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On this edition of Century: Racism and the Drug War. The International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement met for its fifth session March 24 and 25 at the UN in New York. They held two days of public in-pe... Read more

Join us this Tuesday, March 31st at 6pm on KBOO Community Radio for a powerful new episode of Transpositive, featuring an in-depth conversation with longtime transgender activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker. As the founder of International Transgender Day of Visibility, Rach... Read more

In this episode: "A Peace Plan Going Nowhere" Read more

En este episodio escucha al pintor y artista visual dominicano Hampton Rodríguez hablando sobre su trayectoria artística. Virginia Marting, artista multidisciplinaria argentina, nos invita a su Tertulia Native Plants from the Pacific Northwest en el Teatro Milagro. Tambi... Read more

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your entertainment and enlightenment enjoyment, sit right down, still your alpha waves and prepare to be enveloped by the quietest music in the world! In the center ring, two (count them two) triple pianissimo pieces by Morton Feldman, “For Samu... Read more

Beautiful songs mostly a cappella recorded in 1975 as field recordings. Read more

Host Karen James is joined by Alice Lundell and Mark Wilson from OJRC to discuss Solitary Confinement. State-Sanctioned Torture, A Symposium on Ending Solitary Confinement in Oregon, a one-day event, will be held Saturday, May 2nd at PSU Hoffman Hall in Portland. The eve... Read more

Erica Thomas and Vasiliki Touhouliotis, co-chairs of the Portland State University Faculty Association (PSUFA), which represents instructors and researchers working less than half time, explain their demands for fair compensation, job security and academic freedom.  PSU ... Read more

     Join Andy O’Hara on March 30th for “The Monday Sampler,” a two-hour journey of high-energy music that defies categorization. Expect a sonic landscape where the art-pop of David Bowie and the sharp wit of Elvis Costello sit comfortably alongside the soulful grit of T... Read more

Ross Island, extending south in the Willamette River from the Ross Island Bridge to Sellwood, could be the jewel of Portland’s park system. Instead it has been abused and now abandoned by Ross Island Sand and Gravel, which mined gravel on the island for 90 years. As a re... Read more