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Then and Now in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Right-wing demagogues in the mold of Donald Trump or the Ku Klux Klan gain traction when there are underlying economic insecurities and cultural resentments they can exploit. That’s true today and it has been true before in the state of Oregon, as historian Jeffrey LaLande ... Read more

Left and the Law on the Supreme Court

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

On June 29th, the Court delivered on the long standing goal of rightwing politicians to overturn affirmative action. In deciding against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, the Court ruled that race could no longer be an explicit factor in college and univ... Read more

Lauren Gross on the Right to Repair, with Repair PDX

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2023 at 8:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Lauren Gross of Repair PDX talks about the right-to-repair movement around the world and around the region--and how listeners can join. Read more

Imani Muhammad of Youth Organized United To Help

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Imani Muhammad is a local nonprofit founder and director who works with kids and families. She is a past winner of The Skanner News Group Drum Major for Justice Award for civil rights, founder of the Portland Youth Summit, small business owner, basketball coach, lifestyle a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 10, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Image via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_hand.svg Nimiipuu Mole Julian Ankney hosts this show featuring audio excerpts from an April conference on “Native Sovereignty, Decolonization, Divestment, Reparations, and Environmental Justice,” s... Read more

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Fossil Fuels, Man Camps, and a Case for Divestment, Reinvestment, and Reparations:

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The sexual exploitation, torture and disappearance of Native Americans has deep historical roots, beginning in 1492. In some parts of the country, Native women experience rates of murder ten times higher than the national average. Rates of violence spike with the introducti... Read more

The Hottest Places in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On June 28, 2021, Portland State Geography Professor Vivek Shandas drove around Portland on this hottest day ever recorded in the city, measuring the temperatures of the pavement in various neighborhoods around town. And what he found was a dramatic discrepancy between the ... Read more