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Opposition to Lincoln County Spray Ban Measure Gears Up

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
The last several years have seen a number of contentious local ballot measures in Oregon’s rural counties, around the use of pesticides and genetically modified organisms.           Nearly all of these measures have inspired record-breaking campaign donations for county me... Read more

(Mostly Black) Citizens Barred from Portland City Council: Six Arrested

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Six people were arrested yesterday, outside of City Council Chambers in downtown Portland, Oregon. Citizens were assembled to draw attention to the Portland police killing of 17-year-old Quanice (Kwa-niss) Hayes and lack of transparency surrounding that case. when support... Read more

Cesar Chavez Day Special Programming

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
This Friday, 3/31, is the birthday and nationally-recognized holiday (since 2014) to acknowledge UFW founder and farm labor organizing champion, Cesar Chavez.   KBOO will be airing Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta speeches from our archives, and from those of sister statio... Read more

Lighthouse Lessons

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 10:00pm - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Lighthouse Sessions
  Lighthouse Lessons is the media-production arm of Lighthouse Art Collective, a community which exists to empower artists and neighbors to to engage with each other and the greater civic arena to facilitate growth, equality, abundance, and fortitude through access to the ... Read more

10 Steps to End Mass Incarceration in America

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 8:00am - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
   Howell Woltz speaks from personal experience. He was arrested, illegally denied bail, and unlawfully held for seven years by the U.S. Government, though never convicted in or by any court of jurisdiction. Woltz vividly illustrates each of his suggested reforms with rive... Read more

Alia Ghandi detained at Portland airport

Produced for Evening News
3/29/17 12:00 pm Alia's family is asking supporters to come to the airport to have a presence there, and to call Senators Merkley and Wyden. She is scheduled to be deported at 1 pm         Read more

Cannabis and Spirituality

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  Stephen Gray is the author of Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer’s Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally. On October 1st 2015, Oregon joined Washington and Colorado as the third state to legalize recreational use of cannabis. Now that it is easy as going to one of th... Read more

Laverne Cox: Transgender Visibility

Airs at: Tue, 03/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The LGBTQ, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer community have made significant strides in recent years in achieving legal recognition and protection. But some of the gains are being rolled back. The Trump administration revoked federal guidelines specifying th... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 03/26/2017 at 6:45pm - Sun, 04/02/2017 at 6:45pm
Produced for This Is How We See It
Why should Trump release his taxes if he's not required to?  Joni Sledge of the girl group Sister Sledge dies at 60.  Should NC allow guns on college campuses?  Man jumps White House fence while the President was inside.  Join us as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday -FINAL ROUND (#6) of March Sadness

  "STRANGE FRUIT" performed by Billie Holiday 78 RPM Single b/w Fine and Mellow Year: 1939     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98CxkS0vzB8     --- LYRICS --- Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southe... Read more