Civil Liberties

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Prison activist Victoria Law discusses her new book "Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggle of Incarcerated Women"

Airs at: Thu, 07/02/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  APA Compass
Victoria Law is an activist, mother, photographer and writer. APA Compass member Toni Tabora-Roberts spoke with her about her new book Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggle of Incarcerated Women and her work as a prison activist. This is a longer version of the interview whi... Read more

Healthcare, Wingnuttery, and Al Franken

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2009 at 5:00pm
 What if a week went by in America and nothing interesting happened? Not this week.  Hosted by: Abe Proctor.  (Joe Uris is on Summer Holiday)   What if a week went by in America and nothing interesting happened? Not this week. Abe takes a brief look at the many pots quickl... Read more

Criminal Sentence Reduction

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Caylor Roling from Partnerships for Safety & Justice provided details and update information on HB 3508 which recently passed the Oregon House and Senate. The next Prison Pipeline Special will concern Prisoners Giving to those on the outside. If you know about a project or... Read more

Interview with Ray Reynolds from the Vancouver Police Department's Community Resource Team

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Host Paul Van Dyck talks with Ray Reynolds of the Vancouver Police Department's Community Resource Team.    Read more

Does reorganizing Portland's high schools make sense?

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Portland's high school dropout rate is the highest in the metropolitan area. While the statewide rate declined last year, Portland high school students are dropping out at twice the rate - 8.2 percent - of students in other Oregon communities. The city's high schools are al... Read more

Eva Golinger on the Honduran Coup

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Trillim Shannon interviews Eva Golinger for analysis and information about the June 27th coup in Honduras.  Golinger is author of  The Chavez Code and Bush vs. Chavez:  Washington's War on Venezuela. Read more

Hamid Dahbashi and Kaveh Ehsani on the rigged elections in Iran

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2009 at 5:00pm
 Guest Host: Goudarz Eghtedari Why were elections in Iran rigged? What do the Iranian Demonstrators want? Is the Green Wave in Iran another CIA staged colour revolution? For some answers tune into KBOO's special talk show with Goudarz Eghtedari when he interviews Professors H... Read more

Is this what Democracy looks like?

Airs at: Wed, 06/24/2009 at 5:00pm
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Words can be used to communicate ideas between people, to describe things we can't point to.  Words can also be used to separate and manipulate.  This happens in our media all the time.  Remember when the prior administration talked about "spreading democracy"?   This was ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 06/21/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Frann Michel, and featuring several versions of our theme song "I wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," this program discusses how our broken economy needs to be fixed if it is to work for all of us; the recent Supreme Court refusal to grant convicted inmates the rig... Read more

Lents Park Baseball Stadium *derailed* by Community Activists!!!

Airs at: Tue, 06/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 A proposed baseball stadium in Lents has been derailed. How did this happen and why is it good for Lents?   Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein       It looks like the contentious baseball stadium in Lents Parkis a not going to be built after all. But there’s still plenty to chew ... Read more