Immigration

Deportation Nation

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer and activist Daniel Kanstroom about the political economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents of current US immigration policy, the racialization of immigration enforcement, and immigration policy through the lense... Read more

Yes, Superman is an Immigrant

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

When "Superman", the latest film adaptation of our iconic superhero, was released earlier this year, right-wing commentators maligned it for being too politicized. In response, Andrew Slack and Jose Antonio Vargas published a piece, which appeared in the Hollywood Report... Read more

Buscando America on 01/13/26

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Escucha lo que pasó en la Vigilia We Protect Us en Terry Shrunk Plaza. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 19, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Reverend Martin Luther King once said: "We may have all come on different ships, but now we're in the same boat." Were he alive, MLK would have been the first to condemn the state terror campaign currently inflicted on our immigrant communities. Surely he would ha... Read more

Resisting The Empire

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Resisting the Empire. Cities across the United States are under siege by an out-of-control autocratic federal government and its gun-toting goons. So far in the month of January, a federal agent named Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole... Read more

Buscando America on 01/06/26

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Programa musical con poemas y notas relevantes. Read more

Six Months of ICE Protests in Portland

Airs at: Wed, 12/31/2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

On June 04th, activists in Portland, Oregon, began demonstrating in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility at the intersection of Macadam Avenue and S Bancroft Street. The protests were in response to an escalation of deportation tactics from the ... Read more

Judith Arcana, 1943-2025, a Lifelong Troublemaker

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour, In Memory of Judith Arcana

The left community lost one of its stalwarts on winter solstice of 2025. Judith Arcana was a writer, poet, teacher and feminist activist. She is most well known for being one of the Janes, a pre-Roe, underground collective in Chicago that provided 11,000 illegal, but saf... Read more

Looking Back at a Wretched Year yet Ahead with Hope

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

What a weird, wretched, gut-wrenching year 2025 has been. Probably even worse than many of us had feared at the end of last year. But despite worsening climate chaos and glimpses of the end of democracy, there are glimmers of hope ahead. On this episode of Locus Focus, ... Read more