Education

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Who Teaches What About Coal?

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Scholastic Magazine was forced by activists led by our guest Bill Bigelow to take down its 4th grade curriculum created by the coal industry -- but this just the tip of the iceberg of corporate influence over what kids learn in school.  Old Mole Laurie Mercier talks with... Read more

Empowering Youth to End Sexual Violence - Texas Peace Project

Airs at: Fri, 08/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
 Host Ashley Thirstrup interviews Ted Rutherford from the Texas Association Against Sexual Violence about his work as the Youth Outreach Specialist.  He provides training and technical assistance to participants in the Texas PEACE Project, a program to engage and support... Read more

Abe surveys the economic, social and political wreckage of the new age of austerity

Airs at: Tue, 08/23/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   The current austerity fetish was never a good idea, and now we know it's bad politics, too. The austerity kick in Washington is exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. At a time of enormous economic duress... Read more

"Unlimited Visibility," a history of The Washington State School For the Blind

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck   "Unlimited Visibility," a history of The Washington State School For the Blind, tracking the school’s 125 year history and an overview of the evolution of education of blind children in Washington State. The book is available in large print and... Read more

UK Rising

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
  We talk with Zita Holburne from BARAC - Black Activists Rising Against Cuts - in the UK. You'll also hear from anti-fascist organizer Weymann Bennett and family members of people who have died in police custody in Britain, organizing for justice and police accountabil... Read more

We discuss The Debt Ceiling Debacle and a recent Advance in Women's Health Legislation

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Summer Vacation. Even in these days of shadow, we manage somehow to lurch toward enlightenment. Amid the unfolding debt debacle -- and the first-ever downgrade of U.S. credit -- the Dept. of Health and Human Services announced that... Read more

Dr.Rosser and 3 Iraqi students talk about the Iraqi Student Project

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Host Marianne Barisonek talks with Dr. Rosser and 3 Iraqi students about the Iraqi Student Project  The Iraqi Student Project (www.iraqistudentproject.org) is a grass-roots effort to help war-displaced Iraqi students acquire the undergraduate education they need to part... Read more

Restorative Listening

Airs at: Wed, 07/20/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Celeste Carey and Judith Mowry are co-founders of the Restorative Listening Project. The restorative listening project is a monthly forum that uses story telling to create a greater understanding of gentrification in North and NE Portland. The Restorative Listening Proje... Read more

Abe dicusses the latest in the debt ceiling debacle... Farewell, American democracy. We hardly knew ye...

Airs at: Tue, 08/02/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Procctor.  Joe Uris is on vacation for the summer.   The triumph of the ruling class is at hand. With a vote in Washington looming, the America in which we have all grown up is primed for sacrifice on the altar of tax cuts and deficit reduction. Congressional... Read more

More Talk Radio 07/18/2011

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey comment on various topics including: our dependence on technology, re-purposing job skills to adapt to the emerging green economy, and same sex marriage. Read more