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.
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People on food stamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up.
SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”
People on food stamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
People on food stamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up.
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“The Era of the Taylor Swift Tax” is live!
RI Senator @meghankallman.bsky.social shares how taxing millionaires on 2nd homes could raise the public funds we need — for housing, schools, and stronger communities — without driving away investors.
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RI Senator @meghankallman.bsky.social shares how taxing millionaires on 2nd homes could raise the public funds we need — for housing, schools, and stronger communities — without driving away investors.
🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“The Era of the Taylor Swift Tax” is live!
RI Senator @meghankallman.bsky.social shares how taxing millionaires on 2nd homes could raise the public funds we need — for housing, schools, and stronger communities — without driving away investors.
🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
RI Senator @meghankallman.bsky.social shares how taxing millionaires on 2nd homes could raise the public funds we need — for housing, schools, and stronger communities — without driving away investors.
🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
One of my favorite conversations lately! Got to join @rwulaw.bsky.social to shine a light on our upside-down tax code: working people shoulder more burden than wealthy ones. We dig into our housing crisis and what’s being done to fix it, and the Taylor Swift Tax: www.podbean.com/media/share/...
The Era of the Taylor Swift Tax
Rhode Island Senator Meghan Kallman joins us to break down the much-talked-about proposal known as the “Taylor Swift Tax” and the ABCs of tax policy.
She’s calling for wealthy non-residents with secon...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One of my favorite conversations lately! Got to join @rwulaw.bsky.social to shine a light on our upside-down tax code: working people shoulder more burden than wealthy ones. We dig into our housing crisis and what’s being done to fix it, and the Taylor Swift Tax: www.podbean.com/media/share/...
I was elected to help make life easier and fairer for regular people. There is *no reason* for us to accept the increasing concentration of wealth at the top while ordinary folks lack affordable housing, health care and food. My op-ed in @globeri.bsky.social:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
As income inequality grows, a state senator renews the call to strengthen Rhode Island’s safety net - The Boston Globe
We must not accept the increasing concentration of wealth at the top while ordinary people lack affordable housing, health care and even food, she writes.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I was elected to help make life easier and fairer for regular people. There is *no reason* for us to accept the increasing concentration of wealth at the top while ordinary folks lack affordable housing, health care and food. My op-ed in @globeri.bsky.social:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
SNAP benefits are expiring tomorrow. Information on how to fight, hunger here:
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
SNAP benefits are expiring tomorrow. Information on how to fight, hunger here:
The two people sitting in front of me on the train moved from pleasantries-with-strangers, to brief personal histories, to discovering they have mutual friends, to planning a date in the last 20 minutes. I needed a dose of cute in my life today and the universe delivered❣️
October 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The two people sitting in front of me on the train moved from pleasantries-with-strangers, to brief personal histories, to discovering they have mutual friends, to planning a date in the last 20 minutes. I needed a dose of cute in my life today and the universe delivered❣️
Who has two thumbs and just submitted her book manuscript to the publisher (and only six weeks late)? This girl. Stay tuned at @columbiaup.bsky.social :)
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Who has two thumbs and just submitted her book manuscript to the publisher (and only six weeks late)? This girl. Stay tuned at @columbiaup.bsky.social :)
What a treat to talk with the fine folx at @rwulaw.bsky.social this morning! Stay tuned for an upcoming podcast episode on tax equity, housing, and why the Taylor Swift Tax makes sense for working people.
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What a treat to talk with the fine folx at @rwulaw.bsky.social this morning! Stay tuned for an upcoming podcast episode on tax equity, housing, and why the Taylor Swift Tax makes sense for working people.
No kings. Now or ever.
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
No kings. Now or ever.
Always and forever proud to be a Smithie <3 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
Women’s colleges reaffirm their support of trans women in face of Trump’s DEI attacks - The Boston Globe
With the White House confronting universities over DEI policies, some women’s colleges are using the moment to reassert their core values.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Always and forever proud to be a Smithie <3 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
I'm late to the party, but it's Mountain Day! Big love to all my Smith College sibs today <3
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm late to the party, but it's Mountain Day! Big love to all my Smith College sibs today <3
Joined @nbcnews.com to talk about my Taylor Swift Tax: millionaire flight is a myth. A fair tax code is an "affront to wealthy people?" Cue the world's smallest violin. Working RIers can't afford a home, and I'll stand on the side of the people til I'm six feet under. www.nbcnews.com/video/rhode-...
Rhode Island senator proposes 'Taylor Swift Tax' for vacation homes
A Rhode Island senator has proposed a tax on vacation homes valued at over $1 million called the "Taylor Swift Tax." Proponents of the tax say the revenue could be used to build more affordable housin...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Joined @nbcnews.com to talk about my Taylor Swift Tax: millionaire flight is a myth. A fair tax code is an "affront to wealthy people?" Cue the world's smallest violin. Working RIers can't afford a home, and I'll stand on the side of the people til I'm six feet under. www.nbcnews.com/video/rhode-...
