Civil Rights/Human Rights

Why Portland's Economic Opportunity Analysis is so Important

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For decades powerful corporate industries have set the stage for much of the city’s development along the lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers through a little known process known as the Economic Opportunity Analysis, or EOA. Currently the Bureau of Planning and Sustainabi... Read more

News In Depth: Indigenous language interpretation, and Grants Pass homelessness conditions

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2024 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

On this edition of KBOO News in Depth, KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with the organizers of an upcoming forum on Indigenous language intepretation. Then in the second part of the show, hear a special re-broadcast of our conversation with Jeremiah Hayden, reporter at Stre... Read more

The Rebel Academy

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: The Rebel Academy. The Rebel Academy was created to bring GED instruction and tutoring to students rather than asking students to go to a campus and register for classes. The Rebel Academy’s mission is to create and deliver meaningful an... Read more

Vadim Mozyrsky Interview

Produced for: Between Us

Vadim Mozyrsky has been through it. As a relatively recent addition to Portland, he's worked hard to involve himself in causes he cares about, while also building name recognition. Now, as he competes for the District 1 seat on the Multnomah County Commission against Megh... Read more

Randall Wyatt, Taking Ownership PDX

Airs at: Thu, 09/19/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Our guest is Randall Wyatt, founder and director of Taking Ownership PDX. They help renovate and revive Black-owned homes that have requested their help, with an emphasis on enabling Black homeowners to age in place, generate wealth and simultaneously deter predatory invest... Read more

Kicking Nixon Around

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A conversation with drug policy activist and researcher Kurtis Hanna. In 2002, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Shafer Commission, I did some research on the report and Nixon. Back then, to listen to any of the Nixon tape... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 23, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast from Against the Grain. Health and Place: Every year, more than 80,000 African Americans die prematurely. The medical establishment relies on genetics or dietary patterns to explain such appal... Read more

Young People and Alcohol

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: Young People and Alcohol. On Monday Sept. 16 the Ministry of Health of Spain, the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies held a spotlight session on Addressing Youth ... Read more

Culture War on Beavercreek Road II

Produced for: Between Us

Beavercreek Road intersects with OR 213 in Clackamas County. It is a major intersection which feeds Estacade to the East, Mollala to the West, Canby to the South and I-205 to the North. But it has another distinction. Since about March 2016, it has been the site of one of ... Read more