In December 2023, residents of Gaza and two nongovernmental human rights
organizations filed a lawsuit in a federal court in California arguing that
the US federal government has violated the 1948 Genocide Convention by
failing to intervene in Israel’s recent actions in ...
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Why is comprehensive build-out of public transit necessary to improve our
heath, stop global warming, enable poor people to find work and meet friends,
and reduce taxes. And can it be done? Bill Resnick talks to Liam Crisan, a
researcher at the Institute for Policy Studi...
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Clean & Safe: A Dirty and Dangerous Contract for Portland: Every year,
Downtown Clean & Safe receives over $5 million to provide “enhanced
services” to 213 blocks of Portland’s Central City. Yet below the surface
of this seemingly benign contract lie threats to public...
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Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following
segments:
The Legal Case for Genocide: In December 2023, residents of Gaza and two
nongovernmental human rights organizations filed a lawsuit in a federal court
in California arguing that the...
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The United Nations agency, the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change( has been charged with developing a plan to stop runaway
global heating and also getting all the 208 so nations on earth to get
committed to the plan. No other organization can ...
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Jan Haaken talks with Prerna Gupta, contributing author to Making the
Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation
Exposure—a newly released collection of essays. The editors of the volume,
Jacob Darwin Hamblin and Linda Richards, are faculty at Oreg...
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Laurie Mercier speaks with Julia Ford of Portland Jewish Voice for Peace
about actions to protest Israel's war on Gaza/Palestine and how to build a
lasting peace. The national Jewish Voice for Peace can be found here:
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
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Jon Nelson hosts this New Year’s episode of the Old Mole, which includes
the following segments:
Just, Orderly and Equitable: The United Nations agency, the UNFCCC (United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change( has been charged with
developing a plan to sto...
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