Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Medical Cannabis as a Substitute for Opiates

Airs at: Sun, 06/24/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Dr. Dustin Sulak and Dr. Staci Gruber speaking about medical cannabis at the Patients Out of Time National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics; plus Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Read more

Your Home, Your Right or My Business?

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This week, Making Contact looks at California's fight over rent control. The stage is set for a political battle between two polar worldviews. Is housing a human right, or is real estate property an investment commodity? And where on that continuum is California's common... Read more

Human Rights and Drug Policy

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Rick Lines is the executive director of Harm Reduction International. Rick has been working in HIV and harm reduction services, policy, and advocacy since the early 1990s. He is known for his leading work in the areas of HIV and prisons, prison needle slash syringe programs... Read more

Juneteenth

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today we discuss the roots and legacy of Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas. We also discuss the dire political and humanitarian situation in Yemen as well as ongoing developments in the new Poor People'... Read more

Medea Benjamin on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system "and degraded by the very institutions charged... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 18, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker is our host and presents the following pieces: 1. Korea scholar Martin Hart-Landsberg discusses the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit with Laurie Mercier 2. The Left & the Law team take up the legal challenge to the policy of taking children away from immigrant famili... Read more

Buscando America on 06/19/18

Airs at: Tue, 06/19/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa escucharás sobre la Política Zero implementada en la frontera de Estados Unidos en México que ha dejado miles de niños separados de sus familias. Además hablamos con Nelton Rivera activista de prensa comunitaria en Guatemala que nos habló de la Zona Cero qu... Read more

#OccupyICEpdx Vigil to End 'Zero Tolerance Policy' dividing families

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A protest of around 200 people at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in southwest Portland yesterday did not end when the protest was over. Instead, a group of immigrant rights activists decided to set up an ongoing vigil outside of the ICE Processing facility... Read more

How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Lawyers, translators, donations, protest... from Slate.com: If you’re horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here’s a bit of news you can use. First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed... Read more