Government/Politics

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On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This packed show is all about resisting the normalization of war abroad and at home, resisting the idea that militarism, police terror and hate crimes will accepted as part of a new hyper reality. We hear voices from among the hundreds that gathered in DC for a vigil for... Read more

Groups Call Out Against New DOJ Budget

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 2:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
President and CEO Vanita Gupta of The Leadership Conference on Leadership and Human Rights is on the phone with civil rights and criminal justice reform experts who are sounding the alarm on the Trump Administration's DOJ budget request that is perpetuating the mass crimina... Read more

In-Depth Look at US Policy in Colombia: Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Independent journalist Nico Bedoya has been in Colombia covering developments related to the guerillas of FARC, who have been fighting the Colombian government since the 1950s. He followed the rebellion through its violent stages, towards the UN peace deal, and into the cu... Read more

Department of Justice Shifts Budget Priorities From Civil Rights Enforcement to a Renewed War On Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 4:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Ahead of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s testimony before congressional appropriations subcommittees, several national civil rights and justice system reform leaders are speaking out. They’re concerned about a Department of Justice budget that shifts priorities fr... Read more

US Attorney General Testifies In Front of the Senate Intelligence Committee

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 4:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
US attorney general Jeff Sessions testified in front of the senate intelligence committee today.   KBOO reporter AL Kahn has the story Read more

Oregon Falling Behind

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 2:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A new report released today  ranks Oregon 31st in the nation overall for child well-being. The state has made improvements in its health ranking, but is falling behind in education     Read more

Increase Taxes on Large Corporations for Oregon Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2017 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The Oregon House is currently considering a bill that would increase taxes on large corporations, in order to provide more money for Oregon schools. Measure ninety seven, which would have taxed the top one percent of corporations in Oregon, failed to pass in November. Si... Read more

Fight Against Islamic State

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 3:00pm
Produced for:  Islamic Point of View
  A diplomatic rift is opening underneath the critical alliance between the U-S and Turkey. The U-S values Turkey as one of the few democratic-esque countries in the Middle East region, and the two nations are collaborating in the fight against the Islamic State. They di... Read more

Israel and Mistreatment of Palestinians

Airs at: Tue, 06/20/2017 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Mya  Guarnieri  jaradat is a journalist whose pioneering reporting pioneering reporting has appeared in The Nation and The Guardian. She spent nearly a decade covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.   Her book The Unchosen, The Lives of Israel’s New Ot... Read more

The Historic Black Williams Project

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  KBOO's Eric Bartels speaks to Kayin Talton Davis...the project manager of The Black Williams Project. N Williams/Albina was Portland’s largest African American community. The goal of the Black Williams Project is to highlight this history, through a multimedia public ar... Read more