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Justice for Quanice Hayes with the Portland Student Action Network

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland Student Action Network, a group of activists from the greater Portland area's high schools,  is holding a rally this Thursday in honor of Quanice Hayes, a 17-year-old who recently died at the hands of the Portland Police. The rally will bring high school studen... Read more

Anti-War Soldier

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr. is the Coordinator of the Prince Georges County, Maryland People's Coalition, a group of organizations, activists and laypeople concerned with working for the eradication of racism and all forms of oppression within our society. Jonathan co-founded... Read more

Angela Davis.....Beginnings: Movements of Possibility

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  In times of crisis one can simultaneously see danger and opportunity. Today there is nostalgia for an imagined past and a desire to recreate it. It’s a seductive tale. Things were better then. The country was unchallenged in the world. Jobs were plentiful. Minorities, wo... Read more

Resurrecting the WPA, Universal Basic Income and Fighting Gentrification

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Arlene Goldbard heads up U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, a collective of artists and activists working to advance an agenda on the state and local level that includes Cultural Impact Studies (similar to Environmental Impact Studies) to help mitigate gentrification i... Read more

Left of Centerr a Podcast

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 1:30pm - Tue, 02/13/2018 at 1:30pm
Produced for:  Left of Center
Welcome to my podcast, Left of Center. I’m Dan Johnson Recently confirmation hearings were held for Rep. Mike Pompeo who was  tagged by Donald Trump to head the CIA. The plan was for Democrats to build a wall of opposition in appointing Pompeo and in a few cases such as Se... Read more

In The News

Airs at: Sun, 02/12/2017 at 3:45pm - Sun, 02/19/2017 at 3:45pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Join us as we give our opinion on President Trumps "travel ban".  Would you be offended if you found out that your child's high school was passing out condom's?  Would you encourage your 4 year old to be Transgender? Read more

White Supremacy Watch

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 7:30pm - 8:00pm
KBOO reporter Canaan Schlesinger assembles reports from activists working to expose rampant and systematic targetting of people of color within the the Oregon Department of Corrections. Strategic Threat Management (STM): military defense strategy, or jargon for racial oppre... Read more

Embedded & Arrested at Standing Rock

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Jenni Monet took to Medium.com and wrote: "The morning after I was bonded out of the Morton County jail, I took to Twitter and posted a detail that I only could have known from actually being on the inside. “#MniWiconi is inscribed everywhere,” I tweeted. And it’s true.... Read more

Exportation of Religious Homophobia to Africa

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  "Homosexuality is not new in Uganda nor on the African continent. Like everywhere, it has existed forever. Homophobia, however, is new. It didn’t start in Africa. It was strategically imported from the US, Europe and Middle East. The goal of the religious missionaries, w... Read more

2017 Winter News and Public Affairs Day

We have an incredible lineup of talks and interviews for News and Public Affairs Day on KBOO - Friday February 10th, 2017. KBOO is celebrating 49 years of community-produced journalism, public affairs, and breaking news. We've been with you through fascism, neo-liberal Imp... Read more