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Protest Planned for Pro-Gun Event with Rep. Greg Walden

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden asked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the US Treasury Department for documents that relate to alleged Russian efforts to funnel money to the Trump campaign. This is one week after the McClatchy news service reported that the FBI is i... Read more

ICE Raids in Northern California

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the last three days of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a massive immigration sweep in Northern California. It is the largest localized action of its kind since Trump took office. Businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose were serv... Read more

Commentary: Children as Pawns

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    One of the less obvious takeaways from Tuesday’s State of The Union Address, was the willingness to look at children as political pawns, rather than the future of the country. KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts: Read more

Buscando America on 01/30/18

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
¿Qué sucede con los jóvenes retornados y deportados en la Ciudad de México? Afortunadamente existe el esfuerzo de organizaciones como Otros Dreams en Acción, ODA y  Poch@House. Conoce estos espacios a través de sus  fundadoras Jill Anderson y Maggie Loredo Maggie LoVe. Read more

The State of Marijuana

Airs at: Sun, 01/28/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
A new report by the Drug Policy Alliance, From Prohibition to Progress: A Status Report on Marijuana Legalization, demonstrates how and why marijuana legalization is working so far. From Prohibition to Progress finds that states are saving money and protecting the public by... Read more

Families of Those Lost to Police Violence Unite for Justice and Reform

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Tomorrow morning there will be a protest in front of the Multnomah County Courthouse. A community group, made up of families who have lost loved ones to police violence, will be calling attention to the role that district attorneys play in the lack of justice for these kill... Read more

Left & the Law: DACA and the Law

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
AttorneyMike Snedeker talks with Jan Haaken about a new legal block to Trump's efforts to end protections for people brought to the US as children -- the "Dreamers".   Photo Credit: Common Dreams Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this Martin Luther King day. In addition to the songs of Woody Guthrie and Bill's comments about them,  we hear: California fires, floods, mudslides, loss of life. But California will recover.  Probably not Puerto Rico and many undeveloped countries. Bal... Read more

Measure 101, Ideology, and Compassion

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with organizers from the campaign for Measure 101. When the Oregon Legislature voted last year to to pay for its portion of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, it passed with a super-majority, and was going to be funded through the widely common p... Read more

Harm Reduction in the UK

Airs at: Sun, 01/21/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The UK House of Parliament held a debate recently on safe injection sites, otherwise known as drug consumption rooms. On today's show, we hear from Ronnie Cowan, MP from Inverclyde; Thangam Debbonaire, MP for Bristol West; and Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central. Read more