KSER News

The Story with Dick Gordon brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all.

THIS WEEK:       Take the Bus in Snohomish County (Sound Transit).   SOUND LIVING – A locally-focused, live, call-in program featuring some of the interesting people, provocative ideas and evocative concepts that make living in the North Puget Sound unique.

THIS WEEK: Mark Jaycox report on the Obama Administration’s illegal seizer of Associated Press Reporters phone records and Emma Cheuse has details of the U.S. Court of Appeals Affirming the EPA's Authority to revoke a Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Permit.  Coming from WPKN public radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Between the Lines provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media.

Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, this weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features four of the most insightful news analysts anywhere.

THIS WEEK:   Barbara Ehrenreich: Kicking People When They're Down.   The rise in New York’s poverty rate as a result of the ongoing recession has pushed nearly half of the city’s population into the ranks of the poor or near-poor. Ironically, the nation’s largest city is run by a multi-billionaire. People are dumped into the streets because of decisions made downtown in the suites.   Barbara Ehrenreich is a social critic, journalist, and activist. She is the author of numerous books including Nickel and Dimed. In 2012 she founded the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a website designed to place the crisis of poverty and economic insecurity at the center of the national political conversation.