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Voices From the Edge on 05/06/2010

Airs at: Thu, 05/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a pla... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?   Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their f... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?   Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their fou... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 4-22-2010

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
A Local Look at Environmental Justice On Earth Day, much attention will be paid to the long struggle to protect and preserve our ancient forests, wild salmon and pristine coastline. Less notice will be given to the fact that Oregon's least empowered communities are a... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04-15-10

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Near-Deadly Error: An interview with exonerated death row inmate Juan Melendez-Colon It is hard to imagine spending over 17 years on death row for a crime you did not commit. Juan Melendez-Colon did just that following his 1984 conviction and sentencing to death in the k... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/08/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
      What does peace mean to you? Oregon youth respond   In world where we struggle with wars, injustice, violence in our communities and the threat of environmental devastation...what does peace mean to you. That was the question 186 students from around Oregon answer... Read more

Emily Posner interview

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Emily Posner called from Maine to tell us about the movement to end or limit periods of solitary confinement for prisoners. Her comments focus on Maine, but certainly apply to most prisons in the U.S. Sorry to say, we had some technical problems, so we just uploaded “the be... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/01/2010

Airs at: Thu, 04/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza discuss the Independent Police Review process. About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you... Read more

John diLorenzo, Universal Health Care in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Today Roberta Hall interviews John diLorenzo, a Portland attorney who has developed a financing plan for universal health care in Oregon, and has worked with a bipartisan group of Oregon legislators on the plan. CD-1877 Read more

Voices from the Edge on 3/25/10

Airs at: Thu, 03/25/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
This fall, Portlanders will decide whether to continue their experiment with voter-owned elections. The question becomes more relevant in the wake of Citzens United vs. Federal Elections Commission, a recent Supreme Court ruling that removed bans on corporate campaign spend... Read more