Government/Politics

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1/6 - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In the runup to the second presidential term of Donald Trump, we revisit our June 2023 conversation with the creative team behind 1/6: The Graphic Novel, a speculative spin on the real events of January 6, 2021. Writers Gan Golan (The Adventures of Unemployed Man) and Al... Read more

"Vow of Silence": New documentary on the assassination of Anna Mae Aquash, with Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 12/11/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
      https://www.hulu.com/series/vow-of-silence-the-assassination-of-annie-mae-afce5118-e361-4041-ace9-9ac52bafefa7 Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of are more and larger server farms and nuclear power reactors to feed them electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazon and other tech giants. Amazon is eyeing Eastern Oregon... Read more

Making Solidarity and Making Community

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With the looming prospect of a new Trump administration, left activists face a perilous political moment. Today we look back at the Central America solidarity movement of the 1980’s to discover what lessons can be learned from a movement that succeeded in blunting US milita... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2024 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The collapse of the Syrian dictatorship Read more

Portland City Council Digest for December 4, 2024

Airs at: Wed, 12/04/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. Close to a hundred people, including staff and media, were in the temporary Council Chambers at the start of Wednesday morning’s 9:30 meeting. The City Council has been meeting at the city’s Development Services Center near the PSU campus whi... Read more

Annual report on Multnomah County Jails says system is 'in crisis'

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. "The Multnomah County Jail System is in crisis and at risk of jeopardizing health and safety." That's the finding from the 2024 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury report, released by District Attorney Mike Schmidt on December 3rd. Orego... Read more

Countdown to New Portland Government: City leaders ramp up transition efforts before end of the year

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. There are just 27 days until Portland’s new form of government and newly elected leadership are in effect. A lot of work has gone into the transition since 2022, when voters passed the Charter Change measure that put the governmental transfor... Read more

PGE Wants to Clearcut in Forest Park

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland General Electric (PGE) has submitted a proposal to the city of Portland to update and expand their power grid infrastructure. The proposal, known as the Harborton Reliability Project, would upgrade one existing power line, and clearcut nearly five acres of forest i... Read more

Colonialism, Solidarity, and Leonard Peltier

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This year, the annual deluge of Black Friday ads egging us on to attain higher levels of consumption–with corresponding carbon emissions and solid and liquid waste–seemed particularly hollow, morbid–predatory, even– falling as Black Friday did this year on November 29, t... Read more