The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 30, 2019

Joe Clement hosts and we hear:

• Bill Resnick talks with Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing, about how how popular police reforms fail to address the problems of let alone the reasons for over-policing.
• Five Minutes (or so) of Union News
• The Left and the Law consider the social and political ramifications of Oregon Senate Bill 1013, which further limits the potential application of the death penalty in Oregon.
• Desiree Hellegers interviews Lexi Peterson Burge of the Vancouver-based Noble Foundation and Southwest Washington Communities United for Change about the groups’ decision to cancel plans for a social justice conference at Clark College amid growing concerns about racism at Clark College and at the Clark College Foundation.

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