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Movie Moles on Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. The film opens in Portland next week at the  Hollywood theatre with a benefit event for the NAACP. Noting the impossibility of fully addressing all the many ... Read more

KBOO interviews witness to fatal police shooting in Oakland

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A policewoman shot a man to death this morning in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland, after he assaulted her with what the police have only described as a “metal object,” but which witnesses say was a bike chain. The officer, who has not been named, received a call tha... Read more

Live-Aboard Boaters Face Enforcement Under "Transient Laws"

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Individuals and families who live on boats in the Willamette River, some of whom have done so for more than ten years, are facing new enforcement of existing transient laws.  KBOO reporter Henry Leasia filed this report about their struggle to have these laws changed. Read more

Portland Events on 1-Year Anniversary of Killing of Michael Brown

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Sunday, the ninth of August, marks the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, after allegedly stealing cigarillos from a nearby conve... Read more

Alyssa Pagan on Fight for 15, #BlackLivesMatter, and Armed PSU Security

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO's Mic Crenshaw speaks with Alyssa Pagan, an organizer with Don't Shoot Portland, 15 Now, and the PSU Student Union, about the fight for a $15 minimum wage, #BlackLivesMatter, the controversial arming of PSU's security guards, and this weekend's upcoming events to mark ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 3, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear music from Anne Feeney, variations on the Old Mole theme song, and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Dan Handelman of Portland CopWatch about police violence and militarization. Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss democracy and its contra... Read more

Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch on Police Violence & Militarism

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Dan Handelman of Portland CopWatch. They consider two aspects of police conduct -- their use of violence and shooting, and their militarization -- and the extent to which the police have responded to criticism by community reform groups as well as lo... Read more

HRC Chair Criticizes Effectiveness of Police and Community Relations Committee

Airs at: Thu, 07/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Portland Human Rights Commission Chair Chabre Vickers sharply criticized the Police and Community Relations Committee (PCRC) at that group's meeting last night. She suggested a three-month hiatus to redevelop the group so that its meetings achieve more tangible results. The... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 6, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Norm Diamond interview the Low Tide Drifters, who also perform live in studio. Joe talks with Ryan Wisnor, of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, about remembering "Blood Wednesday" Joe also talks with S... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 29, 2015

Airs at: Tue, 06/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show dealing with issues of imprisonment, injustice, oil terminals and Native Americans, and the "freedom to marry" as a way of domesticating the LGBT movement. To hear the whole show, use the play button below. To hear individual segments, follo... Read more