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Personal and social resiliency in the face of an uncertain future

Airs at: Wed, 08/12/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Paul Roland speaks with guest John Daggett about the theory and practice of Resiliency. In the face of climate chaos and economic breakdown, we need to become more resilient, both personally and socially. Daggett draws upon a long career in teaching, school administrat... Read more

ONS Education Act

Airs at: Tue, 07/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
0721 OR ONS EDUCATION ACT    TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015   CDRW# __   RUNS   2:03   W/LOCKOUT        KILL DATE/TIME __________________   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUC... Read more

Portland Events on 1-Year Anniversary of Killing of Michael Brown

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
This coming Sunday, the ninth of August, marks the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, after allegedly stealing cigarillos from a nearby conve... Read more

Alyssa Pagan on Fight for 15, #BlackLivesMatter, and Armed PSU Security

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for News In Depth
KBOO's Mic Crenshaw speaks with Alyssa Pagan, an organizer with Don't Shoot Portland, 15 Now, and the PSU Student Union, about the fight for a $15 minimum wage, #BlackLivesMatter, the controversial arming of PSU's security guards, and this weekend's upcoming events to mark ... Read more

Democracy Rising against Capitalism in Greece

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Recently back from the "Democracy Rising" conference in Athens, Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss democracy and its contradictions in Greece. (scroll down for the audio link) (Image via GCAS) Here are links to sources for some of the points they mention: Democracy Rising... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 20, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Gwen Sullivan of the Portland Association of Teachers about how things have been going since they won their latest contract Joe Clement reads a pamphlet about organizing a citywide tenants union ... Read more

Portland Association of Teachers: building the schools students deserve

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Gwen Sullivan of the Portland Association of Teachers, the union representing the teachers of Portland Public Schools. They discuss developments and implementation of their latest contract, settled last year after the union voted to go on strike with... Read more

Itoco Gracia: the Intrepid Principal of Cherryland Elementary

At the United States justice forum in San Jose California this year I had the oppertunity to see Itoco Garcia speak at the Rap Academy PMA. Garcia came from  bi-ricaial parents and spent time in the highlands of Scotland when he was a youngster. Landing in 3rd grade in the ... Read more

Education: No Cure for Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Gordon Lafer talks with the Old Mole’s Bill Resnick about why education and training programs will not put a dent in the unemployment rate.  Lafer is a political economist at the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center and the author of The Job Training C... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 8, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode and it includes the following, together with music about being poor. 1.  Bill Resnick talks with Tyler Macguiness of the Oregon Center for Public Policy about the extent of child poverty in Oregon and what business leaders are willing, and... Read more