Civil Liberties

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Title IX and campus rape

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Katie Gentile, Director of the Gender Studies Program at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, regarding the use of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act (which guarantees an equal right to education) to address problems of sexual assault on college cam... Read more

Anita Brown Interview

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Anita Brown is a Democrat running for Congress in Oregon's 5th Congressional District. She talked with Don Merrill about how she believes that everyone should have the right to own but not necessarily carry guns into public spaces, how gay marriage is a civil rights issue a... Read more

Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2014 at 12:00am
https://lawandisorder.wordpress.com/ Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery JoNina Abron-Ervin & Lorenzo Ervin Recorded and produced by Paul Roland, Public Affairs volunteer producer Summary More people are incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails than in any other country in the... Read more

Alissa Keny Guyer Interview

Airs at: Sun, 05/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Alissa Keny Guyer is a Democrat running for re-election in Oregon House District 46. She talked with Don Merrill about her eagerness to work on issues related health disparaties for people of color, her concern over the corrupting influence of lobbying groups on her colleag... Read more

Kathleen O'Brien Interview

Airs at: Sat, 05/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Kathleen O'Brien is a Democrat running for the seat in House District 42.  She talked with Don Merrill about her passion for the rights of the disabled, her desire to advance the Progressive agenda in the Oregon legislature and her determination to better support teachers a... Read more

Jackson County GMO-Ban Initiative

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
A measure on the ballot in southwest Oregon's Jackson County seeks to ban the cultivation and propagation of genetically modified crops in the county. KBOO's Sam Bouman speaks with Elise Higley of Our Family Farms Coalition, which is leading the initiative, for more informa... Read more

Kathi Steele Interview

Airs at: Thu, 05/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Kathi Steele is a sitting judge in Clackamas County running for re-election in the 5th District Appeal Court.  She talked with Don Merrill about why she likes the work, how she hopes the county will eventually build another courthouse and why she does not necessarily think ... Read more

"Prison Imperialism: How the US is Spreading a Repressive Incarceration Model Around the World"

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2014 at 12:00am
Presentation at the Law and Disorder Conference at Portland State University, May 11, 2014 by James Patrick Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice (http://www.afgj.org) (Recorded and produced by Paul Roland) http://www.lawanddisorder.wordpress.com Alliance for Global Justice He... Read more

GMO-Labeling Initiative Approved by State Supreme Court

Airs at: Thu, 05/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After receiving the approval of the Oregon Supreme Court today, a group trying to get a GMO-labeling initiative on the November ballot is poised to begin gathering signatures. For more on the initiative, KBOO’s Sam Bouman spoke to Sandeep Kaushik, a spokesman with Oregon ... Read more

La Grande Domestic Violence Shelter Faces Demolition

Airs at: Thu, 05/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A domestic violence shelter in La Grande Oregon is facing closure to make way for a new county courthouse in Union county. Shelter From The Storm filed a litigation suit in April to seek resolutions that would minimize the impact of construction on the group’s facility. ... Read more