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2 Killed in Hate Attack on MAX Train

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Our complete coverage from Monday, May 29, of the attack which occured at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday. There were five victims of the attack, which began when a man got on the train and almost immediately began verbally assaulting two teenage girls, one of whom i... Read more

Rally and March for Truth on Saturday June 3

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Saturday, June 3, a rally is scheduled in conjunction with other gatherings across the country calling for a transparent, comprehensive investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Called the March for Truth, ... Read more

Protesting TriMet Policing

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers talks with Huy Ong of OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon about the shooting of Terrell Johnson and the upcoming Trimet meeting on the transit police. Demands include these: Disarm transit police officers!, Stop the sweeps!, Place a moratorium on fare enf... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 22, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this membership drive episode of the Old Mole, which includes Joe Clement on Banjo and Brian Tokar talking with Bill Resnick about municipal assemblies; Huy Ong of OPAL talking with Desiree Hellegers about Protesting Trimet Policing; Rachel Hanes ta... Read more

Civil Disobedience: Project Censored Radio

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  What role can civil disobedience play in the stuggle for social change? Peter explores this question with two guests: first, environmental organizer Tim DeChristopher recounts his experience delaying a federal oil and gas lease auction, and how the legal doctrine of "nec... Read more

March for Truth on June 3

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Local activists from a number of groups are organizing a Portland March for Truth, in solidarity with similar marches taking place on that day across the country. They are demanding a full, open and independent investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Y... Read more

Greg Palast Returns

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Reports claim black voter turnout fell for first time in 20 years. But it’s not that black voters are too lazy to come out to vote, it’s that they’re trying to vote and their names have disappeared from voter rolls. Starting in 2013 – just as the Supreme Court gutted the... Read more

Love & Justice: Cornel West

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  From Tamir Rice to Akai Gurley the names of African American men and boys killed by police keep piling up. The lack of a grand jury indictment in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson sparked a protest movement with signs and shouts of “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot” and “Black Li... Read more

Police Scientist: Michael A. Wood Jr.

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 10:00am - 11:30am
  In 2015, former Baltimore Policeman Michael A. Wood Jr. took to Twitter to publicly blow the whistle on the corruption and abuse that he witnessed during his career. "Jacking up and illegally searching thousands of people with no legal justification" "Placing people in... Read more

Shaun King on Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  The writer and activist joins Jo Ann on KBOO.  Shaun King offers an articulate and historically grounded take on the most pressing problems of the day. This generation has its own challenges—challenges for which we need real and applicable solutions. Instead of wondering... Read more