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Portland’s Houselessness System is Failing LGBTQ+ People

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, March 5th as we talk with Katie Cox of the Equi Institute and Debra Porta of Pride Northwest about a new report on how Portland's houselessness system is failing LGBTQ+ people.   A coalition of Portland no... Read more

Portland Street Response Threatened

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Portland Street Response has proven itself very successful as first responders with interventions and assistance for the destitute, houseless, and people in mental health crisis. But the Portland police want to return unchallenged to their role as first responders, employin... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 4, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: What Is the Main Challenge for Socialists Now? In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch ... Read more

Portland Street Response Threatened

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Portland Street Response has proven itself very successful as first responders with interventions and assistance for the destitute, houseless, and people in mental health crisis. But the Portland police want to return unchallenged to their role as first responders, employin... Read more

What Is the Main Challenge for Socialists Now?

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, with Stephen Maher. The book argues that the Left has shifted its focus from protest in the streets to participating in ... Read more

Agency with Choice: Interview with Alice Longley Miller with SEIU

Airs at: Fri, 03/01/2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
  Agency with Choice is part of SB1521, an Oregon bill put out by SEIU proposing a new option for caregiving for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Read more

Portland Community College Classified Employees Strike-Ready

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Meryl DePasquale and Briar Schreiber, leader of the Portland Community College Federation of Classified Employees explain their struggle for a contract with living wages, healthcare, and job security.  Recently staging marches and rallies at Sylvania, Rock Creek, Cascade an... Read more

Voices For The Animals: Bad EATS [ENCORE]

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2024 at 10:15am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  99% of the meat and dairy products we eat in this country come from industrialized factory farms. By and large, these are terrible places for animals, and voters in some states have passed laws to make those farms a little more humane. Unfortunately, some in Congress are... Read more

Replay: Lisa Loving speaks with community leader Joann Hardesty

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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What's Next with NEXT?

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Several years ago NEXT Energy (now NXT) proposed to build a renewable diesel refinery and rail yard at Port Westward, a spectacular point of land protruding into the Columbia River Estuary near the town of Clatskanie. The proposal was enthusiastically supported by the Port ... Read more