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Police Response to ICE Protest Raises Questions

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The actions of the Portland Police are once again gaining national attention after disturbing pictures emerged yesterday of officers placing sensory deprivation hoods and headphones on people who were peacefully protesting deportations by Immigrations and Customs Enforcemen... Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban in Court

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In May, voters in Lincoln County, Oregon, which stretches along the coast from Lincoln City to Yachats, approved a measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. The new ordinance was almost immediately the subject of a lawsuit brought against the county... Read more

The Case of Robyn Drown

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo speaks with film maker Mary Knight about her film about the case of Robyn Drown, a current inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville.  The film screening will be held at the 2017 Women in Prison Conference in Portland on October 21 & 22nd.  ... Read more

Digital Divide Latest Edward Snowden Talk on Privacy and Democracy

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
In this replay interview with Edward Snowden, NSA-whistleblower, activist and human rights advocate. Snowden talks about the history of democracy - civilization - human rights - civil rights freedom individualism and so on. Brought to you by the Institute for Humane Studies... Read more

Language Is Life, Land is Sacred

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is a part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generations. Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Isabella Zizi is a ... Read more

Jeff Chang: We Gon' Be Alright

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From almost every kind of responsibility and tie from engagement and from faith. So the artist--our task is to move ourselves and the rest of us in the opposite direction. Toward more engagement, towards stronger ethics, toward a social that's open and inclusive to all ... Read more

On the Ground Radio

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  A recurring theme in this show is news, media, information and voice. Who gets to be heard. What stories, narratives, lives are lifted up as worthy, and what lies are lifted up as truth. Gerald Horne is in the house with new books, including "The Rise and Fall of the Ass... Read more

David Barsamian: Resistance in the Age of Trump

Tickets on sale now! Click here for tickets.  Sunday Nov. 12, 2017 - 7 PM at the Clinton St. Theatre in Portland. Journalist, author, activist David Barsamian radically altered the Media Landscape when he invented Alternative Radio nearly 30 years ago. Great thinkers like ... Read more

Press**Watch: the march of fascism

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
A peaceful Portland protest gets the Guantanamo treatment.  What will the Portland Police try next? Read more

Fighters From the Eagle Creek Fire Plans to Assist in North Bay Fires

Airs at: Wed, 10/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Just a few days after putting away equipment used in fighting the Eagle Creek Fire, Multnomah County has decided to back out and is sending help that consists of a strike team of 5 fire engine and their crews to Northern California to assist in the North Bay Fires. The team... Read more