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The College for All Act would make tuition free for students with household
income under $125,000. It’s reportedly “the most substantial federal
investment in higher education in the modern history of the United States,”
with “transformative potential… on par with Presid...
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In November, Oregon became the first state to legalize the use of psilocybin,
the main active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” for mental health
treatment in supervised settings. The field of psychedelic-enhanced therapy
has gained particular momentum as a promising a...
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Climate Action Movements. Bill Resnick talks to an old Portland
friend, Patrick Mazza, once editor of the dear departed Portland Alliance,
has been front line fighter in the Climate Action movements from the
beginning, with two notable arrests in mass direct action, o...
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Densie Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes
Biden American Jobs Plan. Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, director
of the large and influential Institute for Policy Studies for 20 years. A
Washington insider, Cavanagh wrote 12 important books and...
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Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, director of the large and influential
Institute for Policy Studies for 20 years. A Washington insider, Cavanagh
wrote 12 important books and also worked in the trenches of the environmental
and poor peoples’ movements. John and Bill...
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In the final segment of a 3 part interview, Luisa Martinez and Dr. Mitch
Green return to the way economists frame the economic problem: that of
understanding the dynamics of a social provisioning process. We discuss what
the Heterodox school of Economics has to say about...
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Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare workers. Sharon Grant looks at Vaccine
Hesitancy among Healthcare workers. Sharon was a longtime public employee
with Multnomah County and worked on vaccine hesitancy community campaigns for
the health department.
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In the first of a three-part interview, Luisa Martinez speaks with Mitch
Green, PhD. Dr. Green is a heterodox economist who explains the differences
between mainstream economics and the heterodox school of economic thought. In
the former the economy is fundamentally scar...
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In recent years, far right platforms such as QAnan have garnered followers
by promoting child sex trafficking conspiracies and advancing their rightwing
agenda under the banner of rescuing children from perverse evil-doers. In
their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken...
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Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes
Community Energy Part 2. Bill Resnick interviews Paul Fenn in the second
part of a 2 part interview on Community Energy. In the part 1 last week they
discussed the origins of the Community Energy moveme...
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