Civil Liberties

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Jennifer Kemp interviews ACLU's Becky Strauss about ICE holds

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
KBOO reporter Jennifer Kemp spoke to ACLU's Becky Strauss about ACT network members trying bring an end to ICE holds in Multnomah County jails on December 19th 2012. ICE holds, requests from federal immigration departments to hold immigrants in jail until they are deported,... Read more

Melanie Davis Interview

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Melanie Davis is the owner of the media company Brilliant Media.  Through it, she and her team of nearly 70 employees and staff nationwide operate Su Publico Ad Agency, El Hispanic News and Proud Queer Monthly.  Despite her youth, the road to magnate has been a long one, be... Read more

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SPECIALS

Music from the True Vine on 04/06/13Tune in Saturday for a grand fanalie to our Spring Membership Drive! today's music from the true vine will feature legendary country singer Skip Gorman,  The Rocky Butte Wranglers, The Hakanson Family, and YES, the  Steep Canyon Rangers!T... Read more

Roadmap to Apartheid Film Screening March 18, 2013 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland

American United for Palestinian Human Rights, Friends of Sabeel, and KBOO Radio invite you to attend a screening of the award winning Documentary film Roadmap to Apartheid.Monday March 18th 7:30 pm at the Hollywood Theatre.In this award-winning documentary, the first-time d... Read more

A Republican Critique of Wage-Slavery?

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Today words like "republican" or "independence" or "liberty" are likely to conjure ideas about the freedom of business, right to work laws, and the aggrandizement of owner-entrepreneurs. Joe Clement interviews Alex Gourevitch's about his recent article for Jacobin Magazine ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Joe Clement, this show covers recent developments in Italian politics, experiences in public healthcare, challenges to voting rights laws in the Supreme Court, and why economic justice is an issue for LGBT activists.  To hear the whole show, use the play button be... Read more

Arun Gandhi Interview

Airs at: Sun, 03/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Arun Gandhi is the fifth grandson of Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi.  Since coming to the US in the 80s, Arun has been working to fulfil the legacy of his iconic grandfather.  And whether it's helping people overcome violence against each other or violence against the Earth, he ha... Read more

David Weiman on Mass Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with economist David Weiman about the political forces encouraging the growth and maintaining of prisons and punitive policing in the USA. They consider not only media influence and legislators desire to keep jobs in their areas but also the fear-enhanci... Read more

Dr. Yolanda Whyte Speaks on the Effects of Fluoridated Water on Children

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for The Lecture Room
Yolanda Whyte, MD, is a pediatrician from Atlanta, Georgia, who has given several speeches characterizing fluoride as a health risk to children, African-American and Hispanic communities, and people with diabetes and kidney disease.Here is her lecture at Portland State Univ... Read more

Hasan Salaam Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Hasan Salaam is a poet, musician and political activist.  Thanks to a strong mom and grandmother, this emcee has a lot more on his mind than beats.  Don Merrill talked with Hasan Salaam as he was touring through the Pacific Northwest, and in advance of a series of presentat... Read more