Erin Stevenson

Further proof that 4th graders ask the best questions:

Multiple State Reps, including Justine Caldwell, @karenalzate.bsky.social, @davidmoralesri.bsky.social, Alex Marszalkowski, Thomas E. Noret, Matt Dawson, and @jenni-furtado.bsky.social, participated in @risecstate.bsky.social's Civic Leadership Summit at the State House today.

After the LA fires, the Girl Scouts are doing it for themselves The sisterhood is coming together to help the 3,000 displaced Girl Scouts replace their signature vests — badges, pins, troop numbers and all.

The sisterhood is coming together to help the 3,000 displaced Girl Scouts replace their signature vests — badges, pins, troop numbers and all. via @laist.com

This week, Secretary Amore taught civics lessons at two schools and stopped by Mt. Hope High School to see students' civic action project. Three students organized a voter registration drive for classmates. It's great to see them putting what they have learned into practice.

The Rhode Island Department of State is joining the Bluesky community! Give us a follow to see what Secretary Amore is doing at the State House and across Rhode Island. Plus, updates about business services, civic education, elections, state history, and more! #RhodeSkyland

This job is so cool.

Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look With an audience of over 120 million people, Kendrick’s show broke viewership records. But at times it seemed designed to speak directly to me.

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance “provided a layered spectacle of cultural and political allusions, encoded in and percolating through propulsive rap,” writes the poet Tiana Clark.

Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended