Steve Klamkin & The Saturday Am News

Wendy Davis says Good Neighbors is a soup kitchen, food pantry and the only day shelter for homeless people in Rhode Island. We spoke at the recent "Good Friday Walk for Hunger and Homelessness" https://www.facebook.com/GoodNeighborsRI/

Prof. Jared Goldstein from the Roger Williams University School of Law joins the ACLU effort supporting Gov. Gina Raimondo's petition to release grand jury records from the 38 Studios investigation

Jonathan Ferrara is an artist, owner of a New Orleans art gallery that bears his name and author of "Guns in the Hands of Artists". He commissioned more than 30 fellow artists to create works from guns taken off the streets of New Orleans by police. The resulting exhibition and book highlight the problem of gun violence in America: http://bit.ly/2pCgYFN

Elizabeth Burke Bryant, the Executive Director of RI Kids Count talks about the release of the 2017 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook. It is described as "a statistical portrait of the status of Rhode Island's children and families". It is available at: http://www.rikidscount.org/DataPublications/RIKidsCountFactbook.aspx

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez visited Rhode Island, highlighting the free college tuition program being promoted by first-term Gov. Gina Raimondo. In a talk with reporters, he also discussed Democrats' values, the Senate Republican leadership's push for Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch, attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and Raimondo's prospects as a possible contender for the 2010 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Matthew Desmond - author of "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. #WPROIn its citation, the Pulitzer judges described Evicted: "For a deeply researched exposé that showed how mass evictions after the 2008 economic crash were less a consequence than a cause of poverty." In September, 2016, Desmond was the keynote speaker at the HousingWorks conference in Providence.

Jennifer Boylan, volunteer leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's Rhode Island chapter talks about their recent lobby day at the Rhode Island State House https://www.facebook.com/MomsDemandActionRI/

Narges Bajoghli, a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs talks about the Syrian chemical attack on civilians, and the U.S. missile strike in response

Meghan Grady of the YWCA of Rhode Island talks about the "Fantastic Girtastic Code Company Challenge" - a Day of Coding, STEM and Mentoring at Bryant University - learn more at http://ywcari.org/

Justin Silverman, Executive Director of the New England First Amendment Coalition nefirstamendment.org talks about threats to the First Amendment, about #FakeNews and more

Prof. Robert Hackey, Providence College health policy expert discusses "Trumpcare", the alternative to Obamacare advanced by Republican lawmakers

Renee Hobbs, URI Communications professor talks about "fake news", how the term has changed since the 2016 election and how to regard the label - made more current by President Donald Trump

Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of "New American Economy"; issues a report examining the impact of immigrants on the U.S. economy. http://www.newamericaneconomy.org/

World-renowned bassist Christian McBride talks about his new role as Artistic Director, and the opening night concert at the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival, featuring Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops @NewportJazzFest

Artist and social commentator Reza Clifton spoke to the crowd at the Women's Rally in Providence, and talks about the social movement that is taking root as a result of the Donald Trump presidency.

Mayor Jorge Elorza says Providence's policies will not change in the face of President Trump's intention to strip federal funding from so-called 'sanctuary cities' like Providence

Rev. Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III - keynote speaker at the annual Minister's Alliance M.L.K. Scholarship Breakfast at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston. #WPRO

Dr. George Charlton - Newport Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. Following the deaths of Debbie Reynolds one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher - can you die of a broken heart?

Just a few weeks after her appointment by the governor, Tina Cane talks about becoming Rhode Island's new Poet Laureate. Read her poetry and learn more at: www.tinacane.ink

Dr. Tony Wu with University Medicine offers some steps that you can take to stay healthy during #flu season