Civil Liberties

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Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk from TriMet talk about our Public Transport System.

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Government agencies everywhere are struggling to do more with less, and TriMet is no exception. Abe and Joe are joined in studio by TriMet's Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk to discuss the transit agency's forthcoming service cu... Read more

Prison Pipeline 2/20/12 w/ Scott Taylor, Dina Dickerson, and Doug Cooper, from the MCRC. Hosted by Peter Pincetl

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Peter Pincetl for a discussion about the Multnomah County Reentry Council. Featured guests include Scott Taylor, chair of the council and director of the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Dina Dickerson, a public health informaticist, and Doug C... Read more

Burma in Transition: From Dictatorship Towards Democracy

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Can a dictatorship become democratic without a revolution? Guest, Edith Mirante  Portlander and founder of Project Maje  joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund in the studio. She talks about the surprising and rapid transition to democracy going on in Burma and the ongoing st... Read more

Prison Pipeline 2/13/12 w/ Lyle Murphy and James hosted by Megan Vosk

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Our topic for this evening is a look at a wildly popular crocheting club that has taken root inside a male correctional facility. The last place you would expect a thriving crochet program to be is in a medium security prison. Yet, at the Oregon State Correctional Instit... Read more

Jamal Tarhuni Comes Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Jamal Tarhuni, an Oregon resident prevented from returning to the United States after visiting Libya, finally came home yesterday. The Tigard Businessman and Libyan had been visiting the Post-Qaddafi nation to deliver humanitarian supplies with Medical Teams ... Read more

Susan Herman on “Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy"

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Lisa Loving speaks with Susan Herman about her new book “Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy” which takes a hard look at the human and social costs of the War on Terror. A decade after 9/11, it is far from clear that the govern... Read more

Anything goes for the U.S. military these days; plus more on the Great Birth Control Fracas of 2012.

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2012 at 12:00am
  It's the Winter Membership Drive! Abe and Joe take your contributions, your phone calls, and hold forth on the newly-unaccountable U.S. military. Plus, the latest in the Great Birth Control Fracas of 2012.           Read more

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 101

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Who is ALEC and how do they purchase our democracy? Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is the venue through which global corporations and state politicians rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" ... Read more

Let's look back on a good couple of weeks for women.

Airs at: Tue, 02/07/2012 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor. It's been a good couple of weeks for women. First, there was the ruling that nonprofitsmust cover contraception in their employees' health plans, even if doing so runs counter to church doctrine. Then there was the stunning betrayal -- and equally... Read more

Prison Pipeline 1/30/12 w/ David Rogers and Kerry Naughton hosted by Karen James

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Driven by the economic crisis, states all across the country are re-thinking their tough-on-crime policies.  Last year Oregon’s Governor Kitzhaber formed a Commission on Public Safety to take a strategic look at Oregon’s sentencing laws and to find a more cost effecti... Read more