Civil Rights/Human Rights

Measure 110 - A conversation with Andy Ko of the Partnership for Safety & Justice

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Measure 110, an initiative to decriminalize drug possession and provide accessible drug treatment, was recently added to the November ballot in Oregon. Oregon ranks nearly last in accessibility to basic drug treatment, and current drug laws can make what should be consid... Read more

Barbara Fontaine Interview

Produced for: Between Us

Barbara Fontaine is a democrat running for Oregon's House District 55 seat. She talked with Don Merrill about why the environment is a primary concern, how gun legislation has not moved off her plate of agenda items and the effect African Americans and other marginalized c... Read more

Presswatch on 08/20/20

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

Join renowned local activist and KBOO broadcaster Jamie Partridge and myself as we discuss the sabotage of the US Postal service. Read more

KBOO Street Team: Weekend Protest Report

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

On tonight's KBOO News In-Depth, KBOO News' street reporting team was out this last weekend reporting from the streets of Portland. In today's News in Depth, the team shares their report and collected audio including: -Friday night's protest in North Portland where Portl... Read more

Perspective: Use It Or Lose It

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio we speak with Haven Wheelock, syringe services coordinator for Outside In and one of the chief petitioners for Oregon Ballot Measure 110, about harm reduction, overdose prevention, and decriminalizing people who use drugs; and we hear U... Read more

What's Going On... (Part 2)

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2020 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: Vinyl Pajama Party

As the world deals with the Pandemic, Social Injustice, and other Challenges, Brian hands over the Vinyl Pajama Party to "Halley" - KBOO'S Semi - Automated DJ. She has a thought-provoking show for your own listening party; whatever meaning that holds for you. © 2020 pa... Read more

Civil Liberties and Protest in the Time of COVID

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

The House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties recently held a Democratic Roundtable on “The Bill of Rights in the Balance: The Deployment of Federal Troops Against the American People.” On this week's installment of Prison Pipeline we hea... Read more

Badges Beyond Borders w/ Stuart Schrader - Ep 74

Airs at: Sat, 08/15/2020 at 6:30am - Sat, 08/22/2020 at 12:00am

Produced for: Fortress On A Hill

Stuart Schrader stops by the podcast to discuss his book, "Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing", along with the recent protests against police brutality, the massive changes in policing that came out of the fight for civil righ... Read more

Presswatch on 08/13/20

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Here's a lovely KBOO podcast for you. Teressa Raiford graciously agreed to an interview despite her ferocious schedule, so you get to hear from the founder of Don't Shoot Portland, an activist who has spread the power of knowledge, and courage, and caritas, to benefit ever... Read more

Local professional and Beirut native on political turmoil following explosion in Lebanon

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Nadine Elbitar is a native of Beirut, Lebanon and a professional here in the Portland Metro Area. She speaks with KBOO's Charles Shambry about her home country of Lebanon, and the recent political turmoil there following the explosion in Beirut last week. Read more