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Senatorial Candidate John Frohnmayer

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Independent Party Senatorial Candidate John Frohnmayer. Frohnmayer is a lawyer, author and ethicist. He served as Chairman of the National Endowment For The Arts during the first Bush administration. Read more

Racial Disparity in the Oregon Prison System

Airs at: Wed, 01/09/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Xicanismo

Host Carlos Chavez explores the topics of racial justice and racial disparity in the Oregon Prison System with Caylor Rolin of the Portland-based Partnership for Safety and Justice, a group seeking to unite people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of ... Read more

Direct report from Washington county residents: experimenting with homelessness yourself

Airs at: Thu, 01/10/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Nine Washington County residents spent a night in their cars and on the street last week to experience what it was like to be homeless. K-BOO's David Rosenfeld reports. Read more

Will any history or homes be saved in New Orleans?

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

An update now on the homeless in New Orleans. Last month, the New Orleans City Council Voted to demolish hundreds of units of public housing. Now residents are forced to live on the street and are unable to return to their homes. Yesterday a march was staged to bring a... Read more

Lakota Freedom Movement

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2007 at 4:00pm

Produced for: People Rise Up

A conversation with Canupa Gluha Mani (aka Duane Martin Sr.) from the Strongheart Civil Rights Movement about the declaration (pdf) earlier this month by the Lakota Indian Nation of independence and secession from the United States. He was a member of the delegation which ... Read more

New Study on Effects of Prison Policies

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2007 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

AND NOW, THIS WEEK’S STREET ROOTS REPORT, BROUGHT TO US BY JOANNE ZUHL Read more

Marlene Smith with Dr Bailey & Dr. Peskin on cancer, and Ed Goldberg on the economy

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2007 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Marlene's Electric Salon

Marlene hosts Dr. Steven Bailey and an interview with Dr. Brian Scott Peskin, author of "The Hidden Story of Cancer". Then, in the second half of the show, Marlene and Ed Goldberg discuss the mortgage crisis and sub-prime lending. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 10, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 12/09/2007 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts today's show and interviews Bill Black, former senior government financial regulator and author of the book "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One." They discuss the subprime mortgage crisis and other corporate malfeasance aided and abetted by the n... Read more