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An Indigenous Economic Model: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 07/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The existing economic system in most countries is a kind of state capitalism. It produces enormous inequalities. Its extraction practices are environmentally destructive. Perhaps indigenous models provide a viable alternative. Chief Seattle was a Susquamish chief in what... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 24, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  On this week’s Old Mole Variety Hour we continue to explore strategies for resistance in the age of Trump. First, we turn to history to understand how the far right has gained so much power and whether the past offers lessons for current and future struggles. Bill Res... Read more

Democrats Got Paid, Tenants Got Betrayed

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sammy Black and Ethan Harrison, leaders of the Portland Tenants United, discuss the recent betrayal by the "Democratic Landlord Senators of Salem" (the title of a new song by David Rovick), who got paid big landlord lobbyist bucks, gutted House Bill 2004, then still refused... Read more

Medicaid Cuts Loom Large Over Disabled Oregonians

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Disability Awareness
  Grace speaks to Ted Wenk of Disabilty Rights Oregon about the proposed cuts to Medicaid and how they would threaten disabled Oregonians. Read more

#Cut 50...Fighting to Reduce the Prison Population

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

GOP's Trojan Horse to Expand Voter Suppression

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this edition of Between the Lines Radio Newsmagazine: The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity is a GOP Trojan Horse to Expand Voter Suppression; Israel and Palestinian Authority President Impose Extended Power Blackout on Gaza; As the 2nd Version of GOP Sena... Read more

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Marvin and Angie will interview author and Army veteran Hamilton Gregory about his book "McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War." Project 100, 000 was promoted as a great social experiment that would provide troops to the Army and, in turn, the Arm... Read more

American War by Omar El Akkad

Airs at: Thu, 07/20/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle—a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. Sarat Chestnut, born... Read more

Health Care for All Oregon working to make single payer a reality

Airs at: Wed, 07/26/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  With their efforts to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act, Trump and the Republicans may have jump-started the conversation on single payer health care by highlighting the need to simplify and expand access. In a recent Pew Research Center poll,  60% said the go... Read more

Project Censored interviews Mnar Muhawesh

Airs at: Wed, 07/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Mnar Muhawesh is the guest for the first half of the show; she explains her goals for Mint Press News, as well as her experience of being a Muslim woman doing journalism in the U.S. Later in the program, the three hosts have a panel discussion covering, among other topic... Read more