Legislation

 
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Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Fred Magdoff, co-author of "The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences".

Airs at: Sun, 06/21/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Fred Magdoff, co-author of "The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences". In the fall of 2008, the United States was plunged into a financial crisis more severe than any since the Great Depression. As banks collapsed and the ... Read more

Green burials

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon state Senate recently passed a bill requiring burial facilities and death care consultants to be licensed by the state mortuary and cemetery board. While this may appear at first to be an uncontroversial regulatory measure, local ‘green burial’ groups say the ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06/17/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
June 19th marks the 144th anniversary of the landing of federal troops in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and finally bring slavery to an end throughout the United States. "Juneteenth" has not only become a day to commemorate the end of slavery ... Read more

Cesar Chavez Avenue

Airs at: Thu, 06/18/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Cristina Gonzales hosts a discussion of the renaming of 39th Avenue to Cesar Chavez Avenue. In May Portland’s Planning Commission voted 7-1 to recommend that the Portland City council rename 39th Avenue for Latino-American labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. The ... Read more

Tobacco control bill

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Senate has passed A bill that allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco, including new dissolvable tobacco products packaged to look like mints or candy. It’s being called the strongest anti-tobacco measure since the U-S Surgeon General said smoking... Read more

Foster care bill

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon state senate passed a bill today calling for an investigation of racism in the state’s foster care system. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson—Oregon Senate Majority Leader and co-sponsor of the bill. The Foster care study bill wil... Read more

A survey of the conservative zeitgeist yields stupidity and murder

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm
 Hosted by: Abe Proctor   A survey of the conservative zeitgeist yields stupidity and murder While Joe takes a vacation, Abe takes a pass through conservative airspace, and flushes out words and deeds ranging from the merely stupid and offensive to the violent and murd... Read more

A "Juneteenth" rememberance: confronting racism in Oregon

June 19th marks the 144th anniversary of the landing of federal troops in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and finally bring slavery to an end throughout the United States. "Juneteenth" has not only become a day to commemorate the end of slavery ... Read more

Healthcare forum

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer held a town hall meeting on health care, at Portland Community College on JUne 5th. Read more

Oregon to expand state health coverage

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon House has approved a plan to expand state health coverage to an additional 80,000 uninsured children and 35,000 low-income adults.      The measure calls for raising taxes on hospital revenues and establishing a tax on health insurance premiums to pay for the ex... Read more