In the next couple of months two U.S. Senate seats will be decided by special elections in Massachusetts & New Jersery. With the current 100 congressional members divided by Democrat (51 seats)
Republican (47 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Independent; 1 Independent Democrat (both caucus with the Democrats). Will the elections give democrats a larger margin in the Senate or will the political divide deepen?

Tune In, Turn on and remember - 45 years of KBOO history.  This Tuesday June 25th from 6 to 7 pm, it's a special monthly program focusing on KBOO's history to mark our 45th anniversary year.  This month, we focus on the Pacifica radio crisis of 1999, when a grassroots effort across the country - including here at KBOO Radio - came together to save the Pacifica radio network from an attempted corporate takeover. 

 

“Remembering Stonewall”, a documentary produced by David Isay in 1989 to honor the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, an uprising by patrons of a New York gay bar, an event that is often seen as the birth of the gay liberation movement.

KBOO broadcasts this documentary every year during the month of June.

Victoria Brittain,  joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund to discuss her recent article titled; Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How to Pre- Convict an American Muslim  on TomDispatch. Journalist and former editor for the Guardian, Ms Brittain is the author and co-author of 2 plays and four Books. Her latest is Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War onTerror. She'll talk about the extreme conditions American Muslims accused of "terrorism" are subjected to while awaiting trial. Held in solitary confinemen they and often their families are subject to " Special Administrative Measures" or SAP'S that serve to further isolate the accused.