Heyyyyo Providence! Join us on October 4th for a great community forum.
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Heyyyyo Providence! Join us on October 4th for a great community forum.
This is where I work, where I spend my days with students who are trying to better themselves and the world. And I am so unbelievably sick of this garbage. There is no excuse for living this way. www.wcvb.com/article/umas...
Large police response after reports of shots fired at UMass Boston
There was a report of shots fired at UMass Boston, prompting a large police response on campus Thursday afternoon, the Boston Police Department confirmed.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is where I work, where I spend my days with students who are trying to better themselves and the world. And I am so unbelievably sick of this garbage. There is no excuse for living this way. www.wcvb.com/article/umas...
About to join @nbcnews.com to discuss the Taylor Swift Tax, and Rhode Island’s commitment to safe and affordable housing. If you can afford a million-dollar vacation home, you can afford to help Rhode Island keep moving forward. That’s a love story worth telling ;)
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
About to join @nbcnews.com to discuss the Taylor Swift Tax, and Rhode Island’s commitment to safe and affordable housing. If you can afford a million-dollar vacation home, you can afford to help Rhode Island keep moving forward. That’s a love story worth telling ;)
Nothing quite like a view of Manhattan from @amtrak.com #PublicTransitIsAPublicGood
September 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nothing quite like a view of Manhattan from @amtrak.com #PublicTransitIsAPublicGood
This is the kind of day where I finish leftovers, so lunch is one bite of pot pie, five edamame, two crackers with peanut butter, and three baby carrots. In other news, the collective noun for kangaroos is “blatherskite".
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August 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is the kind of day where I finish leftovers, so lunch is one bite of pot pie, five edamame, two crackers with peanut butter, and three baby carrots. In other news, the collective noun for kangaroos is “blatherskite".
Follow me for more adulting tips 🙄
Follow me for more adulting tips 🙄
Come see us at Rhythm and Roots Festival this weekend! We’re really, really looking forward to it, and we have all kinds of new music to share.
August 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Come see us at Rhythm and Roots Festival this weekend! We’re really, really looking forward to it, and we have all kinds of new music to share.
Officially signed into law! What a treat to have my townhomes bill (shoutout to @neighborswelcomeri.bsky.social ) and my land bank bill (shoutout to ReclaimRI) signed into law today. It takes a village, truly. And we won’t stop until every Rhode Islander has a safe and affordable place to call home❣️
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Officially signed into law! What a treat to have my townhomes bill (shoutout to @neighborswelcomeri.bsky.social ) and my land bank bill (shoutout to ReclaimRI) signed into law today. It takes a village, truly. And we won’t stop until every Rhode Islander has a safe and affordable place to call home❣️
Reposted by Meghan E Kallman
PERA determines Providence Police assisted ICE, violating ordinances and policy
"...the police department was in violation of both city ordinance and police department policy when they impermissibly assisted ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations.”
"...the police department was in violation of both city ordinance and police department policy when they impermissibly assisted ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations.”
PERA determines Providence Police assisted ICE, violating ordinances and policy
"...the police department was in violation of both city ordinance and police department policy when they impermissibly assisted ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations.”
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August 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
PERA determines Providence Police assisted ICE, violating ordinances and policy
"...the police department was in violation of both city ordinance and police department policy when they impermissibly assisted ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations.”
"...the police department was in violation of both city ordinance and police department policy when they impermissibly assisted ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations.”
Reposted by Meghan E Kallman
It’s Over: Butler Hospital caregivers overwhelmingly ratify new four-year contract
“We are proud to stand together to have an agreement that allows us to move forward with our shared goal of helping patients and caring for one another,” said Clinical Social Worker Brooke Huminiski.
“We are proud to stand together to have an agreement that allows us to move forward with our shared goal of helping patients and caring for one another,” said Clinical Social Worker Brooke Huminiski.
It's Over: Butler Hospital caregivers overwhelmingly ratify new four year contract
“We are proud to stand together to have an agreement that allows us to move forward with our shared goal of helping patients and caring for one another,” said Clinical Social Worker Brooke Huminiski.
steveahlquist.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It’s Over: Butler Hospital caregivers overwhelmingly ratify new four-year contract
“We are proud to stand together to have an agreement that allows us to move forward with our shared goal of helping patients and caring for one another,” said Clinical Social Worker Brooke Huminiski.
“We are proud to stand together to have an agreement that allows us to move forward with our shared goal of helping patients and caring for one another,” said Clinical Social Worker Brooke Huminiski.
This town does a really special thing WaterFire Providence. It was a treat to be a torchbearer last night, along with colleagues from state governments around the country. Thanks to the Council of State Governments for your support of good policy, and for giving us an excuse for a magical evening!
August 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This town does a really special thing WaterFire Providence. It was a treat to be a torchbearer last night, along with colleagues from state governments around the country. Thanks to the Council of State Governments for your support of good policy, and for giving us an excuse for a magical evening!
Never change, Rhode Island❣️
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Never change, Rhode Island❣️