Civil Rights/Human Rights

Brzezinski’s Brilliant Idea

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

The United States backed Afghan Islamists in order to give the Soviet Union their own Vietnam. Now the Soviet Union is gone and the US is still bogged down in Afghanistan. And Islamic fundamentalism has spread throughout the world. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick and Nico Larco discuss the major social impacts of coming technologies; 2 Desiree Hellegers and Naomi Little Bear Morena about Morena's movement anthem, "You Can't Kill the Spirit" 3. Larry Bowld... Read more

Labor Day Programming on Evening News 9/04/17

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

What is a Just Transition?

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

It’s a framework for looking at how environmental and climate justice can address longstanding economic inequality – bringing all movements for justice under a single unified frame. Oregon's Just Transition Assembly happens over Labor Day weekend with over 200 delegates... Read more

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME: A Labor Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

A documentary on the idea of universal basic income: what is it, and what effect might it have on society? Using expert interviews, field recordings, street interviews, and lot's of great music. What if you were paid just for being alive? Just imagine " you are given a... Read more

UN Nations Agreed to Be On High Alert After Emergency Meeting

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

The UN Security Council had an emergency meeting last night about the North Korean missile launched over Japan. Nearby nations and UN states are on high alert with Secretary of Defense James Mattis saying quote, "We're never out of diplomatic solutions." after he spoke to t... Read more

One Million Strong & too many Millions Locked Up!

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Jihad Abdulmumit, National Co-chair for the Jericho Movement for Political Prisoner Amnesty. Jihad is a former Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner and continues to work with Prisoners inside. Abdulmumit and the Jericho Movement supported an... Read more

Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Today, we broadcast our one-hour special on Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture. He is known by a generation of popularizing the cry of "Black Power." We speak with Dr. Peniel Joseph about his book, "Stokely: A Life." How did the concept of Black Power as a poli... Read more

The Country that Voted for Trump: Thomas Frank

Airs at: Tue, 08/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The election of Donald Trump was a stunning political upset. His victory defied the predictions of almost every pundit and pollster. Though he received about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent, the antiquarian Electoral College system in the U.S. gave him the presid... Read more

City of Portland Considers Building New Homeless Shelter

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Houston / Gulf Coast Hurricane Harvey Relief The City of Portland, in conjunction with Multnomah County, is considering building a new, permanent, two hundred bed shelter in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood. The houseless new shelter would be the eighth in that distric... Read more