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Airs at: Wed, 12/04/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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SB 1032, written to protect our Children from BPA, has been rejected...

Airs at: Wed, 03/10/2010 at 12:00am
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  Host Erik Jorgensen speaks with Jen Coleman from the Oregon Environmental Council about the recent rejection of SB 1032 by the Oregon Senate. In mid-February the Oregon Senate rejected a bill that would have protected Oregon’s children from exposure to bisphenol A (BPA).... Read more

Dan Handelman from Copwatch on Portland Police Accountability

Airs at: Wed, 03/03/2010 at 12:00am
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With a spate of police violence incidents hitting the headlines, the Independent Police Review Division is soon to come under a microscope for how it investigates complaints against Portland law enforcement.  Portland Copwatch  and  Peace and Justice Works volunteer Dan Han... Read more

Home Ownership in Portland in the New Economy

Airs at: Wed, 02/24/2010 at 12:00am
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Host Erik Jorgenson speaks with Peg Malloy from Portland Housing Center about home ownership in Portland in the new economy.   Read more

Talal Jabari's "Full Signal" - The Dangers of Cell Phone Technology

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2010 at 12:00am
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 With the world-wide use of cell phones at 3.5 billion, and an ever-growing number of cellular antennas, do we need to re-examine the costs and benefits of this new technology? In his one-hour documentary "Full Signal,"  Talal Jabari  explores the health effects and efforts... Read more

Local Independent Journalist Raymond Rendleman on the Foreclosure Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 02/10/2010 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is local independent journalist Raymond Rendleman, who has been doing research on the recent spate of Home Mortgage Foreclosures.  They talk about Obama's Making Home Affordable program, and Oregon's offerings for Homeowner support.   P... Read more

Matt Davis from the Portland Mercury on the Local Media

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2010 at 12:00am
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 Financial conflicts of interest, dishonest advertisements -- did the Oregonian newspaper violate ethical standards during the Measure 66-67 elections? Portland Mercury news editor Matt Davis speaks on his ground-breaking reporting on the topic with host Lisa Loving. Read more

Haiti relief efforts and the problem with big charities.

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2010 at 12:00am
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 Haiti relief efforts and the problem with big charities. Millions of people text messaged financial contributions to the American Red Cross. Where does the money go? Host Lisa Loving speaks with Suncere of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief for Haiti.   Read more

S. Renee Mitchell on Healing the Wounds of Racism

Airs at: Wed, 01/20/2010 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Does racism make you physically ill? Is depression different for communities of color? Can the trauma of slavery be handed down through the generations? Join Lisa Loving and S. Renee Mitchell Wednesday morning at 8 for talk radio about the upcomin... Read more

Andy Frazier and Colin O'Neill versus the Clearwire Cell Tower in NE

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2010 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Erik Jorgensen Today's guests are Andy Frazier and Colin O'Neill from RespectPDX.org who are organizing against the installation of a Clearwire cell tower on NE. Fremont and 37th.           Read more

Professor Zaher Wahab on what it's like in Afghanistan today.

Airs at: Wed, 01/06/2010 at 12:00am
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Hosted by Michelle Schroeder Fletcher  Today's guest is Zaher Wahab, Professor of Education at Lewis & Clark College. He was born and schooled in Afghanistan. He currently teaches Foundations of Education, Race-Culture-Power, Paulo Freire, and the Middle East in Global Per... Read more

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