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Presidio 27 - Randy Rowland

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Marvin is joined by fellow Vietnam veteran Randy Rowland with his story of GI's leading the sitdown protest known as The Presidio Mutiny. A personal account by a participant of the Presidio mutiny, a sitdown protest of soldiers in military prison against the killing of a... Read more

Fortress On A Hill

Every fourth Thursday from 9:00 am - 10:00 am   The United States has become synonymous with empire and endless war, American troops sit in 70% of the world's countries, and yet, most Americans don't know that.  The military is joined disproportionately by a 'warrior caste... Read more

Protecting Potential Victims of Priest Abuse in Oregon

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
      With the recent retirement of high level members of the Catholic Church, and a spate of convictions and lawsuits of the priests in Oregon, the issue of sexual impropriety has returned to the spotlight.  Don Merrill talked with Tim Lemmon, president of the St. Louis... Read more

Arbaeen, The Walk: A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  15 - 20 million people participate in the annual pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq to visit the shrine of 7th century martyr, Imam Husayn. Yet few in the West know about it. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli has written the first book about Arbaeen in English. It is called Arbaeen: The... Read more

Paul Allen Dies at 65

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    MICROSOFT CO-FOUNDER AND BLAZERS OWNER WAS MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO BRAIN RESEARCH   Paul Allen -- Portland Trailblazers and Seattle Seahawks owner, and co-founder of Microsoft – died earlier today of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In addition to Microsoft ... Read more

On the Ground with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in North Carolina

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  RESIDENTS STILL DEALING WITH AFTERMATH OF FLORENCE AS MICHAEL APPROACHES   Even as Hurricane Michael promises to inundate the eastern seaboard, residents in parts of North Carolina continue to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence last month. KBOO reporter ... Read more

Protest Planned for Ehud Barak Visit to Portland

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  COALITION OF ACTIVIST GROUPS PLANS DEMONSTRATION TO CONFRONT FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER   This Sunday, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will be in Portland to speak at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. A coalition of local activist and human rights grou... Read more

Buscando America on 10/09/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
La artista Mexicana Edith López Ovalles presenta en Guatemala la exposición 50 años después, México 1968.  Javier Sierra nos da del número gratuito para dudas y preguntas  sobre las próximas elecciones.  ¿Cómo utilizar las plantas para el embarazo? Read more

Husayn and the Pilgrimage to Arbaeen

Airs at: Fri, 10/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
    Imam Muhsen Al-Dhalimy is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Portland on the corner of Denney and Hall in Beaverton. The Islamic Center of Portland is the only Shia Mosque in the Portland Metro.  Imam Al-Dhalimy was born in Iraq and made the pilgrimage to K... Read more

Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in May 2018. I will be attending the pilgrimage to Arbaeen from Najaf to Karbala, Iraq, at the end of October, with a Maulana Mohammad Baig, courtesy of the Husayniah Islamic Society of Seattle.  On April 28th 20... Read more