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The Power Of Community to Solve Problems

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
"Communities, really meaningful communities, can spring up under the most unlikely circumstances. I feel very close to these people who I've never actually been able to see more than a glimpse of from my car." Suzanne LaGrande interviews freelance writer who organized a g... Read more

The Digital Divide: Access to Technology Is Now a Matter of Survival

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
 "We often hear  that technology is the thing that will save us. But technology and innovation are really just buzzwords. If they don't include everyone, technology just becomes another systemic barrier It's our goal [at Free Geek] that when we talk about innovation, we'... Read more

Buscando America on 04/07/20

Airs at: Tue, 04/07/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa escucharás una conversación con Bárbara Suárez de Detention Watch Network sobre las acciones urgentes para evitar una tragedia en cárceles y dentro de detención. Hubo un motin en la estación migratoria de Tenosique Tabasco, escucha el reporte de Irineo ... Read more

Covid 19 and Human Rights

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well Read Red Tom Becker reads from a piece published in Counterpunch by Catherine Rottenberg and Neve Gordon, entitled: The Corono Virus Conundrum and Human Rights. Rottenberg and Gordon write about the coronavirus pandemic's potential to accelerate the already existent... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts today's show which includes these segments: Environmental Degradation and Covid 19: In the first of a two part interview, Bill Resnick speaks with microbiologist Dr. Michael Friedman, who teaches at the American International College of Arts and... Read more

Global pandemic does not slow escalating tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  While coronavirus is spreading across the world and worsening in the United States, President Trump took time from his Wednesday briefing to focus on Venezuela and its role in the coronavirus outbreak, as well as its response within its own borders. The administration... Read more

Humanitarian organization Mercy Corps Northwest continues work remotely

Airs at: Tue, 03/31/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Coronavirus has hit hard around the globe, and Mercy Corps is there to help. The humanitarian organization works to alleviate poverty and suffering aroung the world, including in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, Mercy Corps local stores of personal protective equipmen... Read more

Promoting a Progressive Agenda for Oregon in the Face of a Pandemic

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Just two months ago it looked like the Oregon Legislature was poised to pass a slew of civil rights, environmental and equity bills. But this agenda was blindsided, first by Republican legislators who once again fled the state to protest the cap and trade bill. Their mov... Read more

Abolishing the Northwest Detention Center

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Maru Mora from La Resistencia and Latino Advocacy about the campaign to shut down the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.  This program originally aired in October 2019. More Information: https://www.nwdcresistance.org Read more

Buscando America on 03/31/20

Airs at: Tue, 03/31/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha un reporte de Pueblos sin Fronteras ante el preocupante aumento de migrantes en estaciones migratorias ante la inminente llegada del  COVID 19.  Voces ke Luxan en su sesión 8  habla con Stephanie Chavez desde Yacarta, Indonesia sobre el COVID 19. , y sobre el ul... Read more