Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders
have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board. Does this
make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability
as commissioners supporting the change claim? V...
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Our Movie Moles, Jan Haaken and Brooke Jacobson, talk about hillbilly
stereotypes, meth culture and gender in a very recent coming-of-age
crime-thriller, "Winter's Bone," Directed by Deborah Granik.
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Today's show ran the gamut from water conservation to oily devastation to the
double-edge of postmodern autonomy, with a final romp by our Movie Moles
through the Ozarks. Our host, Clayton Morgareidge, selected some bluegrass
music to accent the plight of those who just wan...
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Breaking trails in politics and law: A conversation with former Oregon
Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts.
Betty Roberts was a child of the Great Depression. From the Texas plains of
her childhood, she went on to become a teacher, lawyer, state legislator and
Oregon'...
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Host Natalie Butto interviews Annie Bethancourt, Ourstage local artist winner
for Lilith Fair in Portland. The concert is on July 2nd with a portion of
proceeds benefitting Bradley Angle House. The Lilith Fair 2010 tour kicked
off in Canada, and this is the first stop on th...
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Denise Morris hosts this program about the future of the US Postal Service,
whether capitalism has a future, building sustainable neighborhoods in
Portland, and the lives of British working class women.
Event: Bushra Kaliq, General Secretary of the Pakistan Women's Worker...
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English novelist Pat Barker is known for several novels about World War I,
but Book Mole Larry Bowlden has discovered her first two books, Union Street
and Blow Your House Down. They are about poor, working class, Northern
English women and girls. Larry praises their artic...
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