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Bonus Episode: Racist Recruitment through Youtube

Airs at: Fri, 04/09/2021 at 7:00am - 7:15am
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
In this bonus episode, we hear from Coalition forHuman Dignity veteran Devin Burghart, nowExecutive Director of left wing think tank Institutefor Research and Education on Human Rights.Burghart talks about the role of YouTube personalitiesin the effective radicalization of ... Read more

The Myth of Small Safe Nukes

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In 1980, Oregonians passed a ballot measure prohibiting the siting of any new nuclear power plants until there is an operating federal repository for high-level nuclear waste. The law also requires a vote before any future nuclear facility is approved. Forty years later sti... Read more

Interview with Commissioner-Nafisa Fai

Airs at: Wed, 04/07/2021 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Our guest this week is Washington County’s newest County Commissioner-Nafisa Fai. Commissioner Fai was elected to represent district one which includes Beaverton, Aloha, Cooper Mountain, and Reedville last November. Nafisa has made history as the first Black and first Musli... Read more

Buscando America on 04/06/21

Airs at: Tue, 04/06/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Un GRAN logro! … en este programa escucha a Maru Mora Villalpando sobre la aprobación del proyecto de ley HB1090 el cual prohíbe la detención privada en el estado Washington. Escucha un reporte de la organización Pueblo sin Fronteras porque las masacres y secuestros se han... Read more

Houseless activists speak out against threatened sweep at Laurelhurst Park

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  For the past week, activists in Portland have gathered at Laurelhurst Park to take a stand in support of the houseless community there after a raid was threatened. These are some of the voices from the press conference that was held by houseless activsts on April 2, 2021... Read more

Pacific Northwest needs to plan for needs of aging residents, doctor says

Airs at: Fri, 04/02/2021 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  With more and more people fully vaccinated, soon people will be able to start planning for what comes after the pandemic. COVID has exposed that "being well" requires a lot of individual needs being met, especially for older Americans.  KBOO's Annette Newell speaks with... Read more

Bonus Episode: Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward at the Multnomah County Library

Airs at: Fri, 04/02/2021 at 7:15am - 7:30am
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at " It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah County Library.   Scot was the founding staff person of the Coalition for Human Dignity, and is co-founder and Senior Partn... Read more

Legislation Impacting Incarcerated Mothers and their Children

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated mothers with their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.  On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to convene Oregon's Day of Empathy. We’ll hear from women... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 5, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Countering the Far Right: Bill Resnick interviews Michael Zeller about the demobilization of far-right, white supremacist demonstrations and marches, in particular the role of c... Read more

The Well Read Red

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg reads from an opinion piece by freelance journalist, Kayla Hui, who argues that the answer to the upswing in anti-Asian violence is not more policing, which only promotes more violence and drives a further wedge between communities of color. “The Answer to... Read more