Corporations

Saving Ross Island

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Ross Island, extending south in the Willamette River from the Ross Island Bridge to Sellwood, could be the jewel of Portland’s park system. Instead it has been abused and now abandoned by Ross Island Sand and Gravel, which mined gravel on the island for 90 years. As a re... Read more

Iran, Corporate Interests, and America’s Cycle of Violence

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The corporate media likes to start the history of the US-Iran relationship with the overthrow of the Shah Rezi Pahlavi in 1979, which conveniently renders the animosity of Iranians toward America as something mysterious. But if you go back further in time, you will find ... Read more

Iran, Corporate Interests, and America's Cycle of Violence

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The corporate media likes to start the history of the US-Iran relationship with the overthrow of the Shah Rezi Pahlavi in 1979, which conveniently renders the animosity of Iranians toward America as something mysterious. But if you go back further in time, you will find ... Read more

PCC On the Strike Line

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
On the Portland Community College strike line with workers, students and community allies Read more

PCC On the Strike Line

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
On the Portland Community College strike line with workers, students and community allies. Read more

Risk Bond Bill Passes Oregon Legislature

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For over a century a massive array of tanks filled with noxious, explosive liquid fuels and chemicals has been an existential threat to the Pacific Northwest. It still is, but as a result of the passage of the Risk Bond Bill at the end of this past legislative session, w... Read more

Saving Lloyd Center

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Lloyd Center is slated to be demolished if business leaders and developers in Portland have their way, Their plan is to demolish the entire mall to make way for a mixture of housing, commercial developments, “green space” and new throughways. On this episode of Locus Fo... Read more

Data Centers - Scourge and Organizing Opportunity

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As data centers continue to pop up like noxious weeds, a growing movement is coming together to stop their spread. Like oil and gas pipelines before them, data centers are uniting people of diverse backgrounds and political views in a burgeoning movement of opposition to... Read more

Let Them Eat Data?!

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This legislative session, Senator Sollman is trying for the fifth time to bring 1700 acres of some of the best farmland in the world into the city's urban growth boundary. Each time it's for a different reason, but this time much of the land would likely go to data cente... Read more

Zenith Energy and the CEI Hub

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The city of Portland is in the midst of determining what to do about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub that houses 90% of Oregon's liquid fuels, in rickety old tanks on liquefaction soil, on top of two earthquake faults. At the same time the Portland City Council is... Read more