Civil Liberties

Oregon Holocaust Memorial 5th Anniversary

Airs at: Sat, 08/22/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

Five years ago the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Portland's Washington Park was dedicated, to leave a legacy of hope for all citizens in our community and to teach what hatred and bigotry can do when an entire government endorses those ideologies. A fifth anniversary event ... Read more

Dean Kuipers: Operation Bite Back

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Alison Milionis speaks with Los Angeles Times editor Dean Kuipers about his nonfiction book Operation Bite Back, which is about eco-radical Rod Coronado and the use of domestic terrorism charges against environmentalists. Read more

Tim Hermack from the Native Forest Council on the Greenwashing of America

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Guest Host Chris Andreae invites Tim Hermack, President and founder of the Native Forest Council in to KBOO to talk about the Greenwashing of America. Read more

Class and Gender

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Gender Blender

This episode examines the issues of class and gender from some different perspectives. In 2009, have women acheived equality? In 2008, Hillary Clinton was a candidate for President of the United States and Sarah Palin was a VP nominee. Numbers of women CEO's of major cor... Read more

It's garden-variety racism, people

White people, of course, having never experienced the business end of institutionalized racism, can only achieve an approximate understanding of it. Fortunately, Tim Wise is on the scene to help. Here's Wise on how racism is driving the opposition to health care. "You know ... Read more

Cuz, y'know, it helps me think

August 17, 2009 So, apparently public debate about health care is ... intimidating somehow, because more and more folks are showing up to town hall meetings with guns. From the Arizona Republic: A man, who decided not to give his name, was walking around the pro-health care... Read more

Breaking the Addiction

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Six mentors from Bridges to Change focused their discussion on released prisoners who had been addicted to alcohol and/or drugs and now had to meet the challenge of fitting back into society. They all had been incarcerated at one time or another, and recovered from addictio... Read more

"From The Bottom of th Heap": The autobiography of guest Robert Hillary King of the Angola 3

Airs at: Wed, 08/12/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Born into grinding poverty in a segregated South, Angola 3 member Robert Hillary King survived his childhood to spend 29 years in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State prison in Angola. A member of the Black Panther Party framed and convicted of murder he did not commit... Read more

Journalism's Role in Democracy

Airs at: Tue, 08/11/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for:

In this edition of We The People, we explore the art of investigative journalism and its role in democracy. Is investigative journalism on the decline? What are the economic and political interests behind this decline? Will the internet be able to replace the void left a... Read more

Katherine Hughes on the trial of Dr. Dhafir, an Iraqi Humanitarian Aid Worker

Airs at: Tue, 08/11/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

KBOO Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Today, Marianne Barisonek talks with activist Katherine Hughes about how Muslims are being targeted for harassment in general, and how Dr. Dhafir, an Iraqi Humanitarian Aid Worker, has been targeted in particular. Read more