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An Indigenous People's History: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The history of the U.S. is one of settler colonialism. The state was established on the basis of white male supremacy, slavery, land theft and genocide. “From sea to shining sea” the Native nations were decimated and dispossessed. The survivors herded into concentration ... Read more

Black Panther: The Real Africa and the Fantasy Africa

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  On today's show, news and topics about real Africa - and about the fantasy Africa on the big screen. The 60th Anniversary of the All-African People's Conference was JUST celebrated around the world. Gerald Horne is back from the Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angeles. ... Read more

Cassius + August

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  Dmae featured two African American stories in the final show during Black History Month. First up we talk with Oregon Children's Theatre about their production of And in This Corner: Cassius Clay. We'll talk with artistic director Stan Foote, co-director Jerry Foster art... Read more

GREEN JOBS & INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S STRIKE

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Camilo Marquez, representing the Portland Climate Action Community Benefits Initiative, will discuss this local GREEN JOBS 2018 ballot initiative which trains and employs workers from marginalized communities to weatherize and solarize homes and businesses, funded by a surc... Read more

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything you know about Drugs and Society

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our one-hour special with Columbia University Professor of Psychology Carl Hart about his book High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything you know about Drugs and Society. Dr. Hart disputes some of our most bas... Read more

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: LIVE at KBOO!

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
Join Ani as she welcomes Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to KBOO to discuss her new book LOADED.  Call in and join the conversation. Loaded...A Disarming History of the Second Amendment America loves guns. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James, to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture has... Read more

Buscando America on 02/20/18

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
En este programa  transmitido desde la Ciudad de México, hablamos con Eduardo Aguilar,  joven documentalista que fue deportado debido a su activismo político.  Read more

#ENOUGH: National School Walk Out to protest inaction on gun control

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
    On March 14, the one-month anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas H.S. shooting in Florida, students, teachers, school administrators, parents and allies will take part in a #NATIONALSCHOOLWALKOUT for 17 minutes at 10am across every time zone. https://www.actionnetwork.... Read more

Crime and Punishment in Black America: James Forman Jr.

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Critics of the U.S. criminal justice system such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson have assailed the rise of mass incarceration with its disproportionate impact on people of color. The war on crime that began in the 1970s was supported by many African American le... Read more

City Council Receives Report on Police Deadly Force without Public Testimony

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
  TRANSCRIPT KBOO: Yesterday, Portland City Council—well, three-fifths of the council—was presented with a report on six police shootings. The report was investigated and written by the OIR Group out of Los Angeles, and included recommendations for increased accountabilit... Read more