Civil Liberties

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New Ads on San Francisco MUNI Buses Criticized as Islamophobic

Airs at: Thu, 08/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 In San Francisco, new ads on several MUNI buses, funded by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, read: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.  Support Israel, defeat Jihad." The city has heard a public outcry to the ... Read more

Oregon Bar Bans Transgender Customers

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 The Oregon Board of Labor is currently investigating a North Portland bar after the owner asked two trans women to stop coming. According to Cassandra Lynn, she and her friends have been visiting the bar on Friday nights for two years. Lynn received a voice... Read more

Interviews with Gender/Trans Resources and Local Fun House

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
On tonights show Out Loud's newest member and host Natalie Marie so-hosting with Kyle in his farewell segment spoke with Trenton, the owner and operator of the local perfomance space and bar the Funhouse Lounge! Trenton talked about a number of the fun activities going on w... Read more

Oregon's Spy Center: The Urban Area Fusion Center

Airs at: Thu, 08/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Fusion Centers,  Have you heard of them? No-o-o not a new type of food cart or a place to blend teas. But Oregon does have 2 of them. They are Secret Surveillance Centers started by the Department of Homeland Security, "Fusing" intelligence gathered by local state and feder... Read more

The KBOO Evening News

Airs at: Wed, 08/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Non-corporate, volunteer-powered, local, national, and international news: This is the KBOO Evening News. Click on the link below and enjoy! Read more

Well-read Red: Do They Owe Us A Living? 'Course they do, 'course they do!

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads Peter Frase's case against the assumption of wage-labor in both capitalism and market-socialist visions of a fucture economy. Frase argues for a universal basic income, explaining why it would more directly address the problems with wage-labor, make it mor... Read more

Haaken and Snedeker on American Men with Guns

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Psychologist Jan Haaken and lawyer Mike Snedeker discuss recent events in Aurora, Colorado, Portland, Oregon, and mainstream news media. They consider the correlation between violence and social inequality, the likelihood that violence is committed by young men, the diff... Read more

Jules Boykoff on Corporatizing the Olympics

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Jules Boykoff, a former Olympic athlete, current Associate Professor of Political Science at Pacific University, and author of the forthcoming book Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London (Rutgers University Press).... Read more

Positively Revolting on 07-27-12 Author Michael Staudenmaier: Truth and Revolution

Airs at: Fri, 07/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Truth and Revolution-- an interview with author and historian Michael Staudenmaier Ani and Lyn talk with Michael Staudenmaier about his recent book, Truth and Revolution: A History of the Sojouner Truth Organization, 1969 - 1986. The Sojourner Truth Organization grew out o... Read more

Prison Pipeline 7/16/12 w/ Shannon White hosted by Patty Katz

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Patty Katz interviews Shannon White a vetren in the criminal justice system.  The topic revolves around youth and the effect of the criminal justice sytem has on them. Read more