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Panama Papers and the Pritzkers: Dennis Bernstein Full Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Investigative reporter Dennis Bernstein (Flashpoints) speaks with KBOO reporter Sam Bouman about the pioneering involvement of the Pritzker family in offshore tax havens. One of the Pritzkers (whose family includes current Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker) has popped up in... Read more

New Work Requirements for SNAP Benefits Start Today

Airs at: Fri, 04/01/2016 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
New changes in work requirements for food stamp eligibility for people in Multnomah and Washington counties kicked in today. A claimant whose working hours fall below the new 20 hours per week threshold will no longer qualify for SNAP. KBOO’s Les Hudson Reports. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 28, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick and Harvey Wasserman talk about America's Astounding Human Rights Hypocrisy in light of Obama's recent visit to Cuba. Jan Haaken talks with Abdul Fofanah and Issa Kamara about the politics of Kendrick Lamar's work as a hi... Read more

Well-read Red: Black Study, Black Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel points listeners to a forum in Boston Review on "Black Study, Black Struggle," featuring statements by Robin D.G. Kelley and responses by Keeanga Yamatta-Taylor and others. She recommends the conversation to anyone interested in student Black Lives Matter  acti... Read more

The Social and Political Significance of Kendrick Lamar's Music

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Abdul Fofanah and Issa Kamara about the politics of Kendrick Lamar's work as a hip-hop artist and the power of his music in the Black Lives Matter movement.  Fofanah is co-director of the documentary, "Moving to the Beat"--a documentary about hip-hop a... Read more

Bill Resnick and Harvey Wasserman on American's Astounding Human Rights Hipocrisy

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Following President Obama’s lectures to the Cuban government on human rights, Harvey Wasserman talks with Bill Resnick about human rights in the US with emphasis on the size of the US prison population and the war on drugs. Harvey Wasserman wrote on this subject for Truth D... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 21, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show, and we hear --  1.  Jack Metsgar, talking with Bill Resnick, explains that it's not white working class men who are voting for Trump so much as men with college degrees.  2.  Joe Clement reads from a book by Andrew Sayers's explaining the im... Read more

"Free Trade," Fair Trade, and the TPP

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Michael Shannon of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign on U.S international trade policy that has been designed by corporate lawyers to benefit international capital at the expense of workers around the planet, unions, human rights, and the environment.  Read more

After Murders, Investment Banks Suspend Funds for Agua Zarca Dam

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A second indigenous-rights activist who opposed a major dam project has been murdered in Honduras. Nelson Garcia was shot point blank by unidentified gunmen at his home on Tuesday, two weeks after the similar murder of Berta Caceres. They were both involved in advocating fo... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 14, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick interviews Mark Engler, co-author of "This Is an Uprising: How Non-Violent Revolt Is Shaping the 21st Century" Jan Haaken talks with documentary director on her new movie "Trapped," about attempts to clos... Read more