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The Oregon Office of Emergency Management is urging residents to prepare for The Big One with the Great ShakeOut on Thursday.

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management is urging residents to prepare for The Big One with the Great ShakeOut on Thursday.

Bethany McLean is an expert on crisis. She has written New York Times best-selling books on the collapse of Enron (The Smartest Guys In The Room) as well as the mortgage industry and Wall Street abuses that led to the 2008 Great Financial Crisis (All The Devils Are Here and Shaky Ground). So when she says she’s deeply worried about today’s macro environment, we’d better take notice. Looking at the accelerating expansion of debt issuance, the red-hot run-up in the financial markets, and the economic uncertainty caused by the ongoing pandemic — Bethany concludes we’re at a precario...

Racism, Land & The American Farming Landscape Presenters: Lydia Clemmons, President of Clemmons Family Farm, VT Jarrad Nwameme, Moderator: Meghan Howey, Professor in Anthropology, University of New Hampshire  In 1920, there were 949,889 Black farmers. A century later, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, only 35,470 remained. This panel will investigate the contributing factors to this enormous land loss including discriminatory practices, such as the denial of USDA loans. and slow handling of civil rights complaints. Presenters will also share the innovative ways Black New England ...

Delbert Mcclinton   Lipstick, Powder & Paint Blue Monday Turn on Your Love Light Have Mercy Spoonful A Mess of Blues This CD offers high-grade bar-band music, nothing more and nothing less. And while Delbert McClinton occasionally approaches the shadow of the greatness of Jerry Lee Lewis on this collection of mildly countrified bluesy ro...   more »ck from the mid to late 1960s, flashes of originality and spark are few and far between. That said, these are credible renditions of such tasty boomer-centric fare as "Blue Monday," "Before You Accuse Me," "Have Mercy," Turn on Your Love Li...