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On Pastures of Plenty this week (March 27, 2024) we feature a globe-trotting
group of artists with some great folk music from all over the world. We start
in Canada with energetic fiddlers Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, from
their latest album "Canvas" with "Dance Arnol...
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This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Two: Voices of Civil Society.
On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Two of our coverage of the
Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week
we feature some of the voices of civil society at the CND in...
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As COVID relief funds run dry, school districts in the Portland area, and
around the state, are looking at extended periods of budget cuts. What’s to
be done? And who will bear the brunt of the lean times? Traci and Abe take
your calls.
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Adam Carpinelli interviews Opium Sabbah and Paulette Dauteuil with the
Leonard Peltier Official Ad Hoc Committee and The Jericho Movement for
Political Prisoner Amnesty.
Leonard Peltier is the longest held Indigenous Prisoner in the United
States. Updates on his case an...
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Post doctorate researchers at Oregon Health and Sciences University have
organized with AFSCME for living wages, paid time off, and support for
international researchers (52% are internationals). OHSU has a $600 million
research budget but refuses to pay even 1% to improve...
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This program originally aired on February 12, 2024
The environment and the climate are having a rough ride at Portland City
Council and in the backrooms of the Oregon State Capitol. Less than a day
before a hearing on a housing regulatory reform package, Portland City...
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Local economist Mary King de-bunks the business lobby talking point that we
have the highest taxes in the country. Actually, Oregon’s in the middle
of the pack for state and local taxes that businesses pay. For households,
our taxes per person are well below the highes...
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There are now 30 lawsuits against oil companies underway in cities and states
around the US, including in California and here in the Pacific Northwest.
Last year, a case was filed by Multnomah County around damages from the
2021 heat wave and fires and a lawsuit was rec...
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A four year old Mi'kmaq girl vanishes from a berry field in Maine. The Berry
Pickers is a 2023 novel by Amanda Peters. It is both a historical novel and a
mystery. Larry Bowlden reviews. Patricia Kullberg reads.
Image: cover of The Berry Pickers, a Novel, by Amanda ...
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