Civil Liberties

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Old Mole Variety Hour November 19th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Alan call for a rethinking of Thanksgiving and what we teach our children about it Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about Palestine and Israel Larry Bowlden reviews Charity Shumway's "10 Girls to ... Read more

Yasmin Nair beyond Illegal vs. Undocumented

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about immigrants-rights rhetoric and how certain strategies meant to insulate them from stereotypes and "include" may shutter the actual situation of undocument workers. She argues that the "undocumented not afraid" movement started a... Read more

Atheist Rights Group Sues IRS Over Tax-Exempt Churches

Airs at: Fri, 11/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A non-profit group representing atheists and agnostics filed a federal lawsuit this week calling on the IRS to prevent tax-exempt religious organizations from electioneering. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which advocates for the separation of chur... Read more

David Lin Interview

Airs at: Thu, 11/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
David Lin is a Chinese American businessman in Corvallis, OR. In 2012, he commissioned a mural on the side of his business that highlighted Chinese abuses in Tibet. That act prompted threats on his life by Chinese agents, coercion by Chinese authorities and diplomatic di... Read more

Jon Schwartz Interview

Airs at: Thu, 11/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
New York Times writer Jon Schwartz and his wife Jean suspected that their son Joe might be a little different from other toddlers.  By the time his wife was hiding his sister's Barbies so Joe wouldn't take them to school, they knew their son was probably gay.  Thus began... Read more

Bernadette Barton "Pray the Gay Away" full interview

Airs at: Tue, 11/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Listen here to the full interview with author Bernadette Barton and her book, "Pray the Gay Away." Available now in stores and online. Read more

Roundtable Discussion on Electoral Politics

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick, Alan Wieder and Frann Michel talk about the political economy of electoral politics and what that means for left strategy. They keep coming back to popular mobilization and how electoral politics may or may not fit into that. Read more

APA Compass: The 1882 Project

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
The US Congress passed resolutions this summer formally apologizing for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which denied citzenship and basic rights to Asians for more than half a century.  Numerous Asian-American groups under the umbrella of the 1882 Project worked passi... Read more

APA Compass: APAs and Politics Roundtable

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Kushlani de Soyza hosts a roundtable discussion with local APA leaders, Helen Ying and Joseph Santos-Lyons.  We discuss some of the issues relevant to APAs in Oregon and nationally, such as changing demographics, voting rights, and economic and racial justice. Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 10/18/12

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Occupy Portland Radio
PLEDGE DRIVE EPISODE Occupy Portland not Afghanistan march on 10/6/12 Reoccupation of a fraudently foreclosed home Terry Schrunk Plaza on Oct. 6th Interview with Ciara Doyle & Jesse Headen Occupy The Courts updates Public Service Announcement: Ba... Read more