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Routine Sweep Finds Lax Security on Dept. of State Lands Website

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  PERSONAL INFO MAY HAVE BEEN ACCESSED BY "OUTSIDE PARTIES"   A “security vulnerability” was discovered last week at the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). The vulnerability was found in an "internet-connected system" on October 8th during a routine security sweep, ... Read more

Looking Ahead

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay looks at two of the items on the Oregon Legislature's 2019 criminal justice agenda: Behavioral Health Reinvestment and Juvenile Justice. Read more

Poetic Justice: Knocked Down

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    KBOO news poet dan raphael is roaring back from Kavanuagh gloom. Read more

Kavanaugh: Hope vs. Misogynist Reality

By Jenka Soderberg What I wish would happen in response to the Kavanaugh hearing:   I wish…. ...that the prep school, arrogant Kavanaugh types finally get their comeuppance. ...that Ford is believed, that all survivors are believed, that this national trauma comes to a ... Read more

Nationwide Prison Strike 2018: Updates from IWOC

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Clayton Dewey with the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC).  Discussion will focus on the recent happenings with the recent National Prisoner Strike that started in August 2018. Prison rebels across the nation declared a nationwide st... Read more

Left & The Law: Kavanaugh Hearings

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Legal Moles Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss the legal, political, and psychological contexts around Brett Kavanaugh and what's ahead for his confirmation to the Supreme Court. Left & the Law Team Photo: Clayton Morgareidge Kavenaugh Photo Credit: JacobinMagazine Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 1, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Thom Becker, and features these segments: 1. An interview with Diane Feeley, a Detroit activist, on environmental, labor, feminist and housing issues. 2. In the first of a two-part segment, Desiree Hellegers interviews American Sign Language in... Read more

Defending Transgender Clients

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Transgender people are incarcerated at over three times the rate of the general population in the United States. The reality for trans people of color is even more harrowing: 25% of Latino/a trans people, 30% of American Indian trans people, and 47% of Black trans people ar... Read more

Live coverage of the Dr. Blasey Ford / Kavanaugh hearings

Airs at: Thu, 09/27/2018 at 7:00am - 12:00pm
KBOO will provide LIVE coverage via Pacifica of the Thursday morning Confirmation Hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Doctor Christine Blasey-Ford is scheduled to testify, and Judge Kavanaugh will enter afterwards to answer.  KBOO's exclusive Portland radio coverage... Read more

The Diane Wade House

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This fall, Multnomah county and Bridges to Change, a local non-profit, will open a new program dedicated to curbing the disparities for African American women involved with the Justice system. The Diane Wade House program "will be the first-of-its-kind transitional hous... Read more