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Winners and losers in 2011 Oregon legislative session

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Host Jo Ann Bowman conducts a review of the recent 2011 Oregon legislative session.  Tax payers are funding more for prisons, and less for just about everything else -- we can thank Kevin Mannix and the passage of his measure 57 for mandatory sentences. Also thank legislato... Read more

Out Loud celebrates Latino Gay Pride

Airs at: Tue, 07/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
June is typically Pride Month, but our pride won't be contained to one month alone. Our queer community is so awesome, we have three different pride events! Tonight we focus on Latino Gay Pride and we welcome organizers of this festival, including David Martinez, Vanessa L... Read more

A Recap on the State of the Union after 235 Years... Wherefore Art Thou, Liberty?

Airs at: Tue, 07/05/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor; Joe Uris is *still* on vacation... Today, Abe looks at Liberty, or what's left of it, in light of the Independence Day celebrations.     Read more

Food-Stamps: an effective program that we can't afford to cut

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe talks with Jessica Chanay of Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon about the food-stamps program, its importance for recipients and society at large, and what it would mean if we applied 1996 Welfare Reform type cuts to it, as current legislators want to.   Read more

Jane Collins: welfare and the working-poor

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill and Jane talk about the relationship between welfare and the working-poor, paying special attention to working-mothers in Jane's research. Jane says she and her colleagues have wanted to know how the relationship between government, families and business has changed t... Read more

South Asian Americans Leading Together: Deepa Iyer and Afshan Khoja

Airs at: Fri, 07/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
In light of the death of Osama Bin Laden, the world has been reflecting on the upcoming ten-year anniversary of September 11lth. While Sarika Mehta was visiting Washington, DC, she sat down with Deepa Iyer and Afshan Khoja from the community activist organization, South Asi... Read more

Gentrification in Northeast Portland

Airs at: Wed, 06/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Lisa Loving’s guests are Imani Muhammad of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, and The Oregonian's Nikole Hannah-Jones, talking about a special event: Just the Facts, featuring Oregonian reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones in a community conversation on her research ab... Read more

Sometimes, we get one right! Way to go, New York! Gay Marriage is now Legal.

Airs at: Tue, 06/28/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is off for the Summer   Way to go, New York! Sometimes the good guys win. Despite America's many sins down through the years, true equality inches closer all the time. But that's not to say we should rest on our laurels. For every New York... Read more

Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S.

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is off for the summer.   Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S. It's been nearly 70 years since the U.S. Congress has declared war. The current administration has enshrined and deepened the sur... Read more

Positively Revolting 06-17-11 David Cobb

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Ani & Lyn spoke with guest David Cobb about his Move to Amend event, the scourge of corporate power and personhood, and ways communities can fight back against corporate power. Part of the plan is for folks to be willing to disobey and resist. Listeners shared their plans ... Read more