Tom Becker reads from Paul Krugman's October 14th Op-Ed in the New York
Times, "The Mortgage Morass," which reflects on a wave of potentially illegal
home-seizures and how this takes us back to "the days when noblemen felt free
to take whatever they wanted, knowing that pe...
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Bill Resnick talks with Janice Thompson of Common Cause about
publicly-financed politics and voter-owned elections, and specifically how
Portland Ballot 26-108 ensures them.
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Today's Old Mole - hosted by Tom Becker - features conversations about
alternative electoral systems emerging in the US; the relationship between
domestic violence and economic hardship; voter-owned elections; and horror
stories of defrauded home-owners.
Below are links t...
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We heard from Shawn Carnahan, who provided updates on Mumia Abu-Jamal, and
Erika Spaet who shared the position Partnership, Safety and Justice has taken
on some of the the November election issues.
If you appreciate Prison Pipeline and the other fine programs presented on
K...
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Positively Revolting guest author David C. Korten discusses moving on from
this economy that is broken, to a new economics based on the real wealth of
strong communities, shared prosperity, a healthy environment, and citizen
democracy.
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Ballot measures and bucks: a look at the scramble for tax dollars
New emergency response systems for the fire bureau. Funding for the
historical society. Additional revenue to cover manda...
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Prologue
The shocking possibility that dumb people don’t exist in
sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending
them will seem incredible to you. Yet that is my central proposition: the
mass dumbnes...
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Should the Portland Police be subject to random drug testing?
Jo Ann and Dave discuss the City of Portland's proposal to require random
drug-testing of Portland police officers.
The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in
additional discussion of th...
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Lies, damn lies and export statistics: A conversation about the impact of
free trade agreements on our communities
President Obama recently announced plans to push through the Korea Free Trade
Agreement immediately after the November...
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