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Wage Slavery and Beyond

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 What is wage slavery?  Why are even well-paid workers nevertheless slaves?  Could work be abolished?   What is the real value of work?  These are the questions pondered by Old Moles Clayton Morgareidge and Frann Michel, and Poet Marge Piercy in this portmanteau segment wit... Read more

Wage Theft

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Employers often fail to pay the wages workers have earned: they commit wage theft, affecting millions of American workers.   Kim Bobo is the author of Wage Theft in America, and in this interview she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick  about the many ways this happens,... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02/04/10

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Haiti, Race and International Adoption The arrest of 10 American Baptists for attempting to take children out of Haiti without permission has rekindled the debate over international adoption. Many Americans believe the plight of Haitian children more than justifies removal ... Read more

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work; A Review

-  Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert Hare, Regan Books, N.Y. 2006- A Review by -James M. Craven/Omahkohkiaayo i’poyi I cannot recommend enough, to enough people, the book "Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Paul Babia... Read more

Young Labor Leader: Jaimie Sorenson

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Jamie Partridge talks with　Jaimie Sorenson, newly elected president of AFSCME 328, the 4,500 member OHSU local, and one of the youngest leaders of a major union local in the Portland area. Read more

Letter Carriers Delivering After Dark

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Jamie Partridge talks with　local Letter Carriers about their struggle against after-dark delivery. Customer service, safety and postal service finances all suffer with a Portland hiring freeze that forces carriers to deliver mail in the dark. Read more

OPEN LINES discussion on Supreme Court ruling regarding campaign finance limits and...

Airs at: Thu, 01/21/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
OPEN LINES discussion on Supreme Court ruling regarding campaign finance limits and other current issues on the top KBOO Listeners' minds....Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about t... Read more

January 18, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show features music of the Great Depression, a discussion of what Obama has and has not done to create jobs, putting Haitian poverty in historical context, a conversation about how to save journalism (and what it needs to be saved from); and a ... Read more

Life & Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
About the program…Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a place to... Read more

Looking beyond the rhetoric: the arguments for (and against) Measures 66 & 67

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
On January 26, Oregonians will be asked to decide how the latest chapter in the state's long-running tax wars will turn out. Opponents of two tax increases approved by the legislature in 2009 succeeded in collecting enough signatures for a referendum on what are now Measure... Read more