Government/Politics

Left & the Law: SB 1013 on Capital Punishment

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the recent passage of Oregon Senate Bill 1013, the most important change to the State's capital punishment laws in years. The new law narrows the definition of aggrivated murder--the only crime wher... Read more

Ending Police Brutality and Reforming Police Practices

Airs at: Wed, 10/02/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century we look at reforming police practices and efforts to get a handle on police brutality. The US House Judiciary Committee recently held an oversight hearing on police practices. We'll hear audio from Committee Chair Rep. Jerrold Naddler, Gwen Carr, Ron Da... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio

Every Thursday from 8:00 am to 9:00 am Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a public affairs program from KPFK Radio. Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all. We draw out how those of us mo... Read more

Certain Days 2020 Calendar for Political Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews New York based community organizer and former Political Prisoner Daniel McGowan. Daniel has been involved with helping to coordinate the Certain Days yearly calendar project that features the artwork and words of U.S.-based Political Prisoners. ... Read more

08 TRIPP-P 19Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 10/31/2021 at 11:45pm

Produced for: TRIPP-P

In this episode, Hosts Cory & Lesley sit down to discuss the Global Climate Strike Movement inspired by 16 year old Swedish Activist, Greta Thunberg, and the impact that the youth of today are having on addressing climate change - such as with the lawsuit Juliana v. the Un... Read more

07 TRIPP-P 8Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/20/2019 at 12:15am - Sat, 09/30/2023 at 11:45pm

Produced for: TRIPP-P

After speaking with Dr. Zapata of the PSU Homeless Research & Collaborative, TRIPP-P was inerested in finding out more about how HRAC operates and upcoming research projects. Dr. Greg Townley is the Director of Research for HRAC and an Associate Professor of Community P... Read more

CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Paul talks with Tom O'Neill, whose new book offers an explosive reassessment of the most famous murder case (before O.J. Simpson's) in U.S. history, one which reverberated through American culture and cast a pall over the hippie/counterculture movement. In CHAOS: Charle... Read more

06 TRIPP-P 6Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 4:30pm - Thu, 09/30/2021 at 11:45pm

Produced for: TRIPP-P

Join the hosts, as we chat about a POT-pourri of Cannabis related topics and headlines. Including: a protest agaisnt a Portland pot shop, strain names, social impact in the history of the plant, a recent Washington State ganja heist, black-market vape cartidges causing dea... Read more

Bomb Trains

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On July 6, 2013, a train hauling crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, resulting in fires and explosions that killed 47 people and wiped out a large part of the small Canadian town's center. In the six months following the deadly disa... Read more

Youth & Measure 11 Reforms

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Prison Pipeline’s 1-hour Membership Drive Special focuses on the historic passage of SB 1008 by the 2019 Oregon Legislature. Host Karen James is joined by Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, a Community Healing Initiative Family Care Manager for PortlandOIC + Rosemary Anderson High Sch... Read more