Political Science Professor Jeff Colgan is Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University. #WPRO  

The lab looked at nine internationally – oriented climate pledges made by the Biden campaign during the 2020 campaign, and found how many have been met, and those that require further action. The report is called BIDEN @100 DAYS: A Climate Foreign-Policy Scorecard  https://tinyurl.com/9ynrdvz   

 

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Charlie Merrow, CEO of Merrow Manufacturing.  #WPRO  

Merrow Manufacturing, based in Fall River, is producing medical garments and equipment using a unique, closed-loop process that recycles plastic soda bottles. Medical gowns, masks, surgical caps, scrubs and more are made using a first-of-its-kind process to make recycled polyester yarn.  http://merrowmfg.com 

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Dr. Rudolph Tanzi is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Vice-Chair of the Neurology Department at Massachusetts General Hospital. #WPRO  

He is helping to launch BrainGuide, a new tool to help provide early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.  https://mybrainguide.org/  

 

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Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks about President Joe Biden's plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. homeland. #WPRO 

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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) weighs in on the day President Joe Biden outlines his two-trillion dollar infrastructure package.  #WPRO 

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Lisa Carnevale, Executive Director and co-founder of DESIGNxRI #WPRO 

DESIGNxRI announces recipients of its annual Providence Design Catalyst Program  http://www.designxri.com/programs/pvd-design/ 

DESIGNxRI describes itself as a nonprofit economic development organization with a mission to create an opportunity-driven environment for RI designers, design businesses, and the design sector to thrive. 

 

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David Beauchesne, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. #WPRO 

The season continues for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, with a loosening of coronavirus restrictions allowing for a slightly larger audience in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, and the hope for still more people in the months to come. Performances are also viewable online. 

This weekend's performances feature violinist Jennifer Frautschi and guest conductor Leonard Slatkin. 

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Congressman David Cicilline is promoting passage in the Senate of House-passed bills initiating "universal background checks" for gun sales to screen felons, domestic abusers and others considered a danger to themselves or others, and to close a loophole that allows for the sale of a firearm even if a background check is not completed within three business days. 

Joining Cicilline were Tonya King Harris, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Diana Garlington (pictured). Her daughter Essence was the victim of a shooting in 2011 in Providence. 

https://cicilline.house.gov/  http://www.ricadv.org/en/https://www.facebook.com/Author-Diana-Garlington-107483847577374 

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Peter Nightingale is a coordinator with the Poor People's Campaign in Rhode Island. #WPRO 

The group is pressing for state leaders to address more than a dozen priorities, including: systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism and religious nationalism. The group is also concerned about countering a drive toward voter suppression. 

https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/rhode-island/ 

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State Senator Jonathon Acosta (D-Central Falls & Pawtucket) is co-sponsoring bills aimed at prison reforms. #WPRO

Among the bills are measures that would end the use of private prisons in Rhode Island like the Wyatt Detention Center in Central...