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Mental illness and police accountability

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Cecil Prescod speaks with Tyrone Waters, African American, native Portlander, and a certified life coach. Waters has written about his own negative encounters with members of the Portland Police Force. He will talk about his ideas on how to improve interactions between... Read more

Dark Rose: Organized Crime and Corruption in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Dave Mazza speaks with Robert C. Donnelly, assistant professor of history at Gonzaga University, and author of "Dark Rose: Organized Crime and Corruption in Portland." In April 1956, Portland Oregonian investigative reporters Wallace Turner and William Lambert exposed... Read more

UK Rising

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
  We talk with Zita Holburne from BARAC - Black Activists Rising Against Cuts - in the UK. You'll also hear from anti-fascist organizer Weymann Bennett and family members of people who have died in police custody in Britain, organizing for justice and police accountability... Read more

Voices from the Edge 08-04-11 Turning up the volume for the DOJ

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Turning up the volume for the DOJ The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that their plan for investigating policies and practices of the Portland Police Bureau to determine whether individual's civil rights are being violated allocates only six hours to meeting with ... Read more

California Prison Hunger Strike

Airs at: Wed, 08/03/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
We bring you an update on the historic California Prison Hunger Strike. We interview prison activist Sam Paige, and Betty, whos husband is currently in the Security Housing Unit of the Pelican Bay .State Prison in Crescent City, California. Read more

Voices from the Edge 07-28-11 US DOJ investigation into police practices and policies

Airs at: Thu, 07/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
How seriously will the Feds look at police practices? The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is beginning an investigation into the policies and practices of the Portland Police Bureau to determine whether officers routinely use excessive force to violate Por... Read more

March 2001 - house party of anarchists attacked by Portland Police

Airs at: Wed, 07/20/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Life During Wartime #6 - The Troubles After a vicious attack this weekend by the Seattle police on a house party of anarchists, we were requested to repost this audio documentary about the house party that was viciously attacked by the Portland police in March, 2001. Bail... Read more

Illegal Drug Impact Areas aka Drug Free Zones

Airs at: Wed, 05/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Right To Survive
On 4-20-11, the city of Portland reinstituted the Drug Free Zones, amidst concerns about racial profiling, and misappropriation of funds.  Read more

MALCOLM X: A Life of Reinvention

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
MALCOLM X: A Life of Reinvention Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Kevin Doughten, an editor at Viking Penguin, about the new book MALCOLM  X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable. MALCOLM X was ten years in the making and draws from multiple untapped ... Read more

Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S.

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is off for the summer.   Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S. It's been nearly 70 years since the U.S. Congress has declared war. The current administration has enshrined and deepened the sur... Read more