Tammy Habteyes

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the newly announced lottery for Oregonians who get their first vaccine dose before June 28th. Statewide, there's $1 million up for grabs and $10k in each county. Even folks under 18 have a drawing of their own, to w... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the recent April 2021 jobs report, which showed far fewer new jobs gained last month than economists predicted. What does this mean? Well, it isn't that Americans are suddenly overwhelmingly lazy, and living high on... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by talking about some of the preliminary results of the 2020 Census. We talk about adding congressional representatives and the upcoming redistricting process. The Census data has something to tell us about demographi... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Bea Yeh Ogden, the Event & Community Space Manager for the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) about their Liberation in Practice series this month. Ogden walks us through the development of the work... Read more

  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Don Merrill, the founder of CNBSeen, a non-profit that aims to address over policing of marginalized groups by offering free taillight replacements. Broken tail lights are a common cause of vehicle stops by polic... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about the guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. We digest the verdict and where the movement, our community and our country go from here. We hear from our listeners abou... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about consequences and restructuring at the Portland Police Bureau. We talk about the City Commission's compromise on the Gun Violence Reduction Team and the Dept. of Justice's notice of non-compliance for excessive fo... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Mina Meman, FEMA’s COVID-19 & Oregon Wildfire Outreach Program (COWOP) Manager, about distributing FEMA COVID and wildfire aid to underserved communities. The program was created in response to the pandemic and w... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by discussing the first week of the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May of 2020, by kneeling on his neck for about 9 minutes. We talk about who has taken the... Read more