WELLFLEET, Mass. – I’m a big fan of Jen Psaki, the White House Press Secretary under President Joseph Biden.I don’t know about you, but I sure am enjoying watching the daily press … more

Part ONEPROVIDENCE – Cynical journalists and writers though we may have been when we began our careers years before, ConvergenceRI editor and publisher Richard Asinof and I first met in 1993 … more

PROVIDENCE – Narrative matters, perhaps as much as ZIP codes do in determining health and economic outcomes, it turns out.Facts matter, too. More than 567,000 U.S. residents have died from … more

PROVIDENCE – One of the losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is the inability to sit down and talk with folks in person, face-to-face, an integral part of my interviewing strategy. Such … more

PROVIDENCE – The corporate advertising slogan lasted longer than most: “Here with you. Here for you.” Not any more.The promise by National Grid, a British-owned utility, to always … more

PROVIDENCE – In the midst of the terrible COVID pandemic, investments by the Rhode Island Foundation in the last year have served, in many ways, as the glue that has kept Rhode Island from … more