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Tobacco control bill

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Senate has passed A bill that allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco, including new dissolvable tobacco products packaged to look like mints or candy. It’s being called the strongest anti-tobacco measure since the U-S Surgeon General said smoking ca... Read more

Foster care bill

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon state senate passed a bill today calling for an investigation of racism in the state’s foster care system. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson—Oregon Senate Majority Leader and co-sponsor of the bill. The Foster care study bill will n... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 15, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 06/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge (pictured here) and featuring union songs sung by Pete Seeger, this show covers the battle to get single payer health insurance on the table, the history of the International Longshore Workers Union, the Iranian elections, the detective novels... Read more

Politics of Health Care "Reform"

Airs at: Sun, 06/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joanne Landy, a long time campaigner for single payer health care, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how and why the insurance companies stand in the way of the only health care reform that can work. Joanne Landy is co-director of the New York-based Campaign fo... Read more

The Health Equity Alliance

Airs at: Sun, 06/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
The Health and Health Care Forum  Host Roberta Hall interviews Ann Zukoski and Karen Keon, of the Health Equity Alliance. They talk about what Health Equity means and how looking at health problems and social problems through a health-equity-lens could help Americans make p... Read more

Healthwatch on 06/15/09

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Host Roberta Hall interviews Ann Zukoski and Karen Keon, of the Health Equity Alliance. They talk about what Health Equity means and how looking at health problems and social problems through a health-equity-lens could help Americans make positive adjustments in our social ... Read more

Positively Revolting on 6/11/09

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Guest host Marlene Howell interviews Serena Barton, who teaches a course on Women, Art, and Healing, and who also works as a counselor in private practice. CD-1397 Read more

Healthcare forum

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer held a town hall meeting on health care, at Portland Community College on JUne 5th. Read more

Oregon to expand state health coverage

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon House has approved a plan to expand state health coverage to an additional 80,000 uninsured children and 35,000 low-income adults.      The measure calls for raising taxes on hospital revenues and establishing a tax on health insurance premiums to pay for the expa... Read more

Single Payer Health Care--How would that look? Nuclear War Scenario with N. Korea? Billions in US Bonds Seized--Why?

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
This morning on Presswatch, what would single-payer health care really look like?  Nuclear war scenario with North Korea?  And did the Japanese government just try to smuggle $134 billion in US bonds to beat the collapse? Read more