Civil Rights/Human Rights

Southwest of Salem

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

In 1994, four women in San Antonio, Texas, were arrested and charged with heinous crimes. The women -- working class Latina lesbians -- were accused of raping two young girls, They were tried, convicted in 1997, and sentenced to decades in state prison. Just one problem: T... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 5, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1. Tom Athanasiou of the Earth Island Institute talks with Bill Resnick about Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord; 2. Patsy Kullberg interviews local poet Judith Arcana about truth i... Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Each June we rebroadcast the 1989 radio documentary "Remembering Stonewall," by David Isay. This documentary, broadcast on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is the first documentary -- in any medium -- about the riots. Hearing the voices of participants, from ... Read more

Mental Health of the Alt-Right

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In conversation with host Denise Morris, Old Mole Jan Haaken talks about how we understand the impulses behind right wing/ White Supremacist attitudes and violent actions in terms of mental health. Read more

Palestine: 50 Years of Occupation

Airs at: Tue, 06/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel and The 51-Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. He is a senior writer for Alternet, and his articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times, a... Read more

Arvie Smith speaks to Eric Bartels

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Eric Bartels interviews painter and educator Arvie Smith about education and the arts. Arvie Smith transforms the history of oppressed and stereotyped segments of the American experience into lyrical two-dimensional master works. His paintings are commonly of psycholog... Read more

Ireland Debates Decriminalization of Drug Possession

Airs at: Sun, 06/04/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we hear from a debate in the Irish Senate regarding the Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017, featuring Senator Lynn Ruane, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, and Senator Senator Niall O Donnghaile. Read more

Crossing East: Relations

Airs at: Tue, 10/24/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Stage and Studio

For more than a year, Dmae Roberts has been conducting interviews about the historic and current relationship between African Americans and Asian Americans debuts. What began as a documentary featuring the Crossing East Archive collected for MediaRites' 8-hour radio series ... Read more

Peace in Schools and the Marketing of Enslaved Bodies

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

Caverly Morgan is the founding director of Peace in Schools. In 2014, Peace in Schools launched the first for-credit high school mindfulness course in the nation. And that is right here in Portland. She leads the Peace in Schools teaching team, develops our mindful... Read more

Change the World by Ending Human Trafficking

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Justin Dillon is a former musician turned filmmaker and social entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Made in A Free World, a platform that brings together consumers, organizations, and businesses to dismantle the 150 billion dollar business of human trafficking. His la... Read more