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Disability Justice: An Everyday Pursuit in Survival

Every first Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. A monthly show interviewing people within the disability community. Read more

'Reclaim MLK Day' march attracts hundreds

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2020 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  In North Portland on Monday, several hundred people gathered for a ‘Reclaim MLK Day’ march organized by Don’t Shoot Portland and the local branch of Black Lives Matter. The march was led by children, who chanted,"Doctor King had a dream, I am that dream." KBOO was ther... Read more

Interview with Gabrielle Guedon

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2020 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Interview with Gabrielle Guedon, Director of Oregon Self-Advocate Coalition Read more

Political power in Dineh-tah, with Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 01/22/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Fresh from a week-long trip across the Dineh (Navajo) Nation reservation in the Southwest U.S., regular guest host Jacqueline Keeler will join host Paul Roland to talk about the growing political power of Indigenous Nations in the U.S. and whether the Navajo electorat... Read more

Connecting Women Prisoners with Their Children

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James is joined by Jessica Katz, director of the Family Preservation Project (FPP), and by Shanoa Williams and Vanessa Sherrod, both FPP alumni who were recently released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.  The Family Preservation Project , a program of the... Read more

Hindsight 2020: A Look Back at 2017

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
    In the spirit of Hindsight 2020, we look back at some of KBOO volunteers' reporting about police from the first year of the current administration. The stories in this hour cover roughly the period from January 2017 to February 2018, and contain descriptions of police... Read more

Rose City Retrospective, a Hindsight 2020 production

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  A decade is a lot of time to digest, so we’re biting off a more manageable chunks of time, three years, starting after the 2016 election. In this short hour, not everything can be covered, but with the benefit of hindsight we can look at the past and see some patterns em... Read more

We went to jail for our great-granddaughters

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For over fifteen years people across Southern Oregon have been living with the specter of the Jordan Cove LNG export facility and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline haunting their lives. Tens of thousands of people have raised their voices in opposition to this project which th... Read more

Food System Worker Solutions: Medical Debt, Childcare, & Unions

Airs at: Wed, 01/15/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
Today’s show is all about food system workers finding solutions to make their lives and jobs better. We’ll talk with Joshua Cole of Family Meal PDX and their work to raise funds for restaurant & ag workers during medical debt crisis. James Cox of the Restaurant Opportunitie... Read more

Buscando America on 01/14/20

Airs at: Tue, 01/14/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Javier Sierra habla sobre los incendios forestales que azotan el continente Australiano y sobre  el esfuerzo por cerrar plantas carboneras a través de la campaña Más Allá del Carbón. Desde San Cristóbal de las Casas Chiapas las NotiFrayba sobre el Ejido Las Flores donde se ... Read more