Civil Liberties

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Curtis, Kraft, and Shaw Speak with KBOO's Joe Meyer on the Raiford Trial

On April 21, 2016 Teressa Raiford was found not guilty of disorderly condunct in the second degree. Why such a hubbub over standing in the street for a few mintes? Daily audience members of the trial, Tiffany Kraft, Kyle Curtis and Pete Shaw, share their impressions with K... Read more

Teressa Raiford's Attorney Matt McHenry Speaks with KBOO's Joe Meyer

Teressa Raiford's Attorney Matt McHenry Speaks with KBOO's Joe Meyer. On April 21st, Ms Raiford was found non-guilty of disorderly conduct. Today, McHenry and Meyer review the trial including:  the several motions to dismiss; inconsistency of police testimony; selective p... Read more

KBOO and the Center for Intercultural Organizing Criminalization Podcast

The Center for Intercultural Organizing and KBOO Community Radio, with support from Oregon Humanities, has created a podcast that focuses on addressing the questions of how our communities define “crime” and “criminals”, the effects of labeling communities as “criminal”, an... Read more

Teressa Raiford's Full Testimony in Her Defense on April 21, 2016

KBOO's Joe Meyer cover Teressa Raiford's trial and filed this full version of her testimony. Mr McHenry start for the defense. Mr Lowe cross examines for the state (us). The Judge only had to calm things down once.   Read more

THE QUADRAPHONNES host The Outside World this Friday night!

Airs at: Sat, 04/23/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  The Outside World
  The following is an IMPORTANT MESSAGE from your local Quadraphonne council :    Join us on KBOO from midnight on Friday, April 22 to 3am Saturday, April 23 for three hours of music and information on upcoming shows! First, the Quadraphonnes will be performing live in t... Read more

Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin

Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has bee... Read more

Century Of Lies for April 10 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century Of Lies we continue to look ahead at the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs that will be held April 19-21 at UN Headquarters in New York, and hear from Donald MacPherson of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and Aram Barra with Mexico United A... Read more

Intelligence Transparency Policies May Change--But How?

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Transparency advocates in the nation’s capital published a letter this morning asking intelligence agency leadership to halt revisions of a 35-year-old executive order issued during the first year of the Reagan administration. Open the Government is among the 30 groups call... Read more

Community Coalition Demands Minority Input on Superfund Cleanup

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland Harbor community coalition led by Groudworks, a local agency working for environmental social justice delivered a letter to the city government today.  The Coalition wants more effort on the city’s part to include marginalized communities when they write their ... Read more

Portland Tenants United Protest Outside County Board

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland Tenants United protested outside the Multnomah County Board of Supervisors Thursday morning, demanding that the County act to reverse an affordable housing emergency in Portland. KBOO reporter Geoff Henderson was on the scene and spoke with an organizer about enact... Read more