Civil Rights/Human Rights

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UN Security Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Imposing Sanctions Against North Korea

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In spite of North Korean threats to make the U.S. pay a heavy price, the UN Security Council unanimously passed today a resolution imposing sanctions against North Korea. This resolution was prompted when North Korea expanded and tested their ballistic nuclear missile progr... Read more

Capitalism vs. Socialism: Richard Wolff

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The great radical historian Howard Zinn once told me, half in jest, that one of the greatest disasters to befall socialism was when the Soviet Union put it in the official name of the country: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I asked him to explain and he said, T... Read more

Rafiki Village Project

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  In this episode of the Radiozine, host Jennifer Kemp interviews David Newman and Laura Orgel, president and secretary of the Rafiki Village Project. The Rafiki Village Project is a local non-profit that helps to support villages in rural Tanzania, working in tandem with ... Read more

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  On this LIVE episode of Intersections Radio...host Sarika Mehta talks to author Rene Denfeld about her writing as well as her advocacy on behalf of sex trafficking victims and people who are wrongly imprisoned. THE CHILD FINDER: A haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply... Read more

Irma Devastates Barbuda, Many Homeless

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Hurricane Irma blasted through the Caribbean on Thursday killing 10 people and creating near-total destruction on the islands. Barbuda and Antigua were hit especially badly. A chairwoman of the Barbuda council stated that cars were flying over people's heads and 40 foot con... Read more

Eagle Creek Fire in Columbia Gorge Reaches 10,000 Acres

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Nearly 300,000 acres in Oregon forests are on fire as of today. The Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia Gorge has grown to nearly 10,000 acres, simultaneously closing I-84 between Troutdale and Hood River. At around 8:30 this Tuesday morning, the fire jumped across the Columbi... Read more

Brzezinski’s Brilliant Idea

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  The United States backed Afghan Islamists in order to give the Soviet Union their own Vietnam. Now the Soviet Union is gone and the US is still bogged down in Afghanistan. And Islamic fundamentalism has spread throughout the world. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick and Nico Larco discuss the major social impacts of coming technologies; 2 Desiree Hellegers and Naomi Little Bear Morena about Morena's movement anthem, "You Can't Kill the Spirit" 3. Larry Bowld... Read more

Labor Day Programming on Evening News 9/04/17

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
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What is a Just Transition?

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  It’s a framework for looking at how environmental and climate justice can address longstanding economic inequality – bringing all movements for justice under a single unified frame. Oregon's Just Transition Assembly happens over Labor Day weekend with over 200 delegates... Read more