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#cut50: The Fight to Slash the Prison Population in Half

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

Furious Flower Honors Rita Dove

Airs at: Tue, 01/31/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae presents an episode from With Good Reason with a pre-Black History Month special celebrating the poetry and of Pulizer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove.  The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitz... Read more

Beyond Vietnam: Martin Luther King Jr

Airs at: Tue, 01/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Martin Luther King Jr.’s charismatic “I Have a Dream” speech is emblazoned in our historical memories. But another address to a much smaller audience on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York is no less significant. There King demonstrated his deep understanding o... Read more

Anti-Oppressions Study & Action Group Resources

Collating resources here from past and future Anti-Oppressions Study & Action Groups for easy reference by community members and KBOO Volunteers and Staff   This is a work in Progress More recent resources will be listed near the top   Take action to Resist   If you... Read more

Breaking News...

Airs at: Sun, 01/29/2017 at 4:00pm - Sat, 02/04/2017 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.  Orlando night club shooters wife is arrested by FBI.  Sir Paul McCartney sues Sony Music for copyright of Beatles catalog.  Join us as we discuss these topics and more.   Read more

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé uses political and pop-cultural references as a framework to explore 21st century black American womanhood and its complexities: performance, depression, isolation, exoticism, racism, femininity, and politics. The poems weave bet... Read more

Voices from the #INAUGURATE The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Voices From the #Inaugurate The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration...Gerald Horne on Trump's First Week in Office, Including Threats to Voting Rights, Mexico, China and the Environment.  UNHEARD VOICES FROM THE ONLY PERMITTED PROTEST AT THE INAUGURATION OF D... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson visits KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Georgetown University Sociology Professor, pundit, activist and author Michael Eric Dyson visits the KBOO studio to speak with Celeste Carey about his new book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.   A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/... Read more

Jamilah Bourdon on the Protests

Diablo Interviews Jamilah Bourdon about the recent protests and different treatment of the participants Jamilah Bourdon Read more

Author Renee Watson, "Piecing Me Together"

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has:  Every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she ... Read more