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Alec Karakatsanis on why abolishing police will change society for the better

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Despite pushback from police associations, movements to defund, reimagine and abolish the police have gained traction in 2020. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Alec Karakatsanis, the head of the Civil Rights Corps, about why abolishing the police is not an unreasonabl... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 16, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts the show today, which includes the following segments: What is to be Done? Bill Resnick speaks with David Dayen, the editor of the  American Prospect, a bi-monthly magazine on U.S. Politics.  They discuss the many opportunities President-elect B... Read more

What is to be Done

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with David Dayen, the editor of the American Prospect, a bi-monthly magazine on U.S. Politics.  They discuss the many opportunities President-elect Biden will have through executive privilege to circumvent a Republican-controlled senate and the fiscal... Read more

Progressive Elected District Attorney of Los Angeles County

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The most important criminal justice race in the November election was the race for District Attorney of Los Angeles County, the nation’s largest local prosecutorial district.  Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles helped defeat incumbent Jackie Lacey and elect progressive candi... Read more

The Left and the Law

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker survey some of the victories in the November elections for criminal justice reform. They also discuss the criminal case against human rights attorney Steven Donziger-- ultimately for holding Chevron responsible for its heinous oil mining prac... Read more

BLM and Defend Democracy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers speaks with Ray Austin, an organizer with Portland's Black Lives Matter movement and Diane Meisenhelter of the Defend Democracy Coalition, about ongoing organizing to defend democracy as the 2020 election season winds down.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 9th 2020

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: Now What? Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. They discuss what a Biden Administration might do on the great issues of our day if mightil... Read more

The Dawn Of A New Era

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The 2020 general election was historic on many levels. In terms of the criminal justice system, one of the most important measures on that ballot -- possibly one of the most important measures in more than two decades -- was Oregon's Ballot Measure 110, the Drug Addictio... Read more

Pacific NW Prison Abolition Groups

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo discusses COVID-19, LGBTQ prisoners, and police violence with members of four Pacific Northwest prison abolition groups, Duckey with Siskiyou Abolition Project; Rory with Critical Resistance PDX; Kia with Black & Pink PDX; Rose with Free Them All WA.   Bl... Read more

Another World Is Possible

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
As an episode in our continuing series Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond is  joined by Luisa Herrera for a conversation about police reform. Taking off from the police accountability measure on the PDX ballot they talk about the real social change necessary to get ... Read more