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"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday -FINAL ROUND (#6) of March Sadness

  "STRANGE FRUIT" performed by Billie Holiday 78 RPM Single b/w Fine and Mellow Year: 1939     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98CxkS0vzB8     --- LYRICS --- Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southe... Read more

The Women Who Made New York

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  We are happy to talk with Julie Scelfo, author of The Women Who Made New York.  Women have long been left out of US history, from the local to the national.  Given our cultural biases, we are still apt to think of city-builders as men. The Women Who Made New York seeks ... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 03/17/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Sara M. Acevedo is an Autistic mestiza from Colombia who studies anthropology and social change with a focus on disability justice at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Today, she talks about disability studies, disability justice, language and identity, ableism,... Read more

Unlocking Measure 57

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James interviews Julia Yoshimoto, an attorney with Oregon Justice Resource Center, about her new report, Unlocking Measure 57, which explains how the development of Oregon criminal laws over the last few decades has widened the net of defendants who receive manda... Read more

Bread and Roses on 03/10/17

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
International Women's Day Special by Bread and Roses Since we believe a woman's place is at the head of the struggle, Bread and Roses presents stories of resistance from transnational women and non-binary agents of change. On International Women's Day, we counter the narra... Read more

"ICE Out of Oregon" Rally

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Monday, March 6, people representing Portland’s and Woodburn’s immigrant communities rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. KBOO Reporter Canaan Schlesinger has the story, with additional reporting by Pu Epstein.. Read more

Girls and Sex: An Interview with Peggy Orenstein

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Peggy Orenstein is the author ofThe New York Timesbest-sellers Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World and the classic, SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Conf... Read more

International Women's Day Special Featuring an interview with Amber Dawn

Airs at: Wed, 03/08/2017 at 10:00pm - Thu, 03/09/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Life During Wartime
Laura, Erin, and Yana play a ton of punk and hardcore by women fronted bands, AND we have an interview with Amber Dawn, documentary film maker working on a film called My Rocknroll Fantasy, talking about her screening Thursday March 9th at 7pm at the Hollywood Theater, 4122... Read more

"Women in Country Music" - International Women's Day Special

Airs at: Wed, 03/08/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
"The Women of Early Country and Western Music" Retta Christie features recordings of female artists from the 1920's to the 1950's in the Country and Western genre. Read more

Gender Illusion - Non-binary trans experiences

Airs at: Wed, 03/08/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Gender Illusion- Voices from the non-binary: Presents a half hour of narratives from different people, in different places and from different races on identifiying as the Infinite Gender. A panel about the differences between trans-gender and trans-ethnic, including address... Read more