Government/Politics

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Tuition-free preschool measure would prioritize equity in preparing kids for school

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  A measure to bring tuition-free preschool to all three- and four-year-olds in Multnomah County is on the November ballot as Measure 26-214. This measure would prioritize kids from marginalized communities and give preschool teachers a living wage. The program would be f... Read more

Former FBI agent and whistleblower Colleen Rowley - Ep 82

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2020 at 6:30am - Tue, 10/27/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent and whistleblower on the FBI's inaction prior to and following September 11, 2001, joins us for a discussion on her career history to include her time conducting racketeering investigations in NYC, her role as a whistleblower in the FBI duri... Read more

Zoom Censorship of University Panel about Palestine

Airs at: Fri, 10/16/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Zoom, the web-based videoconferencing platform, recently prohibited San Francisco State University from using its software to host a planned webinar on Palestine. The panel discussion featuring Leila Khaled, the Palestinian resistance icon who is now in her seventies and li... Read more

On toppled statues, the Oregon Historical Society and the "Day of Rage," with co-host Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 10/14/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Join regular host Paul Roland and second Wednesday co-host Jacqueline Keeler, along with their guest David Lewis, as they discuss the "Day of Rage" actions on Sunday night that have proved highly controversial in the Native American community as well as among progress... Read more

Interview with the Cannabis Workers Coalition

Airs at: Mon, 10/12/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us as we talk with Jagger Blaec and Savina Monet of the Cannabis Workers Coalition on Monday, October 12th at 6:30pm.  We will talk about how Oregon's cannabis industry is blocking access for previously incarcerated people. The sad fact is that those same people... Read more

Police Accountability

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Hyung Nam about recent developments in the campaign to defund the Portland Police Bureau and the national campaign calling for a People’s Budget and alternatives to policing. Nam is a teacher with the Portland Public Schools and served on the citizen’... Read more

The Economy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Yeva Nersisyan, who teaches economics at Franklin and Marshall College. They discuss the deepening economic crisis in this richest of countries, the struggles between Trump and the Congress on a still possible worker relief and economic stimulus pack... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 12, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 10/12/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Economy: Bill Resnick interviews Yeva Nersisyan, who teaches economics at Franklin and Marshall College. They discuss the deepening economic crisis in this richest of countr... Read more

The Gap: Armenian response to Azerbaijan attacks

Airs at: Fri, 10/09/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with community organizer Richard Kazanjian, about the attacks on ethnic Armenians in Artsakh, also called Nagorno Karabakh. Kazanjian tells us the history of ethnic conflict in the region, noting importantly that the wo... Read more

Lebanon: The Top Ten Myths About the Country and Its Conflicts - Ep 81

Airs at: Wed, 10/07/2020 at 6:30am - Wed, 10/21/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
We take a pause from the insanity of the election and a commander in chief with COVID-19 (remind me to thank him for endangering the staff at Walter Reed, as well as the permanent staff at the WH!) to discuss the recent explosion in Lebanon and America's long intervention h... Read more