Government/Politics

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Criminalizing Dissent

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Donald Trump’s executive order branding antifa as a terrorist organization was never intended to quash political violence, but rather to criminalize dissent. Long time public interest attorney at City University of New York, Chaumtoli Huq, argues that Trump’s EO is a tim... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 11/06/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Main topics in this episode: 3 notable things in the Trump-Xi meeting; Trinidad an outlier on US attacks in the Caribbean; Russian paramilitary units suffer setbacks in Central Africa. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 10, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Defending Tom Alter: Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse fired tenured Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, in a... Read more

Let Francisco Stay

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Francisco Aguirre is an influential leader in the immigrant rights and labor movements. A long-time Portland resident, he fled El Salvador to escape the military's extreme violence against him and his family. In 2014, ICE agents came to Francisco’s home and tried to arre... Read more

Harm Reduction and Social Development

Airs at: Wed, 11/05/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Harm Reduction and Social Development. The United Nations Second World Summit for Social Development took place November 4-6. One of the side events in the pre-summit activities on November 3, hosted by Harm Reduction International and ... Read more

Defending Tom Alter

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse fired tenured Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, in a move that the Committee to Defend Tom Alter has described as a direct assault on academic freedom and the First Am... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 10/30/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The top stories in this episode: Trump breaks off trade talks with Canada; 3 on the environment (children's health, Alaska drilling, weather forecasting); the rare earth controversy with China Read more

DSA PDX BDS

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks with Olivia Katbi, co-chair of the Portland Democratic Socialists of America, about the recent  action by six Portland city councilors to launch a nationwide pledge of city councilors to investigate whether within city limits there is any manufac... Read more

The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The landscape of Washington County has been transformed from one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world into a maze of gargantuan data centers. On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the tale of how this high tech noxious weed is spreading across th... Read more

Left and the Law and the National Guard

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Portland is again in the national news now that an Oregon U.S. District Judge has been asked to remove her second restraining order blocking federal control of any National Guard troops in Portland.  In a 2-1 ruling on October 20th, a panel from the 9th Circuit Court ... Read more