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Portland's Resistance Holds "Eclipse Hate: Solidarity with Charlottesville" Rally

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Events last week in Charlottesville have triggered mass solidarity movements in cities across the U-S, including the city of Portland.  On Friday evening, at least a thousand people gathered at the Portland waterfront for the “Eclipse Hate: Solidarity with Charlottesville” ... Read more

Hello Vancouver! with Loretta Capeheart

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 12:30pm - Fri, 08/24/2018 at 12:30pm
Produced for:  Hello Vancouver
In this episode, host Temple Lentz speaks with Loretta Capeheart, VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Less than one week after the violence and trauma at Charlottesville, Temple spoke with Loretta to learn more about what Clark C... Read more

Voices from Charlottesville: Church Under Siege by White Supremacists

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  For this hour we go to Charlottesville, Va. and hear voices, including that of author and activist Cornel West and the Rev. Tracy Blackmon, who participated in a mass prayer service at St. Pauls Memorial Church on Friday, August 11, in advance of the deadly rally of whit... Read more

Don't Shoot PDX on KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome Teressa Raiford from Don't Shoot PDX to discuss Mayor Wheeler's newly hired police chief, Danielle Outlaw.  What changes will she bring to the leadership role of the Portland Police Bureau?   Read more

Barcelona Terror Attack Kills 13 and Injures 100 Others

Airs at: Thu, 08/17/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Earlier today in Barcelona, a van drove into a crowd, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others.  In what police are declaring is a terrorist attack, the white van plowed through Las Ramblas, a popular tourist area.  This occurred less than a week after a similar ... Read more

Sojourner Truth: Did the Civil War ever end?

Airs at: Fri, 08/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Trump gives overt support for white supremacist organizations as they let the world know they are no longer hiding under sheets as in the days of the Ku Klux Klan. On Friday, August 11, they descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting "blood and soil," a slogan from... Read more

Portland Holds Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination

Airs at: Wed, 08/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland will be having a Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination on Thursday. It will be held at eight-hundred North East Oregon Street at the State of Oregon building, off of Lloyd boulevard. Currently, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries does not advoca... Read more

Community Rights US aims to protect rights of people & nature, end corporate rule

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Corporate abuses against workers and the environment are enshrined in "corporate rights," but these are being challenged by the rapidly growing Community Rights movement. Gaining traction across the country, the community rights movement aims not just for reforms against of... Read more

More Hate Rallies Planned in Aftermath of Charlottesville Tragedy

Airs at: Tue, 08/15/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the aftermath of last weekend’s tragedy in Charlottesville in which 3 people lost their lives and 19 more were injured, more far right rallies are scheduled for this weekend in 9 cities across the country.  Prominently among these will take place in Boston where many of ... Read more

QTPOC Talk on 08/15/17

Airs at: Tue, 08/15/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  QTPOC Talk
     Hosts Darion Jones and Zeloszelos Marchandt talk about the state of the American Nation, purity themes in QTPOC land, privililedge in and outside communities of color and the "Mimosa Effect" in white culture. Activist and Journalist Cameron Whitten joins the studio fr... Read more