Housing/Homelessness

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Rent Strike in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Lew Church about an opinion piece he wrote for the December 23rd Portland Observer on whether Portland needs a city-wide rent strike. Lew describes tenant organizing he was part of at PSU, where they went on a rent-strike, and points out hidden histor... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts the last Old Mole episode of 2015, which features segments on climate, economy, housing, insanity, and music by Helly Luv, Nina Simone, and the Pretenders, as well as poetry by Marge Piercy. This week the theme song is performed by Jerron Blind Boy Paxt... Read more

Portland Needs a Rent Strike

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads an opinion piece from December 23rd's Portland Observer  by Lew Church of Tenant Rights Project and Portland Tenants United, that suggests a city-wide rent strike is worth considering. [image from wikipedia] Read more

Salvation Army Story

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Paul Sowards is a bell ringer for the Salvation Army in Wilsonville, Oregon. He says the organization has saved his life as well as let him reach out to people in his own unique way. But for a secular community like Portland, the Salvation Army is viewed skeptically for ... Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 21, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show featuring music about love and a better world by Michael Jackson. The segments of the show are these: Journalist Arun Gupta talks with Bill Resnick about gentrification and the role of teachers' unions in resisting it. Jan Haaken explain... Read more

Vic Remmers faces protesters as he attempts to cut ancient trees on two sites in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 09/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland residents in two separate neighborhoods engaged in civil disobedience today to stop ancient trees from being cut down by developer Vic Remmers. A neighborhood group in Southeast Portland has banded together to stop the cutting of two old-growth trees near 41st Ave... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 24, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode with segments featuring Jeremy Brecher on Climate Insurgency, Denise & Joe on Housing Justice, and readings on the cost of low wages and the radical promise of Reconstruction. Bill talks with Jeremy Brecher about Climate Insurgency. Tom reads ... Read more

Housing Justice in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Joe Clement discuss housing as a human right, the broad impact of rising housing costs, the Portland history of racism that has contributed to the current housing crunch, the struggle for sustainable solutions that go beyond isolated nuclear family homes, ... Read more

Houselessness Activism in Eugene

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
0729 OR HEDIN BRUGH SLEEPS ACTIVIST   WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015   CDRW# __   RUNS   6:48   W/LOCKOUT        KILL DATE/TIME __________________   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS... Read more