Civil Liberties

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Portland Protests Against Proposition 8

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
After yesterday’s California Supreme Court decision upholding that state’s ban on gay marriage, ad-hoc protests were held across the country challenging the decision. In Portland, gay rights advocates gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square to voice their outrage. KBOO’s Jenk... Read more

Human Trafficking in Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Multnomah county has become one of the top spots in the nation for human trafficking. County sheriff Keith Bickford reports that in Oregon, police are encountering three to five people per week who are victims of trafficking. Eighty percent of the victims of this slave trade... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05/20/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
The current recession is not an equal opportunity crisis. People of color are experiencing job loss, foreclosures and lack of healthcare at alarmingly higher rates than white Americans. These disparities are not a coincidence but rather the result of structural barriers tha... Read more

The Curious Case of the Cowardly War-Mongers

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2009 at 5:00pm
 Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris solve the Curious Case of the Cowardly War-Mongers!!! Closing the Guantanamo Bay gulag would be nice and all, but not if we have to bring the terrorists back to the United States! Apparently they're all 10 feet tall with various mutant supe... Read more

Community Calendar Tues May 26

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Community Calendar
  KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY May 26 2009 This is the community calendar for Tuesday May 26 2009       To make a food co-op grow in Lents, come to the Lents Grocery Co-op Community Meeting tonight, Tuesday May 26, at 6 p.m., at Lents Seventh-day Adventist Church, 8835 ... Read more

Copyright Criminals

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Copyright Criminals: This is a Sampling Sport, is a documentary produced by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod.  The film examines the creative and commercial value of music sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law and of course money... Read more

Sri Lankan Tiger Genocide

Airs at: Sun, 05/10/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The Sri Lankan government has been on a campaign to eliminate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (or Tamil Tigers) with no regard to the civilian population caught in the crossfire. With virtually all independent news sources banned from the area, accurate news report... Read more

Let's Connect the Torture Dots back to ... (wait for it) Dick Cheney!

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2009 at 5:00pm
 Abe and Joe connect the torture dots back to ... (wait for it) Dick Cheney! Abe and Joe examine new revelations in the ongoing U.S. torture scandal that lead directly to former Vice President Cheney. But we already knew that. Also, an LNG update and a look at the health c... Read more

Oregon Drug Courts Celebrate 20th Anniversary

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  it’s the twentieth anniversary of drug courts this month- the alternative to incarcaration designed to save taxpayers money. the second oldest drug court in the country is right here in oregon. But multnomah county’s drug court and the dozens of drug courts around the c... Read more

Portland DJ Harrased by FBI

Airs at: Sun, 05/17/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Last Monday a man identifying himself as an FBI agent approached Portland DJ Sean Rice as he was leaving his house to catch a bus. The man informed Rice that he had questions for the radio DJ and Rice refused to cooperate. Portland Indymedia reports that the same man app... Read more