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IPR Director Ross Caldwell

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  Portland’s primary police oversight system is overseen by the City Auditor’s Independent Police Review Division (IPR). IPR was founded in 2001 after a citizen-led initiative to overhaul the twenty-year old system then in place. Since then, it has both been touted as one ... Read more

Remembering Congressmen John Lewis

Airs at: Thu, 07/23/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Remembering Congressmen John Lewis Congressmen John Lewis, the civil rights icon died at the age of 80 on July 17th 2020. During the 1960s, Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and was beaten nearly to death in Selma, Alabama, during a march for voting rights in 1965. He ... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: Episode 6 with Patricia Vázquez Gómez

Airs at: Wed, 07/22/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Patricia Vázquez Gómez Patricia Vázquez Gómez works and lives between the ancient Tenochtitlán and the unceded, occupied, stolen and colonized lands of the Chinook, Clackamas, Multnomah and other Indigenous peoples. Her art practice investigates the social functions of art... Read more

Race, the Military and the Police

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews David Cortright, warrior for peace, writer and Vietnam War veteran. David wrote the classic book Soldiers in Revolt on the organizing and achievements of the GI anti-war movement. They discuss Trump’s ordering the U.S. military into U.S. cities inclu... Read more

Authoritarianism, Police Abuses, and the War On People Who Use Some Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline: Federal police out of control on the streets of Portland, plus we hear Aqeela Sherrills, director of the Newark Community Street Team, speaking on a panel organized by the Open Society Foundation entitled How Authoritarianism Fuels The War On D... Read more

Derby & Olympia Oyster

Airs at: Wed, 07/15/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
On today's episode of the Food Show, you'll hear interviews with two women of color restaurant owners - Judy Stokes of Derby and Maylin Chavez of Olympia Oyster Bar. Judy Stokes, owner of Derby in Kenton, discusses all the COVID19 related changes she’s made to keep her res... Read more

Racism in Heath Care

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
While the coronavirus pandemic has made more urgent the need for universal access to quality health care, Patricia Kullberg and Jan Haaken take up the problem of racist ideas and practices within the health care setting. They take a closer look at myths about the bodies of ... Read more

KBOO Talk Radio

Airs at: Thu, 07/09/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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The "N" Word,  Is it ever right to use it? & Mt. Rushmore and Trump's hate filled speech Tune in to KBOO Talk Radio this morning to hear these topics discussed.  Call-in to join hosts Reggae Bob Hamilton and Linda Olson-Osterlund and have your voice heard.   Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: February, 2015 conversation with Kimberly Moreland

Airs at: Thu, 07/02/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
    Oregon Black Pioneers Board member Kimberly Moreland discusses African Americans of Portland and Perseverance: A History of African Americans In Oregon’s Marion and Polk Counties, both published by the Pioneers organization.   She also invites listeners to view "Racing ... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: February, 2015 conversation with Kimberly Moreland

Airs at: Thu, 07/02/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
    In the rebroadcast of the February, 2015 Black Book Talk, Portlander Kimberly Moreland discusses history of Blacks in Portland and Oregon.     Oregon Black Pioneers Board member Kimberly Moreland discusses African Americans of Portland and Perseverance: A History of Afr... Read more