Government/Politics

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Comics Take on The News end up with a Salmon Recipe

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/11/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for Comics Take on the News
  Join us at 11 pm on Monday, June 10th as see just how far comedians can fling current events. This month's comedic panel welcomes: Pam Benjamin: Pam Benjamin is the Director of Mutiny Radio in San Francisco and has produced 8 Mutiny Radio Comedy Festivals as well as sho... Read more

People's Summit urges Portlanders to reject militarization during Fleet Week

Produced for Evening News
  It’s Fleet Week in Portland, meaning American and Canadian military ships are parked in the waterfront during the Rose Festival. They’re welcoming visitors aboard the ships, but not all residents are eager to see them there. More than a dozen local community organizatio... Read more

The Cost of Free Land

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The American strategy to exterminate the indigenous people who lived on this continent before the European settlement was many pronged. One of its elements was to entice immigrants from Eastern Europe to come to America with the offer of receiving free land to farm. This of... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
Main stories: Six elections that tell us about the contradictions between elections and democracy; China ups the pressure on Taiwan and Hong Kong; Human Rights Under Fire in Venezuela. Read more

New Jersey Harm Reduction Conference Part One

Airs at: Wed, 06/05/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: New Jersey Harm Reduction Conference Part One. On this edition of Century we hear from Dr. Sheila Vakharia, Deputy Director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance and the author of The Harm Reduction G... Read more

The fight for the Postal Service, with Jamie Partridge

Airs at: Wed, 06/05/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  The fight for the soul and the future of the US Postal Service has been simmering for some years now, but is starting to boil over with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's 10-year plan, "Delivering for America."  The plan includes the consolidation of local mail processing ... Read more

The Mountain Valley Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
According to the fossil fuel industry, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is recognized as a critical infrastructure project, essential for our nation’s energy security and energy reliability. But for communities from West Virginia to Southern Virginia this 300 mile-long pipeline... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 06/04/2024 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
This week's commentary: Israeli public opinion--favoring removal of Netanyahu and getting the hostages back, but also favoring his war objectives. Read more

National Ranked Choice Voting Expert Grace Ramsey on Portland's New Election System

Airs at: Thu, 05/30/2024 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
  Starting this fall, Portlanders will be using a new system of voting - Ranked Choice Voting - to elect their city councilors. It's a big shift, but it may be more intuitive for voters than it seems at first.  For more on Ranked Choice Voting, KBOO's Althea Billings speak... Read more