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Unjust Detention: Know Your Rights!

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview Aimee Sitarz with the Bronze Shoes Installation Project and PDX Sanctuary Movement discussing the importance of immigrants and allies to know their rights, how filming ICE can help stop unjust detentions and hold ICE accountable as well as how... Read more

Oregon Age-Friendly Summit offers new ideas for livable communities

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  What does it mean to age in place? That was one of the questions under consideration at the kickoff event for a statewide Age-Friendly Summit today. At the Asian Health Services center in Portland, Governor Kate Brown, Mayor Ted Wheeler, and other advocates spoke about ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 9, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today on the Old Mole we hear the following segments: Continuing Assault on Democracy: In the second of a two part interview Bill Resnick speaks with Judge Lynn Adelman on the Roberts Court and its threat to democracy. Portland's Climate Action Plan: Jan Haaken interviews ... Read more

February 26, 2019

Airs at: Tue, 02/26/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
    On this week's show: --An update on the texting scandal between the PBB and Patriot Prayer, and the Community Listening Session at Maranatha Church --Live interview with members of PSU Student Union about the Disarm PSU campaign and a recent series of forums on the k... Read more

February 19, 2019

Airs at: Tue, 02/19/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
    On this week's show: --The City withdraws from the Joint Terrorism Task Force --Texts are made public between PPB Lt. Jeff Niiya and Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson --Multnomah County prosecutors have been falsifying grand jury results for decades --A report from... Read more

February 12, 2019

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
    On this week's show: --A police shooting shut down a large sector of I-84 after cops chased a murder/robbery suspect across state lines from Washington --Public safety bills in the OR State Legislature --Update on the settlement with former Portland Sgt. Gregg Lewis ... Read more

February 5, 2019

Airs at: Tue, 02/05/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  On our inaugural show: --we try to explain the title for the first time of many --The Portland Police Association (PPA) raids AFSCME for workers at the Portland Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC) --We take a look at the PPA's legal and lobbying team --Sgt. Gregg... Read more

Campaign finance regulation inspires upcoming forum

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregon is one of the only states where electoral campaigns are not subjected to contribution or expenditure limits. Though money is certainly necessary to run a campaign, many voters and political scientists alike advocate for limits on how much one person or group can g... Read more

Proposed ballot measure would fund out-of-school programs in Washington County

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  While many schools offer some sort of out-of-school programs, not all of them are high-quality and accessible. One group, called Washington County Kids, is working on getting a property tax measure on the ballot next November to fund quality out-of-school programs for k... Read more

Post-Thanksgiving Digest

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel continues digesting the meaning of the USA’s harvest holiday. Reading from recent writing by indigenous activists and historians, she traces the myth of Thanksgiving, notes the history of native resistance to genocide, and touches on the work of activists with ... Read more