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Harming poor kids: a look at Gov. Kitzhaber's proposed "reform" of TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, better known as TANF, provides poor
families with cash assistance for basic necessities while also offering
parents job training to get them into the workfor...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod lead a discussion of how the legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. relates to current labor issues in the U.S. Dr.
King was assassinated on April 4th in 1968. Their guest is Isaiah Poole,
whose current article is "From Memphis to Madi...
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Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris
They're as predictable as the tides. Back in control of the U.S. House and
statehouses across the land, the Republicans have returned to their age-old
crusade -- smacking down uppity women everywhere. Abe and Joe look at the
landsl...
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Hasn't Marx been proven wrong countless times by ALL the economists? Isn't it
the Europeans who are held back by class, while Americans transcend class?
Michael Schwalbe, a sociology professor at University of North Carolina, begs
to differ and explains how class-struggle ...
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Mildred Pierce was a 1941 novel by James M Cain set in 1930 America and
follows Mildred Pierce's struggle to support her family when she kicks out
her cheating, unemployed husband. The 1945 movie-version adds a noir
murder-mystery to the story, while this newer one, dir...
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How do we solve Oregon's sex-trafficking problem?
Portland holds the dubious distinction of being considered a regional and
national sex-trafficking hub. Although Oregon does not track the number of
youth involved in prostitution, law enforcement and social service a...
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Hosted by Joe Uris. Abe is Sick, sick, sick... Or, maybe just playing
Hooky.
Joe goes solo today with a look at the political upheavals in the Middle
East, the economy of the U.S. and the situation of working people across the
country.
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Today's show was peppered with selections of Christy Moore's music,
including a fairly complete cut of Ordinary Man. Joe talked with Brad at the
end of the show, and due to an engineering error we experienced almost
40-seconds of dead-air. It's been edited out of the on...
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We replay a rousing speech given by Tony Schultz, a dairy farmer in
Wisconsin, where he explain how unionism and agrarian culture share the same
values.
After that Bill talks with Monica Adams an activist also in Wisconsin who
works with Freedom Inc. They talk about th...
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Tyson talks about the role politics and political economy play in shaping how
certain forms of energy (nuclear, solar, wind, etc.) seem more available than
others.
Tyson Slocum is the research director for Public Citizen's Critical Energy
Project.
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