With Declaration on Jerusalem Trump Angers World, Isolates U.S; Trump Floats
Idea to Establish Private Spy Agency; U.S. Indigenous Communities Building
Capacity to Confront the Impact Climate Change.
Philip Weiss, co-editor of the online Middle East news site Mondoweis...
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In this final eisode we review findings on prostitution and stripping, and
the enforcement policies and issues associated with the sex business. We
offer differing views about what is called "the Nordic model, the practise of
arresting buyers associated with prostitutes...
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In this final eisode we review findings on prostitution and stripping, and
the enforcement policies and issues associated with the sex business. We
take a look into the future on the changes that are coming in the industry
and the application of virtual reality technolo...
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Four Palestinians were killed over the weekend by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The victims were protesting Donald Trump’s announcement last Wednesday that
he would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
This recognition denies the legitimate rights of the nearly one mill...
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Oregon’s child incarceration rate is one of the worst in the country. Not
only do we incarcerate far too many youth, we confine them in unlicensed and
unregulated detention centers. There is no state or local agency charged
with enforcing safe and humane conditions for y...
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The Republican Tax Plan: Bill Resnick talks to Hunter Blair of The Economic
Policy Institute about the potential impacts of the Republican tax plan.
Understanding Trump Supporters: Clayton Morgareidge recommends that leftists
try to rein in their moral outrage at Trump su...
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Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights,
recently completed a visit to the United States. His report was a damning
indictment of the growing class divide within the ...
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Mike Snedeker discusses Debbie Nathan's work as an investigative reporter for
The ACLU of Texas. Nathan just published an article on December 9th for the
Intercept titled “They’re taking everybody.” Videos show Texas troopers
ripping apart immigrant families during traff...
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Cecil and Celeste welcome Douglas Tsoi from the Portland Underground Grad
School to talk about two upcoming courses that cover urgent issues in today's
climate.
Structural racism is insidious in two particular ways. First, it is
normalized and thus difficult to see, ...
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We'll be discussing current trans and queer law cases around the country,
with Sasha Buchert of DC's Lambda Legal (and before that, the Transgender Law
Center; and before that, a KBOO program host!).
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