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Foreclosures and a look at the top economic issues out of the Oregon legislative session

Airs at: Wed, 07/20/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Economic Fairness Oregon's Communication Director, Saadia McConville updating us on the struggle by Tim Collette, a local soldier whose parents' home is being foreclosed, and a look at the top economic issues out of the Oregon legislative session. H... Read more

Willamette Riverkeeper and The Big Float

Airs at: Wed, 07/13/2011 at 12:00am
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Hosted by Lisa Loving What do you know about the current state of the Willamette River? Want to know more? Tune in as host Lisa Loving welcomes Willamette Riverkeeper's Travis Williams, Executive Director and Riverkeeper, and Will Levenson, organizer of The Big Float as th... Read more

Why is the Black unemployment rate double that for whites?

Airs at: Wed, 07/06/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Why has the Black unemployment rate stayed double that for whites since the 1940s? Lisa Loving's guest today is investigative reporter Andy Kroll of Mother Jones and TomDispatch.com. His recent article is,"What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About ... Read more

Gentrification in Northeast Portland

Airs at: Wed, 06/29/2011 at 12:00am
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 Host Lisa Loving’s guests are Imani Muhammad of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, and The Oregonian's Nikole Hannah-Jones, talking about a special event: Just the Facts, featuring Oregonian reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones in a community conversation on her research ab... Read more

Talk Radio on 06/24/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Host Per Fagereng interviews Professor Zaher Wahab and journalist Gareth Porter about Afghanistan, Obama's announcement about troops there, and the future of the country. Zaher Wahab is Professor of Education at Lewis and Clark College and a native of Afghanistan. Dr. Waha... Read more

Alternative economics -- on the neighborhood level

Airs at: Wed, 06/22/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Ever needed to borrow money -- but been turned down by the bank? What if there was an alternative to payday lenders? This week on Wednesday Talk Radio host Lisa Loving speaks with Sarah Chenven of Innovative Changes, a Portland nonprofit that's turni... Read more

Mike Gravel on Government Secrecy and the Pentagon Papers

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's Guest is MIKE GRAVEL, former two-term senator from Alaska, speaking on the hypocrisy of the US government's move to make the complete Pentagon Papers collection available to the public. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to t... Read more

Arjun Makhijani on “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States”

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2011 at 12:00am
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 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gove... Read more

Talk Radio on 06/10/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gov... Read more

Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon talks about the Gay Pride Festivities this weekend

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon, in to talk about this weekends's start of the Black Pride Festivities as part of the Rose Festival. FInd Portland PFLAG Black on Facebook! Read what Just Out has to say about PFLAG Black in Port... Read more

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