Government/Politics

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Earth Day Special Programming

  On Tuesday, April 22nd, KBOO Community Radio celebrates Earth Day with special programming devoted to everything Mother Earth, ecological justice, environmental awareness, climate activism and animal rights advocacy. Expect to hear the poetic and imaginative, and the ... Read more

Keeping Oregon Nuclear-Free

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In 1980 Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed an initiative that bans any new nuclear reactors until the there is a permanent national nuclear waste repository. Since 1992 when the Trojan Nuclear power plant in Rainier, OR closed, the state has been nuclear-free. But over ... Read more

The Plot Against Social Security

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  We share selected audio from a briefing on Social Security presented by Alex Lawson of Social Security Works for the group Radical Elders on April 10, 2025,  shared here with their permission.  Lawson explains how Social Security works, how and why it is being intenti... Read more

Deportation Nation Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the second half of a wide-ranging discussion, Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer Daniel Kanstroom about the ideology, history and political economy of immigration in the United States, with attention to gender and poverty. They discuss as well the debate... Read more

Budget Cuts, Portland Police and the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A discussion with Portland's union rank-and-file. Kristian Williams, author of "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" and forthcoming "Policing the Progressive City" about Portland, leads the discussion.   The cops are worried about Portland City Council. The... Read more

Zenith Energy's Tortured Tale in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For seven years Portlanders have been trying to stop Zenith Energy's oil trains from threatening the health and safety of our community. After nearly three years of community protests and public meetings, the City of Portland denied Zenith’s application for a Land Use Co... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 04/17/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: the Abrego Garcia deportation; US-Iran nuclear talks; Trump's corruption Read more

Assault on the Environment

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
One of the first executive orders issued by Trump in January was a Whitehouse paper titled "Unleashing American Energy." It promises to restore American prosperity by removing legal barriers, including laws in many states, to the extraction of natural resources. In their... Read more

The Rampage of Data Centers

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Where once cows roamed on pastures and fields grew a variety of crops, now the principal crop is data centers. These massive industrial eyesores are becoming a fixture across Oregon’s rural and suburban landscapes. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Fred Huette, ... Read more

Indivisible: Democrat Astroturf

Airs at: Wed, 04/16/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Indivisible, the organization behind "Hands Off" and "50501" gives off the air of being a grassroots movement but is actually being led by Democratic party insiders who are working to qwell the anger of the working class and push them back in to the arms of the Democr... Read more