Jan 1st, 2009 · Claiborne Pell, the six-term U.S. senator who created a program that helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, has died. He was 90. His family noted that the Rhode Island senator defined his job in seven words: "Translate ideas into actions and help people."
Nov 26th, 2008 · Americans are feeling the effects of the financial crisis — whether it's because of a dwindling 401(k) or a home that's lost value or a job that's not so secure. One Rhode Island software developer tells economist Simon Johnson that he has stopped shopping.
Nov 25th, 2008 · Nationality, tradition and belonging: The themes of Jhumpa Lahiri's fiction spring from the complexities of the author's own life. Born to Indian parents in London and raised in Rhode Island, Lahiri says she's struggled for four decades to feel like she belonged in America.
Oct 29th, 2008 · John Updike's once unstoppable magic sisters return to their former haunts in the sequel to his 1984 novel The Witches of Eastwick. Thirty years have passed, and The Widows of Eastwick are back in their seaside Rhode Island town coming to terms with their declining power and sexuality.
Oct 7th, 2008 · Host Michel Martin kicks off Rhode Island's Freedom Festival with a conversation on a bicentennial commemoration, marking the end of the transatlantic slave trade. Martin is joined by filmmaker Katrina Browne, Africana Studies professor Dr. James Campbell, Mary-Kim Arnold and the Rev. Jeffery A. Williams, head pastor at the Cathedral of Life.
Sep 24th, 2008 · Big power companies in Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut will be required to buy allowances for every ton of gas their plant emits. The auction of greenhouse gas allowances is part of a plan to start reducing carbon emissions. Four other states—New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Delaware, will participate in later auctions.
Apr 16th, 2008 · Lincoln Chafee, a former U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, has been the called the most liberal Republican in the Senate. He voted against several controversial issues, such as war in Iraq and same sex marriage. He is currently registered as an Independent. Chafee joins Fresh Air to talk about his new book, Against the Tide. It is an insider's memoir about George w. Bush's fist six years in the White House.
Mar 5th, 2008 · Hillary Clinton's presidential primary victories in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas came with support from older women, blue collar workers and white men -- a group Clinton has been unable to garner much support from in recent weeks. On primary night in Ohio, some of the folks who threw their support behind Clinton explain why.