Higher Education Labor United (HELU) @higheredlabor.bsky.social A national coalition from all ranks of higher education workers across the country organizing to guarantee higher education for all. 
Jeanine Calkin @jeaninecalkin.bsky.social Former RI State Senator, 2016 DNC Delegate for Bernie Sanders, Founder RI For Bernie. Policy/Strategy advisor. ♿️
Wheeler Cowperthwaite @wheelerreporter.bsky.social Journalist.
Providence Journal reporter.
Editor, NMHomicides.com. Past: Patriot Ledger, Cape Cod Times, Rio Grande SUN
providencejournal.com
Rob Smith @robesmit.bsky.social 'Trampling underfoot wasteful freeways and needless suburbs.'
Reporting on the environment for ecoRI News.
Bill Bartholomew @billbartholomew.bsky.social Host, "Bartholomewtown" wherever you get pods and WPRO radio in New England
Carlos R Munoz @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social I’m a reporter at the Boston Globe in Rhode Island. Reach out at carlos.munoz@globe.com.
☀️ Env Science undergrad @uarizona.bsky.social CALES.
Elizabeth Turley @elizabethturley.bsky.social Distribution producer at @wpri12.bsky.social. I write the social media posts! Hofstra grad. All views my own, reposts ≠ endorsements. she/her/hers
Ted Nesi @tednesi.bsky.social NEE-see. Politics editor + investigative reporter at WPRI 12 (CBS) in RI/MA. Contributor on RI PBS Weekly. Adjunct at Wheaton. #GirlDad and lucky husband.
Mary Baker @cebus.bsky.social Anthropologist/Primatologist
Working on trash management and human wildlife interactions. Medicinal plant use by non-human primates.
Professor, Rhode Island College
Art and nature are everything.
JenStewart4RI.bsky.social @jenstewart4ri.bsky.social State Representative for District 59 - Oak Hill, Woodlawn, Pawtucket, R.I. Teacher and Community Advocate. A Brave Voice for Rhode Island.
Tiara Mack @mackdistrict6.bsky.social Senator for RI District 6. She/Her. Queer🌈 Rugby Player🏉Abortion Fundraiser 💜Protect Trans People ✊🏾🏳️⚧️ Pay a living wage 💵Tenant Rights 🏡
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State.
https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse
Ora Szekely @oraszekely.bsky.social Political science professor | political violence and civil war in the Middle East | very pro-Rhode Island. 
Michelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com Reporter at Guardian US. Ex-@APNews
Investigating the forces behind attacks on science and public health
Reach me on Signal: mrsmith.123
michelle.smith@theguardian.com
Based in Providence, Rhode Island
Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social Business Reporter covering retail, restaurants, and the consumer economy for The Boston Globe | I also write The Food Club newsletter. Sign up: globe.com/rifoodclub
Tips: Alexa.Gagosz@globe.com | Signal/Text: 401-400-1595
David Segal @davidsegalri.bsky.social Cofounded Demand Progress. Former RI State Rep + PVD City Council.
Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social Rhode Island State Senator. Democrat. Planetary Geologist.
Uprise RI @upriseri.com RI's advocate, covering local issues, consumer advocacy, and government. Now with more local coverage than any other Rhode Island news outlet.
✨ Use BillBuddy to check out the latest bills at the State House as they are released - upriseri.com/newbills
zack mezera @handle.invalid Builder with Working Families Party: @ri.workingfamilies.org + @workingfamilies.org. Builder of Movement Services: @movementservices.org. Dad to Scoop the Dog. "It's dangerous to go alone." he/him. ✴️
David N. Cicilline @davidcicilline.bsky.social President & CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, Former Member of Congress & Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
Gayle G @gaylegifford.bsky.social Nonprofit nerd,
News junkie, bikes, hikes, nature, peace
Meghan E Kallman @meghankallman.bsky.social Sociologist, Professor at UMass Boston's School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, Democratic State Senator in RI's District 15. Trumpeter in @erbband.bsky.social. I believe in my #community.
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social Politics Prof.| Kettering Foundation Research Fellow| Author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social Based in Providence, RI. Jack of All Trades. Providing radio broadcasting engineering via www.LandRbroadcastservices.com
John Marion @johnmarion.bsky.social Husband. Father. Cyclist. Luge aficionado. Election audit proselytizer. Coffee consumer. ED of Common Cause Rhode Island.
Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Climate change social scientist. Collaborator, determined dreamer, dad. Director, @ClimateSSN.bsky.social And @climatedevlab.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu CSSN.org personal account; reskeets NE endorsement
Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social PVD, RI, USA.
"My kingdom for a plumbing license."
Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/
Alex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com Providence-born, bred and based guy. Writer of HowToEatACity.com and SelfIndugentClaptrap.com 🥑mk2
Alex Kithes @alexkithes.bsky.social Executive Director of @rebuildwoonmovemnt.bsky.social. Former Woonsocket (RI) City Councilor. Lefty organizer. Climate guy. Greek, gay, artist, writer, UMC ✝️. Son of immigrants, and willing to fight for someone I don't know
Jeremy Bernfeld @jeremybernfeld.bsky.social I'm the investigations editor at The Public's Radio, RI's NPR station. Used to be editor of Guns & America, director of collaborative reporting at WAMU, Harvest Public Media. I like your dog. he/him
RI Working Families Party @ri.workingfamilies.org Rhode Island chapter of the Working Families Party: @WorkingFamilies.org. We’re building a multiracial movement of working people to win governing power and transform the Ocean State. ✴️ Text RHODY to 30403 to join.
Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social Murrow Award-winning political reporter for Ocean State Media, RI’s NPR and PBS station; baseball fan; love good food, dogs and Little Rhody
Teresa Tanzi 🚲🚌🟧🐓🐝🐾🍞🧀 @tanzister.bsky.social Representing the people of Narragansett, Peace Dale & Wakefield in the RI House of Representatives since 2010. Co-Founder of the #ReformCaucus, keeper of bees, baker of breads,rouser of rabble and dog foster mom.
#MeToo
Wendy Schiller @profwschiller.bsky.social Alison S. Ressler Professor of Political Science, Brown University Director Taubman Center for American Politics & Policy. DM for Media Requests
Frank Caprio @frankcaprio.bsky.social I'm a retired judge and television personality from Providence, Rhode Island. Who served as the Chief Judge of the Providence Municipal Court for over 30 years before retiring in 2019.
The Pell Center @pellcenter.bsky.social A multidisciplinary research center at Salve Regina University that examines issues at the intersection of politics, policies, and ideas.
Lindsay Houck @lindzolotl.bsky.social Asst prof at Rhode Island College studying space & scene perception by day | Runner, cat & dog mom, hiker, and D&D nerd by night. She/Hers 💜🖤🤍💚
Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social Central American and Imperial Lit | Higher Ed Section Editor @publicbooks.bsky.social | University lecturer & onetime union staffer | Go easy, step lightly, stay free. |
Patrick Laverty @patricklaverty.com IT security consultant. Creator of Layer 8 Conference and Podcast. Bruins hockey, I play golf. I have a dog and two cats.
"You'll always be here with me, even if you're gone, you'll always have my love, your memory will live on!" - DKM, Rose Tattoo
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha @peterneronha.bsky.social Official account for the Office of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha
Tim White @timwhiteri.bsky.social Investigative reporter for the CBS affiliate in Providence, R.I. | Co-author of the organized crime book “The Last Good Heist.” | Adjunct professor of media law at Roger Williams University
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social Journalist.
Cat dad.
Rhode Islander.
Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'"
https://philipeil.com/
MariaECimini @mariaecimini.bsky.social Promoter of Progressive values, working for social justice, economic security and equity.
3rd gen Rhode Islander.
Posts are my own. she/her
Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social Reporter at steveahlquist.news covering Rhode Island Politics and Social Justice
Proudly anti-fascist
@♌︎✝︎⍗f△
Rebecca Kislak @rebeccakislak.bsky.social RI mom, lawyer and state representative. https://www.rebeccakislak.com
AFT @aft.org Education | Healthcare | Public Services
Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social Han Shot first. Making trouble @ Firekit Campaigns and baking pie. Formerly AFT, New Organizing, Obama '08. It's good to punch Nazis. https://linktr.ee/evanyellsatclouds
ATG @atgarland.bsky.social flying through life 
Sarah Jaffe @sarahljaffe.bsky.social Troublemaker. Vagrant. Author of From the Ashes, Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble.
Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social Union Flight Attendant since 1996 and president of the Flight Attendant Union, @afacwa.org, 55k at 20 airlines. Sanders Institute fellow. @unionnow.org founder. (she/her)
Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social Senior writer, Intelligencer/New York Magazine. Bible Bonkers professional
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning journalist, historian..."Golden State," my new history of California (the resistance state) is now out in paperback! Details at michaelhiltzik.com. And find my columns at www.latimes.com/hiltzik
Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social Avuncular unionist, uxorious husband, labor historian, cat guy. "Who's Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions" available now. Lives in Minnesota. Posts are personal. The cat in the profile pic is Laverne, aka Peanut.
https://bit.ly/4l7Avet
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.
Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social Senior reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work 
Lauren Kaori Gurley @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social Labor Reporter @washingtonpost also covering immigration & the economy, formerly @vice
Tips? Signal: laurengurley.35 / lauren.gurley@washpost.com
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social Labor Reporter at @TheGuardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-sainato
Faiz Shakir @faiz.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director of @MorePerfectUnion.bsky.social
C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️ @thehousered.bsky.social class war hooligan
president, @7mountainsafl.bsky.social
member, @newsguild.org
he/him
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social Labor historian; Founding Director Emeritus, Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor; past president, Labor & Working Class History Assn (LAWCHA)
Alex Press @alexnpress.bsky.social I’m me ✌️
Carol Kim @carolkim.bsky.social Dreamer & doer. Working towards a kinder, healthier world. Business Manager of San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council. CEO of NCPA. She/her/hers. Opinions = my own.- G Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt.bsky.social Retired New York Times labor reporter, senior fellow Century Foundation, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social AFT President. Teacher. Unionist. Fighting for a better life for children, families & communities through educ & eco opportunity, fairness & freedom & democracy Wife of Sharon Kleinbaum.
Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
puja @pujalovesunions.bsky.social abolish ICE now.
Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social hype man for unions [@OFTunion comms director]. organizer. baker. cyclist. tarotist. dad. baseball watcher. yinzer at heart, ohioan by accident.
opinions=mine only & often bad.
Diana Hussein @dianah.bsky.social Unions. heyadiana on that bird site. Comms at the mighty UAW. Formerly UNITE HERE. Lebanese American from the mighty Dearborn, MI. Lifelong Detroit sports fan. Living in DC. Detroit Lions Super Bowl champs!!!
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. My Substack: www.weekendreading.net
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment.
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
Dripped Out Trade Unionists @uniondrip.bsky.social Unions for all
working on my wife's Assembly race - https://www.jackie4assembly.com
Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer
NYT Columns
https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dynarski
https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski
www.susandynarski.com
Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
Email: Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com
jenn d @jdiagostino.bsky.social Connecticut resident, WNYer at heart. I like cats, knitting, birds, and data. Opinions are mine, not my org's.
Ed Baptiste @edbaptiste.bsky.social Dad of numerous sons. Do elections and union stuff, often at the same time.
Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social (They) Digital & narrative trainings.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. #CountryRockSunday https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
David Levy @itsdlevy.me Middle-aged gay man.
Comms at Actors’ Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social)
Cohost of Muppeturgy (@muppeturgy.com)
Stamford, CT
(he/him/his)
Denis McLaughlin @mcldenisj.bsky.social Current: Politics for AFT | Past: Comms for Democrats, ACLU-FL, PA AFL-CIO | Recovered
Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social Stratcomms ▶️ @pacificastrategies.bsky.social | Priors include: Sen. Harry Reid; Rep. Louise Slaughter; Common Cause; CREDO Mobile | More ▶️ pacificastrategies.com
Obsessions: UCLA, Manchester United w/ a side of 49ers | Repost or like =/= endorsement.
alexandra @aliemalie.bsky.social things i care about: fair courts and judicial noms, cats, abortion, protecting our LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, unions, gardening, knowing i’m on the right side of history (she/her)
tx | mn | dc | hn
Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social He/Him, Dorchester, dad, teacher, proud member of Boston Teachers Union (get on bsky, BTU!), @aftmass.bsky.social and @aftunion.bsky.social. Support my run for BTU exec board here: https://forms.gle/NPmv3vjetzYs19sQ9
bonnie // 嘉茵 ✨ @bonniejin.bsky.social 💪: gen z union girlie
🌳: boston ma • sidewalk socialist • she/她
✍️: writing, designing, reading, walking
🎓: jhu • opinions very mine
Dane Ryan @daneryan.bsky.social Twin Cities based union staff, outdoor enthusiast, general cool guy. 
Ringuette @ringuette.bsky.social Chronically sleep-deprived. Not in the mood for fascism. Former Cassandra.
April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social union gal, wife+pre-k mom, political communicator, love da Mets ⚾️, tennis nerd, socialist swiftie⸆⸉, recovering actor + bartender. views mine alone!
https://linktr.ee/aprilglick
📍 ny/west mass 🏔️🏙️
💼 @citizenactionny.org
Jake McIntyre @jakemcintyre.bsky.social At the banquet table of life, there are no reserved seats.
716 -> 808 -> 202
Go Bills.
AFL-CIO @aflcio.org America's Labor Unions, representing nearly 15 million members across the country.
Antonia Noori Farzan @antoniafarzan.bsky.social Providence Journal reporter, aspiring swamp Yankee
afarzan@providencejournal.com
Ray Baccari Jr. @raybaccari.bsky.social MMJ at Iowa’s News Now | Fmr: WPRI; Beacon Communications | Likes & Reposts not always endorsements
Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com Rhode Islander, education union data organizer and Democratic ward committee member. Recovering comms pro, RI's leading vexillologist (probably). Occasionally blogs at riliberator.com
Alessandra Bazo Vienrich @doctoraldreamer.bsky.social Sociologist studying Latinx immigrants, race, and education. Associate Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College. Born and raised in 🇵🇪, Came of age in North Carolina 🇺🇸. Living in Central MA and working in Providence, RI. Former DACA recipient.
Brandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social Professor of English at Rhode Island College (views my own). I’m a nerd for medieval things, biblical apocrypha, Star Wars, LotR, & Magic (TCG). He/him.
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
AFT-Oregon @aft-oregon.org We are a state affiliate of the AFT, AFL-CIO. Our local unions represent over 19,000 workers in K-12, community college & higher education in faculty, academic professional & classified positions, as well as child care workers. https://lnk.bio/AFTOregon