Ancestral game as literature. Black historical periodicals as time
machines. Black Philly as a catalyst. Got a great episode for you this week
with our very special guest, Josh Odam from Healing While Black!
Josh Odam (he, him) is the Founder & Curator of Healing Whi...
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On Monday's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:
Laurie Mercier interviews Paul Ortiz, professor of labor history at Cornell
University and author of An African American and Latinx History of the US.
They talk about Latinx activism since the Trump election and how anti-...
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This program aired originally on June 2, 2025
In these disturbing times as we watch democracy crumble and wonder whom the
oligarchs will go after next, how do we ground ourselves in the work we need
to keep doing? First they come for the immigrants, then international ...
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This is a rebroadcast of a show from last year about the Ebony Collective.
They have their first ever fundraiser and open house on Saturday, July 12
from 11am to 3pm. The link to register is right here.
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Nydia Caballero, union electrician, and Geovanny Tolentino, union teacher,
discuss what's behind Trump's mass deportation campaign, popular resistance
and the role of labor unions in this fight.
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The guest is Donovan Scribes. He edited BlackOut, the recent Portland
Mercury special edition looking at the Black Lives Matter Movement, five
years later. In the process he helps define who we are at the current pivotal
moment in society.
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Desiree Hellegers speaks with Mike Horner, Harlan Shober, and Ted Dreier of
PEST – the Peoples Equipment and Supply Team – about their wide-ranging
organizing, from refurbishing a school bus into a mobile medical unit for
Standing Rock, to projecting slogans on the sides...
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On this edition of KBOO's Evening News:
Descendants of the Black Portlanders who were displaced from Central Albina
reach a settlement with Portland
New toxic river algae behaves differently than previous blooms
And, Oregon’s bill to ban book bans moves forward
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In these disturbing times as we watch democracy crumble and wonder whom the
oligarchs will go after next, how do we ground ourselves in the work we need
to keep doing? First they come for the immigrants, then international
students and now FBI agents are showing up at th...
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