Government/Politics

Library Workers Fight Layoffs

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Byrd and Cathy Camper, both librarians in the Multnomah County Library system and members of AFSCME local 88 talk about impending layoffs. In the midst of a pandemic, where some library workers are working from home, some in the building or out in the community, some on adm... Read more

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt discusses policy amidst Portland protests

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Protests against police brutality have been ongoing in Portland for the last two and a half months. On August 11th, new Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced a policy intended to limit the types of charges pressed against protesters in Portland. Sch... Read more

Barbara Fontaine Interview

Produced for: Between Us

Barbara Fontaine is a democrat running for Oregon's House District 55 seat. She talked with Don Merrill about why the environment is a primary concern, how gun legislation has not moved off her plate of agenda items and the effect African Americans and other marginalized c... Read more

Presswatch on 08/20/20

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

Join renowned local activist and KBOO broadcaster Jamie Partridge and myself as we discuss the sabotage of the US Postal service. Read more

What's Going On... (Part 2)

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2020 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: Vinyl Pajama Party

As the world deals with the Pandemic, Social Injustice, and other Challenges, Brian hands over the Vinyl Pajama Party to "Halley" - KBOO'S Semi - Automated DJ. She has a thought-provoking show for your own listening party; whatever meaning that holds for you. © 2020 pa... Read more

Saving the USPS

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers talks with Jamie Partridge, of KBOO's own Labor Radio. Jamie Partridge is also a retired postal worker, a labor activist, and a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers. He talks with Desiree about the fallout from the appointment of Trump ... Read more

Voting Problems and Possibilities

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with David Daley, a senior fellow with the organization Fair Vote and a writer and activist, author of Ratf**ked Why Your Vote Doesn't Count and Unrigged How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy. They discuss Ranked Choice voting, the 2000 c... Read more

Civil Liberties and Protest in the Time of COVID

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

The House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties recently held a Democratic Roundtable on “The Bill of Rights in the Balance: The Deployment of Federal Troops Against the American People.” On this week's installment of Prison Pipeline we hea... Read more

Badges Beyond Borders w/ Stuart Schrader - Ep 74

Airs at: Sat, 08/15/2020 at 6:30am - Sat, 08/22/2020 at 12:00am

Produced for: Fortress On A Hill

Stuart Schrader stops by the podcast to discuss his book, "Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing", along with the recent protests against police brutality, the massive changes in policing that came out of the fight for civil righ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 17, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel hosts and we hear these pieces: Bill Resnick talks with David Daley of FairVote about the November election, the disaster looming, and how Trump would capitalize on the chaos in vote counting sure to come. Desiree Hellegers talks with Jamie Partridge about ... Read more