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"The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution"

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
  Guest host Jo Ann Hardesty interviews Bryan Shih, co-author with Yohuru Williams of "The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution." October 2016 marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers. Jo Ann and Bryan will discuss the Panther... Read more

Bobby Seale on The Black Panther Party

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Bobby Seale, along with Huey P. Newton, started the Black Panther Party. He was the organization's first chairman. October 2016 marks the founding of the Black Panther Party which captured the imagination of millions in the U.S. and around the world in the sixties and s... Read more

African-American Male School Adaptability Crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Author Joe L. Rempson, states:  "Division and differences marked both the founding of our nation and the adaptation of our people. However, the fathers of our nation's founding were able to compromise and overcome their differences. Not so of our African American Adaptation... Read more

Solitary Confinement Within These Walls

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
‘The Bucket’, what prisoners call solitary confinement at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, is a play created and performed by prisoners at OSP.  This play inspired Within These Walls, an event held in Portland on September 28th.  Prison volunteer and entertainment pr... Read more

No New County Jails

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Emma Lugo will speak with Prison abolition activist Coral Wrap about the long struggle to close the San Francisco municipal jail, transform the culture in municipal San Francisco from incarceration and punishment to critical assessment of community needs and address police/... Read more

Supporting Trans Youth in the Oregon Youth Authority

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
You are invited to join us on Transpositive PDX this Tuesday, October 4 at 6pm on KBOO Community Radio 90.7 FM as we talk with Bryant Campbell and Kelly Okili of the Oregon Youth Authority.   We will talk about youth with gender identity concerns in the Oregon Youth Authori... Read more

Rebellion Brewing in Haiti and the Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
  Today on Flashpoints: A people's rebellion brewing in the streets of Haiti. And the Election Crimes Bulletin returns with investigative reporter Greg Palast.   Read more

Century Of Lies for September 25 2016

Airs at: Sun, 09/25/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we hear more about King County, Seattle, Washington's plan to set up two supervised drug consumption facilities, plus we talk with hemp activist Courtney Moran, legalization activist Jodie Emery, and Project PC's Megan Holt. Read more

Press**Watch

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Violent White supremacy threatens the peace of the nation, the Quasi-Biennial trade winds circulation has been terminated by global warming, and the Pentagon has brought the Syria conflict to the point of nuclear Armageddon.  So, guess what gets more coverage, those threats... Read more

The State of Hate!

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty leads a discussion of recent hate crimes in Oregon and around the nation. Read more