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Happy Women in Apprenticeship Day!

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This week is National Apprenticeship Week, established by President Obama in 2015. Today, November 16, is Women in Apprenticeship Day in Oregon as declared by Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. In Portland, one of the primary organizations working ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 2, Portland's Sex Industry

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the second episode of Sex4Sale, a 10-part series about the business of sex in Portland, OR--what we know, what we don't know, and what we think we know. In this episode, we'll take a look at the overall sex industry in Portland and how citizens--involved or not--... Read more

Hillsboro "Dreamers" Adjust to Life after DACA

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
When President Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, it threw the futures of 800,000 young people in the US into uncertainty. The program was instituted in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama by executive order. It was based on prov... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 1, Introduction

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the first episode of Sex4Sale, a 10-part series about the business of sex in Portland, OR--what we know, what we don't know, and what we think we know. In this episode, we'll take an overhead view of the project--future episodes will zoom in on more specific topi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 6, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First about agriculture and the climate. 2. Reyna G and Denise Morris explain the organizing drive of workers at New Seasons Markets. 3. Film Director Jan H... Read more

Labor History Month

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Since November is Labor History Month in Oregon, Joe Clement interviews Jim Cook of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association about local events and about the importance of the labor moverment. Read more

Organizing at New Seasons

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris talks with UFCW local 555 organizer Reyna G about the New Seasons Market unionization campaign, New Seasons Workers United Statement of Principles and the importance of Unions and workplace Democracy. Read the Statement of Principles. Read more

Poor People's Campaign REBORN

Airs at: Wed, 11/08/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Nearly half a century ago, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King called for a poor peoples campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to full implement it.  In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Trump, the Reverend Dr. William Barber introduced the n... Read more

Early Childhood Activism

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Steve Early about childrearing and democratic practice in unions.  Early is the author of several books, including Save Our Unions,  and articles including "Room to Grow."  Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 6, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks wiht Eric Holt-Giménez, author of "A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism", about the politics and economics of food: where it comes from, how it's distributed, and who gets to eat. In recognition of Veterans Day this week, Denis... Read more