Women

Judith Arcana

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Jennifer Kemp speaks with activist and author Judith Arcana about reproductive rights in the United States, before Roe v. Wade and now. Also, hear Judith read some of her poetry! Read more

Dixie Whetsell and the Northwest Mothers Milk Bank

Airs at: Sun, 07/12/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Family Business Hosted by Anna Keith Soderberg Currently, US milk banks cannot meet the need for donor milk. The closest milk bank to Portland is in San Jose, California. Oregon and Washington have two of the highest breastfeeding rates in the United States with the pote... Read more

Is health care reform in critical condition?

Airs at: Wed, 07/08/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Over 75 percent of Americans want health care reform according to a new Pew Research poll. President Obama remains committed to reforming our health care system this year. But as Congress struggles to craft legislation, the voice of concerned voters is getting drowned out b... Read more

Prison activist Victoria Law discusses her new book "Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggle of Incarcerated Women"

Airs at: Thu, 07/02/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: APA Compass

Victoria Law is an activist, mother, photographer and writer. APA Compass member Toni Tabora-Roberts spoke with her about her new book Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggle of Incarcerated Women and her work as a prison activist. This is a longer version of the interview whi... Read more

Does reorganizing Portland's high schools make sense?

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Portland's high school dropout rate is the highest in the metropolitan area. While the statewide rate declined last year, Portland high school students are dropping out at twice the rate - 8.2 percent - of students in other Oregon communities. The city's high schools are al... Read more

How We Interact Online

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Digital Divide

Today we’ll be examining how the internet has changed the way people interact with one another. Our first story comes to us from The Old Mole Varity Hour where Women's Studies Professor Brooke Campbell spoke with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about recent controversies over er... Read more

Gender and Revolution: Sexual Politics in Iran and the US

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

How have women fared in revolutionary Iran, and what is their role in the current upheavals there? Is the movement for gay marriage going to make gays and lesbians conform to traditional family values? What will it take to make our health care system, corrupted by profit... Read more

Revolutionary Iranian Women

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Catherine Sameh is studying women in Iran, resistance movements and feminism, and she has an eye-opening account of the condition and role of women in Iran before and after the Revolution of 1979 and what it means for Iranian women today. She is interviewed here by the O... Read more

Closing Portland's Affordable Housing Gap

Airs at: Wed, 06/24/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

The real estate bubble may have burst but many Portlanders still find homeownership beyond their reach. Even with today's lower housing costs, affordable housing for a family earning the median family income ($66,900) would be priced at $200,000 - a price limited to very fe... Read more

Family Business: Parenting without Punishments

Airs at: Thu, 06/25/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Anna Soderberg hosts call-in talk radio this morning. The topic is "Parenting without Punishments". Guests are connected parenting educators Emily Troper and Lyla Wolfenstein. Emily is also a Certified Post-Partum Doula and Lyla is also a Board Certified Lactation Consulta... Read more