Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Buscando America on 11/27/18

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  Carmelo Ramos miembro de Guardianes de la tierra México habla sobre los  migrantes que se encuentran en Tijuana y sobre lo que le tocó ver de la caravana en su paso por CDMX.  Javier Sierra habla sobre la situación en la frontera,  los incendios forestales en California ... Read more

Dean Spade at the Queer Radical Past Conference; and Penny Arcade returns to Portland

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Today, we'll hear a talk by Dean Spade, Seattle-based acivist, writer, attorney, and organizer. Dean gave this talk as part of the Queer Radical Past conference at Amherst in February. Dean discusses solidarity across identities and across borders; the non-profit industry; ... Read more

Economic Inequality Kills: Stephen Bezruchka

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
​ Given that people in the U.S. spend more money on health care than the rest of the world combined, then logic would dictate that we have the best health outcomes. Well, we don’t. Why? Increasing evidence from epidemiologists— the scientists who study the health of popula... Read more

Oregon Walks: Protecting your right to roam

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Oregon Walks is a nonprofit, membership-based advocacy organization dedicated to promoting walking and making the conditions for walking in Oregon safe, convenient and attractive. Host Carolyn Campbell  speaks with  several members of the organization, including Inna Lev... Read more

Students for Justice in Palestine/Mental Health in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 11/23/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
Today’s show will be two parts – in the first half, host Layla Kanaan speaks with Portland activist Heidi Lee, who attended the recent national conference of Students for Justice in Palestine. The conference was held at UCLA in Los Angeles, and was met with protests and hec... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Tammy Lynne Stoner

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Most of us know the song “Midnight Special” by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, aka Lead Belly. It’s actually an old tune that Lead Belly learned and made his own, including these lyrics: If you ever go to Houston, boy, you'd better walk right. And you better not squabble,... Read more

Beyond 2019

Airs at: Sat, 11/24/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, Beyond 2019: the future of drug policies and lessons learned, with audio from Craig Mokhiber from the UN's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, and Dominique Favre, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN. Read more

Survivors of Sexual Violence in Downtown Portland 11/17/2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This past Saturday afternoon, Joey Gibson’s right-wing militia once again descended on downtown Portland, this time wearing a mask of concern for men facing accusations from the “Me Too” movement. But “Me Too” was there first, and in greater numbers, as Popular Mobilization... Read more

Episode 71. It Takes A Village To Make It About Me. ft. IMIA

Airs at: Tue, 11/20/2018 at 12:00am - Fri, 11/30/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
Vibers- tune in this week to hear Mary Jane and Andrè stop by the studio as K&B engage in ABSOLUTE FOOLERY!! This episode is all shade and all jokes, sprinkled with ~special guests~ @imiamour and background singer/contributor @rastaroo! Imia is sharing her insta secrets and... Read more

Guns & White Nationalism: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 11/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The founding of the United States was based on the ideology of white supremacy, the practice of slavery, land theft and genocide. The mass murder of indigenous people by Euro-colonizers was fueled by white nationalism. From the settler colonialists down to the present, t... Read more