Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Folsom50 Project

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp, founders of the Folsom50 project looking at Johnny Cash’s work around prison reform 50 years later.  The project brings music and artwork to incarcerated persons and they held their first concert at Columbia River C... Read more

Oregonians United Against Profiling

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Oregonians United Against Profiling is a coalition that is campaigning for the public to vote “no” on measure 105. Measure 105 is the anti-sanctuary state measure on the November election ballot. KBOO reporter Kyle Kerezsi spoke with Ivan Hernandez about the coalition an... Read more

Climate Change and NeoFascism

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel reports on climate change and authoritarian states, and how both are consequences of capitalism.  You can find the text of a longer version of her remarks, with links to sources, on the Old Mole blog. Image cropped from Klimacamp 2018 - 121 - 01.06.2018 20-5... Read more

'Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer'; and Alyssa Pariah on Trump's proposed "

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
  From the Merc: "Oregon filmmakers Brooks Nelson and Yee Won Chong are trans men and housemates who were both diagnosed with 'lady cancer' around the same time. They decided to see t he strange coincdence as an educational opportunity, and chronicled their treatment in ... Read more

US Prisons House It’s Slaves

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
  Corporations know the value of prison labour is not just its immediate cost saving! Prison labour is nothing if not scab labour — efficiently serving to undermine wage and labour standards in the general population. Until American voters refuse to allow their tax money t... Read more

The Struggle

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Harm Reduction and Marijuana Legalization

Airs at: Sun, 10/21/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Canada legalizes marijuana, plus a discussion about harm reduction at the international level. Read more

Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement is History

Produced for:  Evening News
Portland's neighborhood system and commitment to public participation has been nationally recognized for decades.  Back in nineteen seventy four (1974) neighborhood-level participation was formalized with the creation of the Office of Neighborhood Associations. In nineteen... Read more

Unions – You Don’t Want to be Without Them Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 10/26/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Join Host Dale Holiday for Part 2 of her conversation with Carlos Lopez.  Carlos is a City of Corvallis Employee and President of AFSCME Local 2975.  AFSCME stands for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – the nation’s largest and fastest growing pu... Read more

Defending our Communities as Fascism is on the Rise

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys have been loudly active in the Portland area over the last week.   Last Saturday, Patriot Prayer announced a demonstration for law and order. They marched with patriotic chants and american flags.  They announced their intention of confronting... Read more