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On April 19^th, 2013, I interviewed Sarah A.K. Ahmed who grew up in Iraq and lived through the Gulf War in the early 1990's as well as the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003. While in Iraq, she worked on a number of small projects as well as with a volunteer group, Youth and Educational Development Council. She got a full scholarship to study at the University of Rochester but had to return to Iraq because of family issues. She returned recently to the United States to speak at the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women and to participate in the upcoming convergence “Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire” happening in Syracuse, NY from April 26^th to 28^th. Currently, when she is in the US, she calls New York her home. (See the FaceBook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/540569232649914/?ref=22.)

In this interview, Sarah and I spoke about her role in the upcoming Syracuse convergence where she will be speaking on a panel called “The Human Face of War,” her perspective on jobs and the economy in Iraq, the lack of civic awareness about what the US military is doing abroad, and paper air planes, among other topics.

People from China are coming to work in factories and for oil companies and this is sad because Iraqi people cannot work. Why are the companies bringing these people to work from outside the country? It is because they will work for lower wages than Iraqi people would accept. The percent of unemployment is sky high.

On April 19^th, 2013, I interviewed Kathy Kelly—a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, which is a campaign to end United States military and economic warfare. The website is VCNC dot org. Kathy has lived in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen and one of the roles she will play at the convergence is to relay those experiences and give a human voice to the lived reality of people over seas who deal with drone surveillance and are murdered by drone attacks on a daily basis. Kathy, and many others, will be attending “Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire" convergence, April 26 - 28 in Syracuse, NY. (See the FaceBook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/540569232649914/?ref=22.)

Rustbelt Radio January 14, 2013 Featurette: Steubenville Rape Case by DonCarpenter Produced by Don Carpenter and Hannah T

Amid growing concerns of police brutality in high crime areas, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Chief Nate Harper held a town meeting in Homewood, the hometown of Jordan Miles

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Rustbelt Radio August 13 Feature: Jordan Miles Civil Trial #2 by Nunyamanpgh

Produced by: Don Carpenter (nunyaman), Nigel Parry, Kayla Sykes and Helen Gerhardt

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KBOO's Alex Ward talked about the bill with Jessica Randall at OMB Watch, a non-profit organization that monitors and researches the White House Office of Management and Budget.

KBOO reporter Michael Gene Horowitz reports on the recent death of its fifth monarch. 

Large numbers of Arrests associated with Occupy Portland are putting a strain on the local court system, according to a report in the Oregonian newspaper.

Senator Ron Wyden’s support of a plan that is said to privatize Medicare drew a protest at his Portland office this week. 

The Portland Housing Bureau is proposing new tax free incentives for new housing development- as long as they include some affordable housing.