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Tuskeegee Airmen at PCC

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday, two groundbreaking black fighter pilots who flew in World War Two spoke at Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus. The two pilots were members of the famous Tuskegee [tus-KEE-gee] Airmen, the first African Americans to fly fighter planes in combat.  Lieute... Read more

More Talk Radio on 1/11/10

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod look at the fate of China, the United States, the Global South, and planet with guest Michael T. Klare, whose recent article on TomDispatch is "The Second Decade, The World in 2020" http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175186/ Michael Kl... Read more

Oregon Activist in Palestine

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Isobel Charle spoke with an Oregon activist volunteering in the West Bank in solidarity with Palestinians against Israel’s apartheid wall. Read more

Veterans Suicides Interview

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
       News accounts over the past years have told of one suicide after another among young veterans and members of the military.  Now, the Department of Veterans affairs has some hard data to go with this anecdotal evidence. It has announced that the suicide rate amo... Read more

Reflections on the Underpants Bomber

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2010 at 12:00am
 Sooner or later, it had to happen. A terrorist attack would take place on President Obama's watch, and the wingnuts would bleat about his response to the End of the World as We Know It. As it happens, the attack consisted of a kid trying -- unsuccessfully -- to set his und... Read more

January 11, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this show discusses Oregon tax measures with Steve Novick; the blockbuster movie "Avatar," making the power grid democratic, and the latest in political rap music.  For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. ... Read more

Movie Moles: "Avatar"

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 James Cameron's new blockbuster movie Avatar has been widely debated: what is it really saying about people with disabilities, the environment, racism, colonialism, and other important social questions?   Our Movie Moles Frann Michel and Denise Morris have a rousing good t... Read more

imperial avatar

On the Old Mole Jan 11, 2010, Denise Morris & I discussed Avatar, the expensive and profitable 3-D blockbuster, written and directed by James Cameron. The movie is set in 2154 on Pandora, the Earth-like moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri system, where the RDA Corp... Read more

Pneumonia Warning

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know."  She talks about her own recent experiences with swine flu and pneumonia, and the curious lack of corporate media interest in this mysterious killer.  Also, is there an Israeli connection to the Nigerian plane b... Read more

INFO TO SUPPORT SUNDIATA ACOLI

What you can do to help and a sample letter: www.sundiataacoli.orgwww.myspace.com/freesundiataPlease write a letter of support for Sundiata Acoli. Your support is needed. Print it, sign it, mail it. It's that easy! Letter, links and more info are below! more details: ... Read more