Karen James interviews Jessica Katz, the director of the Family Preservation
Project (FPP) at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, and Nova
Sweet, a former participant of the program. FPP is a program of the YWCA of
Greater Portland that uses a holistic, fami...
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Will Rogers, a famous U.S. humorist once said, “If you find yourself in a
hole, stop digging.” Good advice. Wish that it were heeded when it comes to
climate change. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection
Agency, says, “there's tremendous disagreement” ab...
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Events last week in Charlottesville have triggered mass solidarity movements
in cities across the U-S, including the city of Portland. On Friday
evening, at least a thousand people gathered at the Portland waterfront for
the “Eclipse Hate: Solidarity with Charlottesville” ...
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This week, Century of Lies comes to you live from Seattle Hempfest! We speak
with Betty Aldworth about her new project #JustSayNoToHate, plus words from
Tim Pate, Elvy Musikka, Sharon Whitson, Ben Livingston, Vivian McPeak, and
John Davis.
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For this hour we go to Charlottesville, Va. and hear voices, including that
of author and activist Cornel West and the Rev. Tracy Blackmon, who
participated in a mass prayer service at St. Pauls Memorial Church on Friday,
August 11, in advance of the deadly rally of whit...
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Cecil and Celeste welcome Teressa Raiford from Don't Shoot PDX to discuss
Mayor Wheeler's newly hired police chief, Danielle Outlaw. What changes
will she bring to the leadership role of the Portland Police Bureau?
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We are thrilled to speak with Linda Tirado once again on Positively
Revolting. Linda's analysis of current events is always insightful. During
and after Charlottesville Linda's tweets have been clear -- there is no room
for equivocation or mincing words. Nazis must be den...
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Updated Thursday, August 24.
One event that came in late but that you might be interested in:
Protest Walden and Ryan in Portland
Wednesday! 3:30–5:30pm Waverley Country Club, 1100 SE Waverly
House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in Portland on Aug. 23, raising money with
fellow...
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Co-host Dab Steadman talks with Dr. Laurel Neme about her book: "Animal
Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes
and Saving Endangered Species". This book outlines in great detail the
painstaking work that U.S. Wildlife enforcement of...
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Earlier today in Barcelona, a van drove into a crowd, killing 13 people and
injuring more than 100 others. In what police are declaring is a terrorist
attack, the white van plowed through Las Ramblas, a popular tourist area.
This occurred less than a week after a similar ...
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