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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 4, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Photo by Bette Lee Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Tax the Rich: Taxes are the price of civilization. Political theory understands that taxes pay for the public institutions that protect society from capitalism’s si... Read more

Labor and the Media:

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
It used to be that the mainstream media avoided labor news like the plague. Not so anymore, says Lane Windham, veteran labor activist, who argues that the upsurge in media interest in labor struggles both reflects and shapes growing public approval of unions and a move away... Read more

Providence Nurses Fighting Back

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Faced with unsafe staffing, low compensation and benefits, and declining patient care, nurses in the Providence healthcare system are fed up and fighting back.  On the heels of a massive protest picket at Providence St. Vincent's hospital, Richard Botterill and Kim Martin o... Read more

Nick Hess Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Nick Hess is a republican candidate for Oregon governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about why Oregon leadership doesn't get technology but needs to, why city run programs are bloated, expensive and ineffective in dealing with the homeless problem and why, as a businessman,... Read more

Farrah Chaichi Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Farrah Chaichi is a democrat running for the Oregon House in the 35th District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how training in political science and criminal justice lead to social activism, why the housing market is difficult even for someone like her who is plugged in... Read more

Portland Association of Teachers Gets New Leadership

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we hear from Portland Association of Teachers President-Elect Angela Bonilla, Vice President-Elect Jacque Dixon, and Executive Board member-elect Emily Golden-Fields about their recent election wins and their plans for their union. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 14, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: War and Resistance: Bill Resnick talks to Alice Slater, Chair of the Board of Directors of World Beyond War about Russia’s attack on Ukraine, why it happened, how it might be resolv... Read more

Michael Cross Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Michael Cross is a democrat running for Oregon governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about why he switched from a staunch republican to a staunch democrat, how is run-ins with the law gives him a perspective his other candidates don't have, and why he believes his plan of b... Read more

Hopes for Oregon's Short Legislative Session

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Oregon’s 2022 short legislative session is drawing to a close. While short sessions, which happen during even years, often focus on budgets, unfinished business, and a limited set of new policy ideas, this year is different. Numerous bills have been introduced and are now m... Read more

Christina Stephenson Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Christina Stephenson is a civil rights attorney with a long history defending worker's rights.  She talked with Don Merrill about her start in the working world at her parent's business, how BOLI's protections including not just civil rights we think about but protections w... Read more