhode Island
Detailed coverage of the Nov. 8, 2022 general election in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Watch Hill Cove: How Congress changed the law to benefit private interests
The Watch Hill Yacht Club controls more than half of the moorings in Westerly’s exclusive Watch Hill Cove, a flashpoint for public access to Rhode Island’s coast. A new investigation found local, state and federal officials worked to change U.S. law to help keep it that way.
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Providence superintendent has plans to fix underperforming schools
Javier Montañez is the permanent superintendent of Providence public schools. He was appointed by Governor Dan McKee barely six months ago. But one big question is how much influence he has over the district after a state takeover in 2019.
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Mosaic Community Essay: King Phillip
The Public’s Radio’s podcast Mosaic has a series of community essays. This one is by Cindy Sebrell of Little Compton, Rhode Island. For me, a seven-year-old girl growing up in southern New England in the 1970s, the great Indian Chief himself still stood in that cave 300 years later. I knew this because I felt […]
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Democracy and Ukraine
The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, has a community essay series. This essay is by Dr. Michael Fine, a writer, community organizer, and family physician. He writes about going to the Ukrainian border to treat refugees and who helped him get there. When Russia invaded Ukraine, I tried to get there to help Ukrainians […]
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Artscape: URI Guitar Festival returns, Oct. 20-23
The URI Guitar Festival started as an ambitious idea by director Adam Levin more than seven years ago. It started growing when the pandemic created a major obstacle to that growth. Levin did what all directors did. He got creative. This weekend the event launches bigger than it has ever been, stretching across multiple days. It also now includes activities and events that are learning experiences for beginners and more advanced players.
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Learning U.S. History
Mosaic is The Public’s Radio podcast on immigration. Here is a community essay written for Mosaic called “Learning U.S. History.” The essay is by Young Bae, who is originally from the city of Seoul in South Korea. Click on the orange button above to listen. In 2019, approximately a year after I came to Providence, […]
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White peaches are done for the year
Mosaic is The Public’s Radio podcast on immigration and identity in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It features a series of community essays on a variety of topics. This one is by Dr. Michael Fine of Scituate, Rhode Island. I’m lucky to live on the same street as Sunset Orchards, eighteen acres of apple and peach […]