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BRINGING CLIMATE JUSTICE TO THE CLASSROOM

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MAY 23, 2016 In what may be a first in the nation, the Portland, Oregon school board passed a sweeping “climate justice” resolution that commits the school district to “abandon the use of any adopted text material that is found to... Read more

Water Policy Near and Far

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Water World

I returned from Pakistan with some insight into water policy there. I met with the former mayor of Karachi, one of the largest cities in the world. With luck I will get him to share with us some of the challenges he met. What does a struggling city do when the World Bank co... Read more

Vinnie Kinsella, editor of "Fashionably Late," on Coming Out Later in Life

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Dan Johnson interviews writer and publisher Vinnie Kinsella about his book "Fashionably Late." Kinsella has assembled a group of Gay, Bi and Trans men who share their individual experience of comiing out later in life. Read more

Solitary Confinement Within These Walls

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

‘The Bucket’, what prisoners call solitary confinement at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, is a play created and performed by prisoners at OSP. This play inspired Within These Walls, an event held in Portland on September 28th. Prison volunteer and entertainment pr... Read more

Portland Police Association Contract

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Jo Ann Hardesty discusses Mayor Charlie Hales'proposed police contract, which would give the police big raises and eliminate a rule giving officers involved in an incident 48 hours before they have to give a statement. Her guest is Ashlee Albies of the National Lawy... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 3, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Teressa Raiford about the value of Black lives and the need for protest Desiree Hellegers talks with Dan Handleman about the proposed Portland police contract terms ... Read more

Copwatching Cop Contract

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers interviews Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch about the upcoming City Council vote on the draft Police Association contract, which was released by the Mayor’s office on Friday. The contract, which will not be up for renegotiation until 2020, will have i... Read more

Don't Shoot Activism

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks to Theressa Raiford, a leader of Don't Shoot Portland, about the growing impunity of police and racist vigilantes and the importance of street protest challenging this violence, and that business as usual by police and civilian racists will continue un... Read more

"You Play Ball Like A Girl" - Feminist Lens on Baseball & Pitch

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Host Pamela Santos brings another installment of "Feminists Watch TV, Too" with a discussion of TV show Pitch and the "soon-to-be-true-story" of a female pitcher in major league baseball. As with any pop culture, TV show imagining the change we want to see in the world offe... Read more

Alternative Radio with Chris Williams on Eco-Socialism

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

This program from Alternative Radio was pre-empted yesterday for a special Democracy Now broadcast on the Presidential Debates. Chris Williams is an environmental scholar and activist. He is professor of physics and chemistry at Pace University and chair of the science d... Read more