Prostitution-free zones designated by the City Council under Chapter 14B.30. The zones were areas in  which police had probable cause to believe a person committed prostitution  as defined in Section 14B.30.030 of city code. Offenders could be banned from the zone for a  twelve to 18 month period.

In 2007, Mayor Tom Potter allowed Portland's Prostitution Free Zone ordinances to sunset after determining that the law was ineffective.

In recent months, neighbors of the Montavilla neighborhood have begun organizing to mark the one year anniversary since the city dropped the Prostitution Free Zone.  The groups claim that crime has risen since the zone was dropped, and are attempting to push for its reinstatement.

Two ballot measures in Oregon would have major impact on unions.  Denise Morris and Wesley Buchholz explain.

Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program features discussions of bank nationalization and student anti-war actions.  We also hear a  review of three recent novels by women writers.  To hear the whole show, including music by tenor sax player Don Byas, click on the arrow above.  To hear separate pieces, follow the links below:

1.  Clayton Morgareidge reads edited experpts from David Schweickart's essay "Bailout! A Case for Economic Democracy And Clearing the Path to Socialism".

2.  Dan La Botz talks with Bill Resnick about bank nationalizations, past, present, and future.

Teacher and writer Dan La Botz writes on economic topics in the Monthly Review.   He talks with Bill Resnick about the close  relationship between banking and government, about when and where banks have been nationalized before, and the prospects for state ownership of banks in the future.  Two of his articles on the current economic crisis are here and here.  

Philosopher David Schweickart is the author of  After Capitalism, a book which puts forward a practical vision of a kind of economic democracy, a form of market socialism, that seems  ideally suited for the current economic crisis.  Clayton Morgareidge reads edited exerpts from his essay "Bailout! A Case for Economic Democracy And Clearing the Path to Socialism."

Hosted by Bill Resnick,  this program deals with the local impact  of the economic crisis,  welfare "deform" and domestic  violence, labor issues at  a Northwest university campus, and a documentary film showing how American policies are viewed around the  world.  To hear  the whole show,  click on the arrow above.  For individuals  pieces, follow their  links  below:

1.  Michael Leachman discusses the economic crisis in Oregon with Bill Resnick.

2.  The Movie Moles  review  "Considering Democracy,"  a  documentary film about global views of  the US.

Western Washington University at Vancouver has  hired a contractor with a record of bad  labor  practices.   When union workers  protested, students  joined  in.   Laurie Mercier  talks  with Jason Scheckler from the Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters and Taj Mahon-Haft, a WSU student and member of the Social Environmental Justice Club, about the issues.