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Save Saint Francis Park

Airs at: Wed, 09/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Saint Francis Park on southeast twelfth avenue in Portland, which has served as a haven for many people in the area, has been sold to Catholic Charities. The non-profit group will bulldoze the park and construct a housing development for low-income Portlanders in its place. ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 18 August 2014

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with segments on police violence in Honduras, Ferguson, and Palestine, and on a local non-profit nourishing bodies and communities in Portland. Musical selections: Sound of da Police by KRS One; Call the Cops by Rob Hustle ft. Liv; Tired ... Read more

Sisters of the Road: nourishing community

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with volunteer and board member Robert Adams and co-manager Kris Soebroto of the non-profit Sisters of the Road Cafe in Old Town, which for nearly 35 years has been serving immediate needs and seeking systemic change. The Cafe offers hot meals in exchange ... Read more

Rami Almeghari - update from Gaza

Airs at: Wed, 07/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Wednesday July 30th, the Palestinian Ministry of Health voiced outraged at a new massacre of civilians perpetrated during the so-called humanitarian ceasefire this afternoon. Israeli forces said they would stop the bombing that has been constant for the last two days fo... Read more

Portland Police Stop Tracking Use of Force on Transients

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Denis Theriault of the Portland Mercury discusses how the Portland Police Bureau has stopped making public their data on use of force against "transients." Read more

"Infill" and Gentrification

Airs at: Wed, 06/11/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
There's increasing discussion and controversy over urban "infill" in Portland: the construction of usually block-like apartment complexes in residential neighborhoods, sometimes replacing existing houses, which are torn down. This often displaces existing renters, increases... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 9 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with music from The Clash, and discussions of military violence, economic stagnation, racism and classism in housing, and the struggle for the rights of the incarcerated. Bill Resnick talks with Col. Ann Wright about Bowe Bergdahl and U.S. ... Read more

Housing Segregation in Portland: Karen Gibson

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Karen Gibson of PSU's Urban Studies program about the history of housing discrimination against African-Americans in Portland; they touch on segregation, ghettoization, disinvestment, gentrification, redlining,  and community formation. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 2 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Phyllis Bennis about US Foreign Policy, both criticizing the Obama administration's two-faced approach and offering a Do No Harm alternative. Iven Hale offers a commentary by way of personal story about communit... Read more

Hart Noecker & Nick Caleb: Pedalpalooza, Gentrification, and Our Right to the City

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Hart Noecker and Nick Caleb about gentrification in Portland and a Pedalpalooza ride* they're organizing to raise awareness and stimulate action around it. Hart and Nick discuss how they came to Portland, how they've seen it change, why they and other... Read more