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Volunteers of America Feature

Airs at: Thu, 11/20/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
There is a jewel buried amongst the businesses and warehouses of SE Portland. Volunteers of America Oregon operates a facility that helps women rise out of addiction into a better life and helps moms improve life for their kids. This is not your parent's VOA. These d... Read more

Colorado students challenge conservative school board

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A dozen students in Colorado were kicked out of a local school board meeting for protesting what they are calling the censorship of history.  The conservative school board in Jefferson County Colorado had been considering a measure that would limit history classes, inclu... Read more

Arresting Power - A Documentary Film about Police violence and resistance in Portland OR

Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon uses archival materials, documentary footage and interviews with community members, activists and organizers to uncover Portland’s unique history of policing and race relations, emphasizing its rich history o... Read more

Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Interview

Airs at: Tue, 10/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Elizabeth Steiner Hayward is a democrat who is running for reelection in the Oregon Senate for District 17. She talked with Don Merrill about why she's a good fit for her fiscally conservative but socially liberal district, how she is a strong supporter of women's right... Read more

Jessica Vega Pederson Interview

Airs at: Tue, 10/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jessica Vega Pederson is a Democrat seeking reelection in Oregon's 47th House District. She talked with Don Merrill about why future ambitious projects authorized by the legislature need to have more oversight by the legislature, why she has concerns over the out of sta... Read more

Left and the Law: racism, perceptions of crime, and the punitive state

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss a recent research report by The Sentencing Project, titled "Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Polices."  The report describes how deeply embedded racism is in ... Read more

Tootie Smith Interview

Airs at: Sat, 10/11/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Tootie Smith is a republican who is running for the US House in Oregon's 5th District. She talked with Don Merrill about her views on forest policy, why she doesn't want drones looking in people's windows and what she would do increase condiality in the Congress. Read more

Pete DeFazio Interview

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Pete DeFazio is a democrat running for re-election in Oregon's 4th US Congressional District. He talked with Don Merrill about how rules over rail cars and their contents are held hostage by a small agency called FMCSA, why he's glad what he calls "abysmal leadership" a... Read more

Peter Buckley Interview

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Peter Buckley is a Working Families candidate seeking reelection as a member of Oregon's 5th House District. He talked with Don Merrill about how the legislature has not been as successful as he would've liked to fund education for the state, what he has done to insure s... Read more

Tim Farrell Interview

Airs at: Sat, 10/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Tim Farrell is a non-partisan candidate running for Circuit Court judge in Oregon's 7th Judicial District. He talked with Don Merrill about how his travels have made him more sensitive to issues of diversity, his view on judicial activism, why he decided to tell the wor... Read more