Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Chelsea Ratzlaff talks with Chicana lesbian musician and writer Naomi Littlebear Morena about climate change and her revisitation of "Song to a Dying Star," as well as the role of art in mental health and community organizing. Naomi's writing is featured in the seminal thir... Read more

  The Old Mole Variety Hour is pleased to present Thirty Years in the Streets of Portland: The Activist Photography of Bette Lee. Follow the link to view a collection of Bette's photos with her reflections. 2012 Occupy Portland, Not Afghanistan: Photo by Bette Lee Patri... Read more

    Glen Ford Tribute. Last month on July 28th 2021 journalist and, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report Glen Ford died at the age of 71. BAR provides news, commentary and analysis from the Black left and the loss of the voice and dedication of Glen Ford at such a youn... Read more

  July 24th Medicare for All Rally in Portland. "Should health care be about profits or about people? Should you be denied access to basic life-saving care? Do you want a system of healthcare that maintains the market value of our largest money makers or one that promote... Read more

  Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which Includes   Bill Resnick interviews Reggie Williams, a Vice-President of the Commonwealth Fund whose singular objective is improving the U.S. health care system. Their most recent evaluation and report that William... Read more

  Bill Resnick interviews Reggie Williams, a Vice-President of the Commonwealth Fund whose singular objective is improving the U.S. health care system. Their most recent evaluation and report that Williams supervised and authored compared the U.S. health care to the system... Read more

Bill speaks with Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard University Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government emerita, who wrote the book Good Neighbors: The Democracy of Everyday Life.  Together they explore everyday democracy,  neighborly as well as the liberat... Read more

Our Well Read Red Sharon Grant shares an article about sport as a business and how Black women athletes in particular get the short end of the stick. The article by Kurt Streeter was published July 23 in the New York Times.   Photo by Susie Butler/Flickr: Read more