Civil Liberties

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Buffer Zones and Bodily Control: Kate Raphael with Jan Haaken

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Kate Raphael about the Supreme Court's decisions on reproductive rights, including McCullen v Coakley striking down no-protest buffer zones around reproductive health care clinics that provide abortions, on which Raphael recently commented for the W... Read more

Storming the Bastille

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In recognition of 14 July, Frann Michel comments on Bastille Day, the holiday commemorating the French Revolution of 1789. You can read her comments, with links, here.   Read more

Eugene police will engage in forced blood tests over 4th of July weekend

Airs at: Wed, 07/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Eugene listeners will be interested to know that if they’re stopped at a police checkpoint this coming weekend, they had better agree to perform a Breathalyzer test, or risk being forced to have their blood drawn by the police. During the coming holiday weekend in Eug... Read more

Benjamin Chavis Interview

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Dr. Benjamin Chavis is a civil rights pioneer. He led the NAACP in the early 90s and he was the director of the Million Man March. He is involved in a number of self empowerment initiatives including a collaboration with media mogul Russell Simmons to use hip hop as a ... Read more

Portland Police Stop Tracking Use of Force on Transients

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Denis Theriault of the Portland Mercury discusses how the Portland Police Bureau has stopped making public their data on use of force against "transients." Read more

Movie Moles: Orange is the New Black Season 2

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and Iven Hale take a second critical look at the latest season of Orange is the New Black (click here to hear season one review). They discuss its potential merit, including just increasing the exposure of the prison industrial complex in popular culture, bu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 16 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show about the tensions between possible futures--either ruled by military and corporate power or else organized as cooperative community. We hear these segments: Joseph DeFilipppis: Beyond Marriage Equality Checking in on Border Checkpoints Bill... Read more

Checking in on Border Checkpoints

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about their work with No More Deaths providing aid to migrants near the Us-Mexico border, and monitoring US Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints. They discuss the militarization of the border through the 1990s O... Read more

Joseph DeFilippis: Beyond Marriage Equality

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joseph DeFilippis, a founder of Queers for Economic Justice and drafter of the Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Statement, talks with Bill Resnick about the limits of the marriage-equality movement and what comes next. He notes the inadequacy of marriage as a legal frame for di... Read more

In Depth: Norman Solomon on ExposeFacts.org and Whistleblower Protections

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On the one-year anniversary of first news reports based on the disclosures of former defense contractor Edward Snowden, KBOO spoke with Norman Solomon, the director of the Insitute for Public Accuracy, about the current state of legal protection for whistleblowers in the... Read more