Rhode Island Liberator

A Workable Proposal for Proportional Representation in Rhode Island’s Elections

How an achievable proposal for proportional representation using lists would work in Rhode Island.

Dan McKee could anoint his successor from the stampede of candidates, but both he and his pick are taking on a lot of risk.

A flag for a community that survived thanks to good lobbying, whose leaders ran this state, and is that supposed to be a wyvern or an eagle?

A tale of dissent, fighting, and suburbanization.

It’s time we spent at least as much time listening the Democratic faithful as we do to the red-hatted supporters of insurrection.

Finishing the East Bay with Warren, a town with a bloody history.

Tiverton’s fishy past deserves a flag that reflects its rich history.

Friday Flagging looks at South Kingstown, a former capital with an absolutely brutal past, and also a lot of wool.

Going to Apple Valley to talk more about mills villages, partitions, and how suburbanization revitalized western RI.

A reader offers a suggestion for how to make the lieutenant governor matter, but I think we’ve already decided that it shouldn’t.