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PSJ Legislative Priorities

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, Partnership for Safety & Justice  and Cleo Tung, Program officer, NW Health Foundation about legislative priorities and PSJ’s Advocacy Day on April 16th in Salem, Oregon: SB 477-Justice Reinvestment Equity Pro... Read more

Portland Troublemakers School

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Al Bradbury, editor of Labor Notes, and participant in the upcoming Portland Troublemakers School, describes the Labor Notes project - "putting the movement back in the labor movement" and building the "troublemakers wing" of trade unions.  The day-long Troublemakers Sch... Read more

The Power of Coalition

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks with Alisha Chavez, vice-president of the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT), about the upcoming Workers Assembly, a free, in-person meeting to be held on April 12 to bring together labor and social movements to envision and build greater com... Read more

Will Falk on the Tragedy of Thacker Pass

Airs at: Thu, 03/27/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Will Falk of Protect Thacker Pass. Their campaign ended in a loss last year, construction of the open pit lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon border is underway, and he is one of the protestors being sued by the mining company. Read more

Gaslighting Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Northwest Natural Gas's Smart Energy program advertises itself as a way for customers to “offset” their natural gas emissions by funding projects that the company says “reduce, or prevent the release of, greenhouse gases.” But in fact, as customers found out, Smart Energ... Read more

Buscando America on 03/25/25

Airs at: Tue, 03/25/2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha una conversación con Stephen Manning, director ejecutivo y fundador de Innovation Law Lab para resistir a las nuevas políticas migratorias. También transmitimos una serie de audios que un grupo de artistas de Portland estan circulando en las redes sociales para i... Read more

Spotlight on Eugene VeganFest

Airs at: Fri, 03/28/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Learn about The Eugene VeganFest and the non-profit organization behind it, Compassionate Living, on this week's "That Vegan Show." Eugene VeganFest, May 4, Eugene, Oregon: Hope Bohanec shared, The Eugene VeganFest is a celebration of compassionate and sustainable living ... Read more

Police Unions in the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Kristian Williams, member of AFSCME 88 and author of "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" as well as the forthcoming book "Policing the Progressive City" about the history of policing in Portland, Oregon from colonization to the uprising of 2020, discusses ... Read more

Sustainable florist Coy & Co. grows more than bouquets

Airs at: Thu, 03/20/2025 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  On East Burnside across from the Jupiter Hotel, nestled in the middle of a block of storefronts, is a little shop with a bright yellow door. Posters reading 'Humans For a Free Palestine' cover the front window. You have to step closer to see what's inside. It's a flow... Read more

Success After Commutations

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On March 6-7, 2025 the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Summit was held in Salem. OCJC Chair Paul Solomon introduces speakers whose sentences were commuted by former Governor Kate Brown after serving decades in the Oregon prison system. Sterling Cunio is an award-winni... Read more