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Planned Parenthood & Reproductive Rights Under Attack!

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for A Deeper Look
Planned Parenthood & Reproductive Rights Under Attack! Last Friday, February 18th, the right wing led, U.S. House of Representatives voted to ban the use of federal funds for any services provided by Planned Parenthood of America. They don't just hope to stop women from usi... Read more

Ruth Conniff, Political Editor at The Progressive, on the Situation in Wisconsin

Airs at: Wed, 02/23/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
Hosted by Crystal Leighty Today's guest is Ruth Conniff, Political Editor at the Madison-base magazine, The Progressive.  We'll be talking about the current Political Issues gripping Wisconsin and the nation. Ruth Conniff covers national politics for The Progressive and is... Read more

Greg Kafoury on Portland Police Accountability, Practices, and Law Suits

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris. Greg Kafoury joins Joe to recall the bloody details from his recent lawsuit against the Portland Police. (But Wait!!!  Was it This One, instead?)  Among other things, Joe and Greg will discuss the lawsuit's implications for the future of law enforcemen... Read more

Positively Revolting 02-18-11 Outbreaks of Democracy

Airs at: Fri, 02/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
Positively Revolting discusses "Outbreaks of Democracy", at home and abroad. What's it going to take to bring democracy to the US? You can join in the discussion by calling 503-231-8187 during the show, or email comments to positivelyrevolting@gmail.com Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-17-11

Airs at: Thu, 02/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Jo Ann and Dave talked about the Metro Council seat, the federal public media funding, Joint Terrorism Task Force, and other current Portland Topics.   Open Lines with KBOO listeners. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion... Read more

Press**Watch: let's destroy plutocracy

Read this: http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD.pdf   It's a 100-page pamphlet that the Egyptians used.  It's written by an American.  let's go! Read more

Žižek on Egypt and Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Philosopher and social critic Slavoj Žižek has been following events in Egypt with an eye to their historical signficance.  In this commentary, read by the Old Mole's Joe Clement, Žižek analyzes the Egyptian revolution's commitment to universal democratic values and social... Read more

Trenette Wilson from UrbanGirlz.org talks about Teen Dating Violence

Airs at: Wed, 02/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Trenette Wilson, CEO and founder of Urban Girlz.org, in to talk about Violence in Teenaged Relationships, and Domestic Violence in general. Today's show was very insightful, with plenty of callers offering Resources for the Battered, ... Read more

History of Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Prison Pipeline
In honor of Black History month, our show briefly reviewed the history of the Prison System in the U.S. Brenda Escobar, our engineer helped by presenting some of the facts we found in our research. After you listen to this show, we hope you’ll use the web to learn even more... Read more

Friends of Prison Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 01/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Prison Pipeline
For tonight's special one hour membership show, we bring you some excerpts of friends that have visited Prison Pipeline. Read more