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Portland's Resistance: CHIEF CONCERN

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund welcomes Greg McKelvey and James Ofsink of Portland's Resistance to discuss proposed policy changes within the Portland Police Bureau and renegotiating it's Federal settlement with the Justice Department. On July 30th Portland's Resistan... Read more

Italy to Send Naval Boats to Libya in Attempt to Stop Influx of Immigrants

Airs at: Wed, 08/02/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Italy's parliament has approved a plan to send naval boats to Libya in efforts to stop the influx of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean. They claim that the chief objective is to help the Libyan coastguard target people smugglers.  Italy, along with Greece, is the main r... Read more

Trump Suggests Police Can Be More Rough on Suspects

Airs at: Tue, 08/01/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Saturday, Portland police released a statement stating "our officers are expected to treat everyone with respect even if they are a suspect."  This comes in response to President Trump's suggestions to New York police on Friday that they do not have to remain respectful ... Read more

MacLaren Youth: Inside & Out

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Carlos Chavez sits down with youth at MacLaren Youth corrections for an intimate discussion about their experiences transitioning through the juvenile justice system. They talk about the ongoing changes within corrections that they’ve faced during those years as well t... Read more

Protesters Interrupt Police Swearing-In Ceremony

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning, the Portland Police Bureau swore in 13 new officers and two professional staff at the downtown Portland Building. The ceremony was interrupted briefly by protesters who called out the police, and Chief Mike Marshman in particular, for failing to prevent seven ... Read more

Rethinking Collateral Consequences

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Justice Reinvestment Summit and What Works in Public Safety Conference were held jointly in February 2017 in Salem, Oregon.  One event presenter, Judge Frederick Block, US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, discussed the profusion of collateral c... Read more

Transitioning from Prison

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo speaks with Anna Debenham, a counselor and advocate for recently and currently incarcerated persons, and with former insiders and gang members, Karl Armstrong and Brandon Brown, members of Phoenix Rising Transitions who recently paroled after being in prison ... Read more

#Cut 50...Fighting to Reduce the Prison Population

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

Project Censored interviews Mnar Muhawesh

Airs at: Wed, 07/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Mnar Muhawesh is the guest for the first half of the show; she explains her goals for Mint Press News, as well as her experience of being a Muslim woman doing journalism in the U.S. Later in the program, the three hosts have a panel discussion covering, among other topic... Read more

Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

Airs at: Thu, 07/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing.  Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of... Read more