Cecil and Celeste welcome your calls. This program is open to local, national and international issues ranging from poverty in Portland to politics in Africa.
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Craig K. Collins about his
memoir THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS: A Portrait of American Gun Culture. In the
book Collins talks about growing up with guns and explores gun violence
from the perspective of someone who has experie...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview investigative journalist
Reese Erlich, who was recently in Syria, about "Assad, ISIS, Obama and US
Middle East Policy." Erlich is the author of the new book "Inside Syria:
the Backstory of Their Civil War and What the Worl...
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"So pot is legal, but some mothers can not get driver cards to take their
kids to school?"
The recent elections in Oregon revealed that there is much work to be done
before Oregon can boast that it is a progressive state. In a recent blog Adam
Phillips wrote "Our version...
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On October 27, 1997 Oregon enacted the nation's first Death with Dignity Act
which allows terminally-ill Oregonians to end their lives through the
voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, expressly prescribed by
a physician for that purpose. Since that time t...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Paul Kawika Martin, Peace
Action’s (formerly SANE/Freeze) political director, who works with their
members to abolish nuclear weapons, promote government spending priorities
that support human needs, encourage real securit...
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The guest is James Tracy, founder of the San Francisco Community Land Trust,
and author of the new book, "Dispatches Against Displacement: Field Notes
from San Francisco's Housing Wars." Per Fagereng will sit in as guest host.
They will discuss the dysfunctional housing ...
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Sam Bouman guest hosts. He speaks with Michael Hansen, Ph.D, Senior
Scientist
Consumers Union, about Oregon Ballot Measure 92, which would require the
labeling of food sold inOregon that contains genetically modified organisms.
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Todd Clear, Dean of Criminal
Justice at Rutgers University and co-author with Natasha Frost of the new
book, "The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarcerations
in America."
Over the last 35 years, the...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with members of the Yes on 88
Campaign.
Oregon Ballot Measure 88 allows the DMV to issue “driver cards” to Oregon
residents who meet the following requirements:
Pass the State’s written driver knowledge test;
Pass the State’s be...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Dione Johnson-Tyson of the
Multi-Media Center (Oakland & Seattle) and Edgar Franks of Community to
Community/Comunidad a Comunidad in Bellingham, Washington. They will talk
about the Pacific NW Social Forum (PNWSF) coming ...
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