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  American society has long used over-policing as a way to violently control Black, Brown and poor communities and to generate state income from poverty. Gentrification displaces and breaks up communities and utilizes both police and private security to enforce this displa... Read more

Today on The Radio Activst,  Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande talk with social justice consultant and spiritual leader Rabbi Debra Kolodny,  and Will Layng, Executive Director of Jobs With Justice about their work organizing for social justice. Rabbi Kolodny has worked to h... Read more

Today on the Flashpoints: Noted author, Arun Kundnani, talks to us about how Trumps presidency has recharged the batteries of white power. Also, Brazils new right-wing president heads for the USA for talks with Trump. We have some deep background on his expansive record of ... Read more

It's spring and more than flowers are popping up! On our 3/20 show we’re talking popup restaurants - what they are, why people love them, and how they’re impacting Portland’s food scene. We’ll discuss the economics and benefits of popups with four chefs and the Oregonian’s ... Read more

Long to return to a time when a actual human being was the U.S. Prez?  When Fred Cole and Mark E. Smith were still kickin' it? Well rewind your mind about four years for tonight's flashback episode of Drinking From Puddles (original air date 06/03/2015). Brandon re-hosts Read more

Host Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty talks to Karia Sand and Emily Green from Street Roots to discuss changing first responders from our 911 call center. Read the article "If not 911, this is who responds to Portland street homelessness" from Street Roots   Read more

  “This is more than Mitchell S. Jackson’s story, and as he traces his great-grandparents’ exodus from Alabama to Portland and the subsequent lives of his relatives…he captures the cyclical nature of poverty and neglect…The prose is a stunning mix of internal monologue and... Read more

  Today on Between the Covers, Suzanne LaGrande interviews science writer, lecturer and author Thomas Hager, discussing his newly published book, Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine   Behind every landmark drug is a story. It coul... Read more

"Poems by Sandra Lim; reading and interview with Cindy Williams-Gutierrez."    http://www.grito-poetry.com/   Read more

KBOO is celebrating March 8th, International Womxn's Day, with 24 hours of special programming! Tune in beginning at 5:30 am Friday March 8th, and going until 6am Saturday March 9th. There will be something for everyone in this all day, all night special, produced entirely... Read more