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Voices from the Edge on 06-28-12 Checking in with the Supremes

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Checking in with the Supremes This Thursday, the Supreme Court is expected to release its ruling on whether President Obama's health care law is constitutional. While the most watched and awaited, its one of several key decisions by the court this week. On Monday, the c... Read more

Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog on the Supreme Court's healthcare decision

Airs at: Tue, 06/26/2012 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor. Joe Uris is on vacation. It's a big week for the Supreme Court. Monday's decisions on Arizona's "Papers, Please" law and mandatory minimum sentences for juveniles are a prelude to the big one -- a decision on the Affordable Care Act, expected late... Read more

The president just welcomed thousands who came here illegally as children. What does it mean?

Airs at: Tue, 06/19/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe is on Vacation.   The history of the United States is a saga of immigration, whether you're a descendant of immigrants, a descendant of those displaced by immigrants, or an immigrant yourself. In a place such as this -- where being a America... Read more

Obama Stops Deportations of Young Immigrants

Airs at: Fri, 06/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 President Obama today announced an end to deportations of undocumented immigrants eligible for the congressional DREAM Act. The DREAM Act provided a path to citizenship for young immigrants who meet certain conditions, although it failed to pass Congress... Read more

Koreen Brown on culturally responsive and relevant instructional practices.

Airs at: Fri, 06/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Koreen Brown discusses the importance of providing cultural and racial equity to Portland Public School's students experiencing significant mental health concerns as well as the findings of her academic research on Mexican American males counter stories of educational su... Read more

Greg Nokes, author of Massacred for Gold, The Chinese in Hells Canyon

Airs at: Fri, 06/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Gregory Nokes, former reporter and editor for The Associated Press and The Oregonian, is the author of "Massacred for Gold:  The Chinese in Hell's Canyon", which documents the robbery and murder of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners on May 25, 1887.  This is more than jus... Read more

Abe and Joe ponder the recent preponderance of religious misbehavior.

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Some three centuries into the Age of Reason, there still seem to be an inordinate number of public clashes between the secular and the sacred. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is using the two-week runup to the 4th of July ... Read more

Record Confessional Every Week for You Archive!

What?! You want to be asleep during program (Sunday's Midnight - 2am)? No, you just want'a you own speical copy of'a program to listen again and'a again. We understand, so we make'a special link for you to record program. That'a right, Confessional go "ON DEMAND" and'a is ... Read more

Anupama Jain: How to be South Asian in America

Airs at: Fri, 05/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
 Sarika Mehta spoke with professor of English, Anupama Jain, about her debut book, "How to be South Asian in America: Narratives of Ambivalence and Belonging." They discussed issues of race, identity politics and the new wave of South Asian American independent films and... Read more

Norm Diamond and Abigail Singer of Portland Central America Solidarity Committee

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm underscores how May Day is about the recognition of class-structure in society. Abigail offers her perspective as a worker with the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee. They talk about the meaning of the song bread and roses and social justice organizing, ... Read more