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Mass Incarceration and The War on Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  A conversation wih Nicole Lindahl about Mass Incarceration, "the racial justice issue of our time." This November at the Portland Underground Graduate School Dr. Lindahl will teach a course entitled, "Mass Incarceration & The War on Drugs: Understanding & Moving Beyond ... Read more

Musician Matt Dorrien talks music and identity

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
  Musician Matt Dorrien, formerly known as Snowblind Traveler, talks to us about his music and his experience as a Filipino-American. He also gives us a special in-studio concert on the ol' KBOO piano.  Read more

Dorothy Height

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we revisit a rare, in-studio interview with Dorothy Height, recorded before her death. Ms. Height died April 20, 2010 at the age of 98 after a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice and human rights. She was at the forefront of the civil rights battle for six ... Read more

Report: Portland Police Training Pulls Punches When It Comes to De-Escalation

Airs at: Thu, 10/19/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Tuesday, KBOO reported on a report released October 3 by the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison (COCL), the body tasked with assessing the city's compliance with the terms of a settlement reached with the US Department of Justice. The settlement was reached after the ... Read more

Major Steps in Criminal Justice Reform

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
A felony conviction for small personal-use amounts of a drug can wreak havoc on a person's life forever and make it incredibly difficult if not impossible for that person to rehabilitate and re-integrate into society. In the most recent Oregon legislative session, criminal ... Read more

Citizens Respond to Latest COCL Report on Police Reform

Airs at: Tue, 10/17/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Compliance Officer and Community Liaison (COCL) is the body tasked with independently assessing the city's compliance with a 2012 Settlement with the US Department of Justice. The settlement (pdf) was reached after years of community agitation over excessive force by po... Read more

Positively Revolting Hosts an Open Forum

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
And we figured you might be in that same small boat with us.  What's on your mind? Could it be: active and looming climate change writ large threat of nuclear war the current occupant of the white house openly questioning major media's right to report facts that differ... Read more

Police Response to ICE Protest Raises Questions

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The actions of the Portland Police are once again gaining national attention after disturbing pictures emerged yesterday of officers placing sensory deprivation hoods and headphones on people who were peacefully protesting deportations by Immigrations and Customs Enforcemen... Read more

Language Is Life, Land is Sacred

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is a part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generations. Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Isabella Zizi is a ... Read more

Jeff Chang: We Gon' Be Alright

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From almost every kind of responsibility and tie from engagement and from faith. So the artist--our task is to move ourselves and the rest of us in the opposite direction. Toward more engagement, towards stronger ethics, toward a social that's open and inclusive to all ... Read more