Civil Liberties

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What if there were a Congressional hearing on women's health isssues, and women weren't invited?

Airs at: Tue, 03/06/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris What if there were a Congressional hearing on women's health issues, and women weren't invited? You'd be in 21st-century America. Abe and Joe return to the ongoing brouhaha over contraception, in which old-timey right-wing misogyny is... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 5th

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Joe talk with Josh Eidelson about the pitfalls of organizing and running unions like service-providing businesses Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Multnomah County ... Read more

Left and the Law: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker, as part of an on-going series we call The Left and The Law, discussion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Multnomah County. Specifically, a resolution was passed recently that calls on the ICE to exercise prosecutorial discretion... Read more

Josh Eidelson: Business Unionism vs. Organized Labor

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Josh Eidelson talk about the pitfalls of organizing workers (into unions) on the model of a business. The practice is widely known as "service-unionism" or "business-unionism" and  in many ways boils down union membership to a customer relation to a servi... Read more

Positively Revolting on 03-02-12 Report back from F29 actions

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
On February 29th, actions took place across the country to end corporate power.  Many actions drew attention to ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, and the effects it has on our democracy. Ani and Lyn talk with organizers of F29 events, to hear how things ... Read more

Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk from TriMet talk about our Public Transport System.

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Government agencies everywhere are struggling to do more with less, and TriMet is no exception. Abe and Joe are joined in studio by TriMet's Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk to discuss the transit agency's forthcoming service cu... Read more

Prison Pipeline 2/20/12 w/ Scott Taylor, Dina Dickerson, and Doug Cooper, from the MCRC. Hosted by Peter Pincetl

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Peter Pincetl for a discussion about the Multnomah County Reentry Council. Featured guests include Scott Taylor, chair of the council and director of the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Dina Dickerson, a public health informaticist, and Doug C... Read more

Burma in Transition: From Dictatorship Towards Democracy

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Can a dictatorship become democratic without a revolution? Guest, Edith Mirante  Portlander and founder of Project Maje  joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund in the studio. She talks about the surprising and rapid transition to democracy going on in Burma and the ongoing st... Read more

Prison Pipeline 2/13/12 w/ Lyle Murphy and James hosted by Megan Vosk

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Our topic for this evening is a look at a wildly popular crocheting club that has taken root inside a male correctional facility. The last place you would expect a thriving crochet program to be is in a medium security prison. Yet, at the Oregon State Correctional Instit... Read more

Jamal Tarhuni Comes Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Jamal Tarhuni, an Oregon resident prevented from returning to the United States after visiting Libya, finally came home yesterday. The Tigard Businessman and Libyan had been visiting the Post-Qaddafi nation to deliver humanitarian supplies with Medical Teams ... Read more