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Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

Airs at: Thu, 07/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing.  Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of... Read more

Big Hunger and Gastrophysics

Airs at: Wed, 07/19/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
Food pantries and food banks were meant to be a stopgap to prevent hunger during a slow economy. That said, the emergency food system has turned into a behemoth industry that props up many of the social ills of corporate America. Andy Fisher tackles the issue of the "hunger... Read more

OSU demolishes the Corvallis Multi-Lingual Literacy Center, A.K.A. Sunflower House

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2017 at 4:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Kboo reported earlier this month on Oregon State University’s decision to demolish its adjacent community center, the Corvallis Multi-lingual Literacy Center also known as the Sunflower House. The community center has housed a large portion of OSU’s international programs. ... Read more

Conspiracy & Class Power: Michael Parenti

Airs at: Tue, 07/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Class and power are closely correlated, That societies have a ruling class is derided as passe Marxist rhetoric. But to deny its existence is folly. Class can be measured by one’s income and savings, and ownership of stocks, bonds and property. Power is more difficult to... Read more

July 14 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 07/21/2017 at 5:00pm
  Updated Thursday 7/20. July 14 is Bastille Day, as you know - France's national holiday, based on storming the Bastille, a prison in Paris. Vive La France! Some events this week that perhaps you're interested in include: Just about anything the Portland Democratic Socia... Read more

Finding Home: Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California" three cities grappling with evictions, displacement, and homelessness. Featuring:  Needa Bee, Oakland-based housing advocate; Messiah Ali, Oakland resident; Tom ... Read more

Six Months of Trump

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It's been nearly six months since Trump became president and over seven months since George Polisner, an Oracle senior executive, publicly resigned from the company after his boss joined Trump's transition team, pledging her support to the president-elect. Since then George... Read more

Oregon Forrest Update from BARK

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
   We're so happy to welcome back BARK, Watchdog organization for Mt. Hood National Forrest, attorney Brenna Bell who is going to get us up to speed about; a)  the movement to privatize public lands (which is part of the official Republican Party platform as well as the al... Read more

Women in Science & Science Hack Day on The Digital Divide

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Tune in this Friday at 11 AM for the Digital Divide on KBOO, Portland. This month we’ll be talking with Daniela Saderi and Max Ogden about Portland Women in Science and Science Hack Day Portland 2017.   Read more

Where's [Peter] Waldo?

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
Paul Roland is host of KBOO’s Wednesday Talk Radio and Rise When the Rooster Crows folk music show (1st and 3rd Thursdays).  After studying philosophy at Wesleyan University (CT), he made his way to the West Coast in 1985, ending up in Portland.  Paul got involved with Eart... Read more