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Portland Filipino activists protest President Biden's partnership with Marcos Jr.

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  President Biden visited East Portland on Saturday, October 15th, where he was met by over 40 Filipino activists and allies, protesting his continued partnership with the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Phillippines.  Filipinos have called Marcos Jr.'s first 100 day... Read more

The Gap: Questioning WWeek's Election Endorsements and Acknowledging the Win Column

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea spend some time questioning Willamette Week's election endorsements. The criticism of Jo Ann Hardesty seems to boil down to that "she's mean," while the Willy excuses Rene Gonzalez's flouting of campaign finance law as a "stum... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 24, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Coverage in mainstream media of the in the so-called crisis of immigration at our southern border rarely mentions the history behind the latest surge of migrants from Central America. Historian Aviva Chomsky notes that with the passage of time, some things are remembered... Read more

The War Against The War On People Who Use Some Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: The War Against The War On People Who Use Some Drugs. We hear from Leo Beletsky, professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University and on faculty at the UC San Diego School of Medicine; Laura Thomas, Director of HIV and H... Read more

Opponents of Portland Charter Change Measure 26-228 launch attack ad

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Every 10 years, Portland’s City Council sponsors a Charter Commission to review and recommend changes to the City’s constitution. The most recent commission came back with a series of recommendations that overhaul Portland’s form of city government and introduce ranked c... Read more

Yes on M112 to End Slavery

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James is joined by Sandy Chung, executive director of ACLU of Oregon, and Troy Ramsey with Oregonians Against Slavery and Involuntary Servitude (OASIS). Oregon legislators passed Senate Joint Resolution 10 through both chambers with strong bipartisan support to r... Read more

Surging methane and rising temperatures--at least let's talk about it....

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
      https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/17/surging-methane/ Read more

Once a Braided River

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For thousands of years the north reach of the Willamette River, near its confluence with the Columbia, was a braided river of shallow channels and islands rich in biodiversity. That was until European settlers came to the Pacific Northwest and displaced the Indigenous peopl... Read more

Street Roots asks Oregon State Legislature candidates where they stand on housing and homelessness

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  In the latest edition of Street Roots, the paper asks four simple questions of the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Oregon State Legislature - House and Senate. They're focused in on the housing crisis, and homelessness, and their written answers provide a gl... Read more

Measure 112 offers Oregon voters a chance to eliminate constitutional exceptions for slavery

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregonians will have the opportunity to remove a "slavery loophole" from the Oregon State Constitution at the midterm election ballot this November.  Measure 112 would remove slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime. It's language that's echoed in th... Read more