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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the US

Rhode Island

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Rhode Island’s news is Education and skills (7.4%, 4.2× the US). The news sounds brighter than usual.

Rhode Island’s zeitgeist, by theme

Each theme’s share of its news this week · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Top stories in Wars and security

  1. 'Pete Hegseth won two wars': Trump defends War Secretary against impeachment pushmoneycontrol.com
  2. Progressive Charlestown: Despite Trump, third major US offshore wind farm is now fully operationalprogressive-charlestown.com
  3. Air Force eyes reactivation of dormant Montana missile field as Sentinel project grows innbcmontana.com
Headlines via GDELT

Elections and democracy 11Big sports moments 8Education and skills 6Another theme 27

Mood

How the news sounds, and how people say they feel

What each theme makes the news feel

Wars and securityNegative −4.3

Mostly fear, 3.4× the average

  • Anxiety1.3×
  • Fear3.4×
  • Anger2.7×
  • Sadness0.9×
Leaders and great powersMixed −1.2

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety0.6×
  • Fear0.2×
  • Anger0.8×
  • Sadness1.1×
AI everywhereMixed −0.6

Mostly sadness, 1.2× the average

  • Anxiety0.9×
  • Fear0.4×
  • Anger0.3×
  • Sadness1.2×
Education and skillsMixed +0.8

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety0.9×
  • Fear0.3×
  • Anger0.3×
  • Sadness1.1×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

How the news sounds

Brighter than usual

Tone −0.67 · usual −1.02

  • Anxiety0.9× usual
  • Fear1.7× usual
  • Anger1.5× usual
  • Sadness1.1× usual
News · 1.9k · Indicative

Rhode Island · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Sheldon Whitehouse

    13.8× last week

    69 stories

  2. Donald Trump

    57 stories

  3. Martin Heinrich

    17.0× last week

    34 stories

  4. Mike Lee

    New

    26 stories

  5. Thomas Massie

    New

    15 stories

  6. Bradley Campbell

    New

    14 stories

  7. Zohran Mamdani

    6.5× last week

    13 stories

  8. Jacob Soall

    12 stories

  9. Nithya Raman, Public domain

    Nithya Raman

    New

    12 stories

Organizations

  1. American Petroleum Institute

    9.7× last week

    29 stories

  2. Sierra Club

    New

    22 stories

  3. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    19 stories

  4. Supreme Court

    17 stories

  5. Senate Democrats

    New

    11 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project
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