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In 2024 Oregon House Bill 4002 created the Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection Program to provide grant funding for deflection programs that assist individuals whose behavioral health conditions, including substance use disorder, lead to interactions with law enforcement... Read more

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News reports claim that emerging technologies that will solve the climate crisis, such as hydrogen, are just around the corner. But in reality these technologies are risky, costly and don’t really work all that well. Hydrogen in particular would actually speed up climate... Read more

  Labor Internationalism, Malcolm Chaddock Remembered, Saving Social Security: Frann Michel hosts this episode, featuring these segments: Labor Internationalism:  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW pr... Read more

  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW president Shawn Fain’s disappointing embrace of Trump’s tariffs and the need for labor internationalism to strengthen workers’ power in the U.S. and across border... Read more

  Desiree Hellegers speaks with long time Portland Veterans for Peace organizer Dan Shea, and we hear audio of VFP organizer Mike Hastie at Chaddock's April memorial service,  as they reflect on the deep commitment to peace and justice that animated Chaddock's wide-rang... Read more

  We share selected audio from a briefing on Social Security presented by Alex Lawson of Social Security Works for the group Radical Elders on April 10, 2025,  shared here with their permission.  Lawson explains how Social Security works, how and why it is being intenti... Read more

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Joining me today is attorney, award-winning television personality and longtime women's heart health advocate, Star Jones. Star is here to discuss her journey as a survivor of heart disease and the launch of 'A Letter to My Mother' campaign, which encourages women to tak... Read more