Civil Liberties

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Freedom Flotilla activists arrested

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
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Century Of Lies for June 28 2015

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: we talk with Sanho Tree of the Institute for Policy Studies about World Drug Day, and we hear from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime about its new World Drug Report, drug legalization, and the drug war. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This week's episode discusses life inside the constraining boundaries of Portland city government, the US prison system, the militarized national borders of the United States, and the finite resources of the global environment. Host Frann Michel plays music by Tom Lehrer,... Read more

Left & the Law: Relations of Inmates & Guards

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Left & the Law: "The charges against a prison tailor accused of helping two convicted murders escape from a maximum security facility in upstate New York have cast a spotlight on relationships between inmates and correctional staff." Jan and Mike also put a spot-light on th... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 21 2015

Airs at: Sun, 06/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk with Steve Rolles of Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Nazlee Maghsoudi of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy about the Global Day of Action for Drug Policy Reform on June 26th, plus we get an update on Oregon's new legal adult use marijuana pro... Read more

solidarity: looking back with pride & forward with hope & vision

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 15 June 2015 This past weekend Portland Pride Northwest coordinated a series of events--including the trans and dyke marches, the pride parade, a festival at waterfront park, and more. As KBOO listeners probably know, pride celebrations usuall... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 14 2015

Airs at: Sun, 06/14/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: we discuss the Global Day of Action for Drug Policy Reform coming up on June 26th, plus we talk about the newly released European Drug Report 2015 by the European Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction. Read more

Century Of Lies for June 7 2015

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century Of Lies we talk with Dale Sky Jones of Oaksterdam University, and former NORML national director Professor Jon Gettman of Shenandoah University. Read more

Glenn Waco on the Last Thursday Shooting and Gentrification

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Last Thursday shooting on NE 20th and Alberta St. has led to a police response that may do more harm than good.           After people were seen taking selfies near the crime scene, two black men were arrested while helping one of the three shooting victims.          In... Read more

A Peace Worker Talks About the Crisis in Burundi

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Yesterday in Burundi, the government announced that presidential and parliamentary elections planned for this Friday will be indefinitely postponed.           The announcement follows more than a month of unrest as protesters and police have clashed in the capital of Bujumb... Read more