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Voices from the Edge on 03-01-12 Oregon lawmakers don't make the grade on racial equity

Airs at: Thu, 03/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Oregon lawmakers don't make the grade on racial equity Communities of color are the fastest growing communities in Oregon, more than doubling in size - 21.5 percent of the total population - in the last two decades. But racial disparity continues to run deep despite this ch... Read more

School to Prison Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carlos Chavez interviewed co-editor of Re-Thinking Schools, Jody Sokolower. Rethinking Schools is a progressive magazine put together by activist educators focused on a practical, but visionary approach to public education in the United States. Jody Sokolower put together m... Read more

Shafia Monroe on the International Center for Traditional Childbearing

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  It Takes A Village
  Host Shaheed Haamid interviews Shafia Monroe, Founder and President of International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) and community activist devoted to infant mortality prevention, breastfeeding promotion, and increasing the number of midwives of color. ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode of The Mole, featuring a discussion of desertification and music about water from Satori Men's Chorus, as well as an interview with the author of Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and t... Read more

Book Mole: Richard Wright, "The Outsider"

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden, in recognition of Black History Month, reviews Richard Wright's 1953 novel The Outsider about a man trying to come to terms with midcentury life with Marxism and existentialism.   Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02-23-12 Gwen Trice and a Forgotten African American Community

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Gwen Trice and a Forgotten African American Community You won't find African American loggers or Oregon's only segregated school in the public murals or other memorials to our state's history. It took a black woman from La Grande who was interested in her father's early yea... Read more

International Day in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Leonard Peltier of the Anishinabe A NISH IN ABE and Lakota Nations, is a long time Native Activist and member of the American Indian Movement.  He has spent over 35 years as a political prisoner.  Tonight on Circle A Radio, we talk about the International Day in Solidarity ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02-16-12 Exploring fear and loathing on the Populist Right with Arthur Goldwag

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Exploring fear and loathing on the Populist Right with Arthur Goldwag Its no surprise that the confluence of the internet and the 24-hour news cycle has enabled extreme groups once relegated to the fringe of American politics to enjoy unprecedented influence on political di... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 20th

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts today Old Mole and we hear about the war drums being beat over Iran, the kabuki theatrics of electoral politics, a cold war waged with drones, and about the African Film Festival.  Thanks to all you folks who called in to support KBOO and the Old Mole!  If... Read more

Jamal Tarhuni Comes Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Jamal Tarhuni, an Oregon resident prevented from returning to the United States after visiting Libya, finally came home yesterday. The Tigard Businessman and Libyan had been visiting the Post-Qaddafi nation to deliver humanitarian supplies with Medical Teams Int... Read more