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Civil Society Versus the Drug War

Airs at: Sun, 03/03/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we continue our look at the upcoming annual meeting of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs and hear from representatives of civil society organizations discussing the global war on drugs and the need for reform. On today's program we hear from Zara Snapp with Ac... Read more

Buscando America on 02/26/19

Airs at: Tue, 02/26/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
El Q Center reunió a decenas de personas en el Town Hall para hablar sobre los ataques que la comunidad LGBTQ ha estado recibiendo en los ultimos días en Portland. La ayuda humanitaria se ha convertido en un delito en los Estados Unidos,  escucha en estrevista a Paige Coric... Read more

Immigrant Rights

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Larry Kleinman, co-founder of PCUN, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Oregon’s farmworker union. Over the last five years PCUN has transitioned to new day-to-day leadership, as Larry, while still advising and working in Woodburn, has worked o... Read more

Noelle Hanrahan: update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Noelle Hanrahan, founder of Prison Radio and a journalist who has recorded and broadcast commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal since 1992.  Noelle talks about Philadelphia in the racially-charged 1970s where Mumia made his name as a writer and journalist. ... Read more

Think Globally

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
In mid-March, a United Nations body will once again issue its annual criticism of marijuana legalization in Canada, Uruguay, and several states in the United States. They will also be critical of medical marijuana laws, and of certain effective harm reduction interventions ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 25, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise morris Hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes What's a Socialist to do: Electoral Strategy for the Left: Laurie Mercier talks with Glen Ford Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, about an electoral strategy for the left. A Climate Beast Awakens: T... Read more

017 The Unhealthy State of the U.S. Health Care System, and How to Fix It (Part 2)

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for Prescription for Justice
  While widely regarded for its scientific and technological advances, the U.S. health care system ranks 37th in the world, giving us the poorest health among all rich nations, even though we are number one in health care spending. Even with ObamaCare, 28 million Americans... Read more

016 The Unhealthy State of the U.S. Health Care System, and How to Fix It (Part 1)

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for Prescription for Justice
  While widely regarded for its scientific and technological advances, the U.S. health care system ranks 37th in the world, giving us the poorest health among all rich nations, even though we are number one in health care spending. Even with ObamaCare, 28 million Americans... Read more

The Heather McCoy Show

Every Thursday from 10-11am The Heather McCoy Show: We talk about it all! Read more

Undoing the Global War on Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 02/20/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
This week, we examine the failure of the global war on drugs and look ahead to the March meeting of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Read more