Immigration

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Immigrants: Why They Come

Airs at: Mon, 05/31/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Arizona anti-immigrant law has focused renewed attention to undocumented workers.  Why are they here and what are the problems the current climate imposes  on them?  Eliana Machuca, activist and organizer at Jobs With Justice, talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick... Read more

Immigration Reform and the Dream Act.

Airs at: Fri, 05/21/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
The time for immigration reform is now. Join a conversation on why and how with two leading women activists:Pramila Jayapal, the founder and Director of OneAmerica, the largest immigrant advocacy organization in WA State. Pramila, an immigrant from India, has spent the last... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05/27/2010

Airs at: Thu, 05/27/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Coffee, Tea and VOE: A talk with Coffee Party PDX's Kristy Alberty and Common Cause Oregon's Nate Gulley The Tea Party has captured the imagination of America's media industry if not the American people, lending it clout that far surpasses its numbers. Tea Party pressure ... Read more

May 24 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This show is hosted by Bill Resnick and features the Movie Moles, Frann Michel and Denise Morris, skewering "Robin Hood," Book Mole Larry Bowlden finding much to admire in Minrose Gwin's new novel The Queen of Palmyra.  Manuel Perez from the Institute for Policy Studies re... Read more

Reneging on the Great Migration

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Many thousands of undocumented immigrants in the US were forced out of their home countries by NAFTA and invited in by corporations and agribusiness seeking cheap labor.  Now they are being punished by anti-immigrant laws and sentiment.  Manuel Perez, a scholar at the Insti... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 5/20/10

Airs at: Thu, 05/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Oregon Primary Election 2010 About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 5/13/10

Airs at: Thu, 05/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Is Multnomah County "uniquely toxic" for people of color?   A new report by Portland State University states that for people of color, Multnomah County is a "uniquely toxic" place when it comes to education, income, home ownership and health. The 152-page report, which ... Read more

Voices From the Edge on 05/06/2010

Airs at: Thu, 05/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a pla... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?   Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their f... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?   Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their fou... Read more