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Misappropriation

Airs at: Tue, 05/21/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
According to an audit, city officials have failed to properly spend millions of dollars earmarked to create affordable housing. In a city that is increasingly priced out of reach for working families, this is exactly the wrong kind of news. Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 05/14/24

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  “Is living in Portland affordable? If you’re a white household, on average, the answer is yes. If you’re a black household — not so much. According to data from the city, exactly zero Portland neighborhoods are affordable for the average black household. Join Traci and A... Read more

Too Much Information, with Traci and Abe, 2024-05-14: Housing Costs in PDX

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Is living in Portland affordable? If you’re a white household, on average, the answer is yes. If you’re a Black household — not so much. According to data from the city, exactly zero Portland neighborhoods are affordable for the average Black household. Join Traci and Abe f... Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 05/07/24

Airs at: Tue, 05/07/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Uncommitted

Airs at: Tue, 04/30/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
It’s no secret that the war in Gaza is alienating progressive voters who were already disaffected with the Biden campaign. The Uncommitted movement, though, offers progressives a way to push back on Gaza without conceding the election to Donald Trump. Join Traci and Abe for... Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 04/16/24

Airs at: Tue, 04/16/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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End of (Pay)days

Airs at: Tue, 04/09/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
A billion-dollar lottery ticket was sold in Portland recently. A trifling story, or even a non-story? In an era of unprecedented wealth disparity, not so much. Join Traci and Abe as we tackle the question, “Does the world need billionaires?” Plus — Earthquakes! Eclipses! It... Read more

Day of (In)visibility

Airs at: Tue, 04/02/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The annual Trans Day of Visibility happened to fall on Easter Sunday this year, a coincidence that the usual suspects nevertheless framed as an anti-Christian conspiracy. Nonsense, of course — but also more evidence of what’s motivating the religious right, and what we can ... Read more

Schoolhouse rocked

Airs at: Tue, 03/26/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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. Read more

Recriminalization

Airs at: Tue, 03/19/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization appears to be coming to an end, with Gov. Kotex poised to sign a bill that would undo many of the tenets of Measure 110. To the surprise of exactly no one, the impact of the law is expected to fall the hardest on communities o... Read more