Government/Politics

Increase Taxes on Large Corporations for Oregon Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2017 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

The Oregon House is currently considering a bill that would increase taxes on large corporations, in order to provide more money for Oregon schools. Measure ninety seven, which would have taxed the top one percent of corporations in Oregon, failed to pass in November. Si... Read more

Fight Against Islamic State

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 3:00pm

Produced for: Islamic Point of View

A diplomatic rift is opening underneath the critical alliance between the U-S and Turkey. The U-S values Turkey as one of the few democratic-esque countries in the Middle East region, and the two nations are collaborating in the fight against the Islamic State. They di... Read more

Israel and Mistreatment of Palestinians

Airs at: Tue, 06/20/2017 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Mya Guarnieri jaradat is a journalist whose pioneering reporting pioneering reporting has appeared in The Nation and The Guardian. She spent nearly a decade covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Her book The Unchosen, The Lives of Israel’s New Ot... Read more

The Historic Black Williams Project

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

KBOO's Eric Bartels speaks to Kayin Talton Davis...the project manager of The Black Williams Project. N Williams/Albina was Portland’s largest African American community. The goal of the Black Williams Project is to highlight this history, through a multimedia public ar... Read more

CRCI Reading Group Interviews Ibram X. Kendi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On June 21st, the Liberation Literacy reading group at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) interviewed National Book Award winner and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Liber... Read more

Pro-Immigrant responses to Trump's Homeland Crackdown

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Larry Kleinman, a co-founder of the farmworker union PCUN, and currently an advisor to immigrant rights organizations around the country. They discuss some of the history and recent developments in immigration law; some changes in the experience o... Read more

Hello Vancouver June 28, 2017

Airs at: Sat, 06/24/2017 at 8:00am - Sun, 06/24/2018 at 6:00am

Produced for: Hello Vancouver

In this episode of Hello Vancouver, host Temple Lentz talks with Vancouver City Councilor Jack Burkman, about this year's new fireworks ban and what it means for folks within the city limits; Michele Larson from The Joy Team about their joyful billboards, Chalk the Walks, a... Read more

Going Beyond the Headlines, a Month in Review

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

So many important events are happening, that it's nearly impossible to stay on top of the currents sweeping through our society. As Lyn and Ani re-immerse themselves in US politics and news, it's made our heads spin. We have so many questions, and so few answers. We wou... Read more

Munitions Used by Local Cops on June 4

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

On June fourth, Portland Police and other law enforcement agencies swept hundreds of protesters out of Chapman Square in Downtown Portland. The protesters were there to counter a right-wing rally in Terry Schrunk Plaza. KBOO has been reporting on the clearance and its after... Read more

The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: One Land Many Voices

Today we present a talk and book reading given by Mya Guarnieri Jaradat at TaborSpace in Portland on Tuesday June 20, 2017, about her new book: The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others. Described as "essential reading" by journalist Ben Ehrenreich, this new book by M... Read more