Host Carlos Chavez explores the topics of racial justice and racial disparity in the Oregon Prison System with Caylor Rolin of the Portland-based Partnership for Safety and Justice, a group seeking to unite people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of both to redirect policies away from an over-reliance on incarceration to effective strategies that reduce violence and increase safety.

George Bush is making his first-ever visit to the occupied Palestinian territories today.  He is protected by an army of 10,000 soldiers, and the Palestinian population has remained under curfew, with all protest banned, as long as Bush is in the area.

KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian scholar originally from Bethlehem, about Bush's visit to the region.

Host Carlos Chavez explores the topics of racial justice and racial disparity in the Oregon Prison System with Caylor Rolin of the Portland-based Partnership for Safety and Justice, a group seeking to unite people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of both to redirect policies away from an over-reliance on incarceration to effective strategies that reduce violence and increase safety.