Civil Liberties

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Is a Transgender Genocide Underway?

Airs at: Tue, 07/01/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
This week on Transpositive PDX, we confront a difficult but urgent topic: Is a transgender genocide underway?   Using the framework of the Ten Stages of Genocide, we will explore how escalating rhetoric, laws, and violence against transgender people in the U.S. and abro... Read more

Labor vs ICE

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Nydia Caballero, union electrician, and Geovanny Tolentino, union teacher, discuss what's behind Trump's mass deportation campaign, popular resistance and the role of labor unions in this fight. Read more

Donovan Scribes: Black Lives Matter Rertospective

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Donovan Scribes. He edited BlackOut, the recent Portland Mercury special edition looking at the Black Lives Matter Movement, five years later. In the process he helps define who we are at the current pivotal moment in society.  Read more

Dan Handelman Remembered

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  On June 28, Portland activists will gather at the Clinton Street Theater to honor the life and work of the founding member of Portland Peace and Justice Works/Portland Copwatch, an indefatigable organizer on a host of interconnected issues – war/militarism, police acc... Read more

Pride Month

Produced for:  The Underground
The Youth Collective talks Pride for our June episode. Queer History, Music, Culture and Activism are all topics of discussion, for a fun and informative episode. Read more

The Palestine Exception: Free Speech & Academic Freedom in the Beaverton Schools

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Beaverton School Board member, Tammy Carpenter* and Beaverton school teachers and union activists, Claire Reneau and Ellen, discuss the recent controversy over "Teaching Palestine", a workshop sponsored by the Beaverton Education Association, and the investigation launch... Read more

Justice for Jorge!

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
As the Trump administration seeks to dehumanize, terrorize and criminalize our immigrant communities, organizations are mobilizing in solidarity to protect and empower people targeted by ICE, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Host Karen James speaks with Karla Cast... Read more

Evening News on 06/02/25

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of KBOO's Evening News: Conservation groups gather together to defend the Pacific Northwest's Spotted Owl from the Timber industry The Mayor of Umatilla is suing the city that elected him And in National news, the Trump Administration's "Big Beautiful B... Read more

Evening News on 05/30/25

Airs at: Fri, 05/30/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of  KBOO's Evening News: Descendants of the Black Portlanders who were displaced from Central Albina reach a settlement with Portland New toxic river algae behaves differently than previous blooms And, Oregon’s bill to ban book bans moves forward Read more

Evening News on 05/29/25

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: An early, but big victory for Oregon’s attorney general, fighting president trump’s tariffs.  a federal court rules many of the tariffs are against the laws of the land. Multnomah county residents speak out trying to save prog... Read more