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Council Reacts to Citizen Feedback on Police Oversight Proposals

Airs at: Thu, 08/10/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Wednesday, August 9, the Portland City Council reconsidered three police oversight proposals that prompted a long and angry public hearing last Thursday. Council uncharacteristically took a lot of that testimony into consideration in the intervening week: --A proposed P... Read more

Vancouver Oil Terminal Protest

Airs at: Thu, 08/10/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Tom Flynn spoke with Cher Tso, who was speaking on behalf of an organization known as Shut Down Fossil Fuels. The group staged a demonstration in downtown Vancouver, Washington, on Monday to influence Governor Jay Inslee to reject the proposed Tesoro Savage oi... Read more

The Rabbi and the Faithless Feminist

Airs at: Fri, 08/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
North American culture is in transition in many ways, and religion is one of those areas that is in transition, especially away from organized religion to other avenues. As such these various avenues are resources for resistance to oppression and for positive activism in ou... Read more

Canadian Military to Open Camp for Refugees from US

Airs at: Wed, 08/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Canadian military is building a camp that would house up to 500 asylum seeking refugees from the US.   The camp is to be located in Saint - Bernard- de-lacolle, Quebec in close proximity to Plattsburgh, New York.   Construction of the camp has begun a week after Canada ... Read more

Danielle Outlaw Appointed New Chief of Portland Police

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Monday the appointment of a new chief of Portland police. Danielle Outlaw who is a 19 year veteran of the Oakland police department has been selected to be the new chief in Portland.  Outlaw is only the third person to be selected for the job who... Read more

Report from Kabul: Dr. Zaher Wahab

Airs at: Wed, 08/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Dr. Zaher Wahab visits KBOO to speaks with Linda Olson-Osterlund and takes your calls. from Dr. Wahab's June report from Kabul: Dear All, Greetings from tumultuous Kabul. You no doubt heard about the massive truck bombing here yesterday and about an  attack a week ago ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 7, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this edition of the Mole and we hear these segments: 1. Professor and activist Kerry Taylor talks with Bill Resnick about the fight for dignity and a $15 minimum wage in the South 2. The Left and the Law takes on the Senate bill that would outlaw support ... Read more

Christina Vanorder: issues facing incarcerated women

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo is joined by Christina Vanorder, formerly incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, to discuss inside to outside transition issues.  Vanorder successfully ran for State House in Oregon and she will discuss her life in Coffee Creek, her release, and ... Read more

Sex, Sex Work, and the City; and the Prexy lashes out at trans people.

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
    This week, I'll be talking with local sex worker activist and frequent Preference guest Red. We'll discuss how sex, sex work, sociality, and safety play out in urban environments. The starting points for our conversation: our own experiences, and Samuel Delany's essay... Read more

China Against North Korea Tests

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is urging the North Korean government to comply with the United Nations after tough new sanctions were introduced.  North Korea has received global pressure, condemning their threats of nuclear war against the US, and it appears that their b... Read more