Government/Politics

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Black Cultural Workers and Radical Politics

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Black artists of music, song, theater, fiction and poetry have a long association with radical left politics.  During the 1940’s and 50s, the socialist sympathies of Black artists like Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansbury, and Alice Childress turned them into targets of the FBI,... Read more

Voter Suppression & the Unequal Power of the White Rural Vote

Airs at: Thu, 02/17/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
What does the Supreme Court's decision to allow Alabama to keep a new congressional district map that a lower court said violated the Voting Rights Act? What does it mean in the context of the outsized white rural vote's power in the electoral college?  This is the first r... Read more

Peter Hall Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Peter Hall is no stranger to Oregon politics.  He ran for House District 60 in 2006.  In 2014, Don Merrill interviewed him as he ran again.  In the meantime, he's become a City Council for the community of Haines and has joined the Oregon League of Cities.  Now, he's runnin... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 21, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Alice Childress, Paul Robeson and Lorraine Hansberry; Illustration by Jonathan Aprea via Wikimedia Commons, NYPL   Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Who will own the sun and wind? Today across the planet two fa... Read more

Keeping Mt. Hood Wild

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Mount Hood National Forest has been getting more and more overrun in recent years by throngs who are loving it to death and this crush of humanity has only become worse since Covid. On the one hand it's great to see more people getting outdoors and (hopefully) appreciat... Read more

Transforming Justice 2022

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Julianne Jackson and Talia Gad with Partnership for Safety and Justice.  PSJ is a member of The Transforming Justice Coalition along with Oregonians impacted by violence and the criminal justice system. The Coalition introduced SB1510, the Transformi... Read more

Patrick Starnes Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Patrick Starnes is a democratic candidate for Oregon governor in 2022.  He talked with Sam Bouman about his support for campaign finance legislation, balancing timber resources against the needs of timber communities and how he would repurpose Oregon's Kicker Fund to pay fo... Read more

Remembering Quanice “Moose” Hayes & Sylvia Dollarson

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
February 9 marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Quanice “Moose” Hayes at the hands of Portland Police The event was marked by hourly online screenings of the film Silent Voices, : The film was written by Moose’s grandmother Donna Hayes. We bring audio f... Read more

Why Oregon Must Divest from Fossil Fuels

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
When it comes to tackling the climate crisis, there are already plenty of reasons for Oregonians to take pride in our state. Earlier this year, the Legislature passed three clean energy bills focused on energy affordability and climate-smart housing. In 2018, Portland also ... Read more

Black History and Future Month

----   Join KBOO every Tuesday at 7pm throughout the month of February to hear interviews from Black creatives, artists, activists, revolutionaries, KBOO hosts, musicians and more! This series aims to celebrate all aspects of the Black lived experience - from contemporar... Read more