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Suffering in Silence: Black Mental Health Care

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Why is there a perception of shame often associated with seeking out mental health care?  Do communities of color experience higher stigmatization when seeking help?  When working with a mental health specialist does a shared experience of race contribute to better menta... Read more

Venus Hayes and Teressa Raiford Speak

Airs at: Thu, 03/16/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Evening News Director Zeloszelos Marchandt speaks with Venus and Teressa about Quanice Hayes's viewing and a possible indictment of Officer Andrew Hearst. Read more

Reforming PPB: Kathleen Saadat

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  In June of 2016 Kathleen Saadat resigned her position as chair of a community panel created to help monitor Portland police reforms in the wake of a federal justice investigation. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in a family committed to justice and education, Ka... Read more

Treasures from the KBOO Archives, 1977: Art and the Black Artist

  This December 12, 1977 episode of Black History (below) was KBOO Host Rosemary Allen's sixth and final show in her series on the program Black History, with producing support by Pascal Landa. The topic was Art and the Black Artist. It features outstanding members of the ... Read more

Rip City Basement - Jonny Cool

Airs at: Sat, 03/11/2017 at 10:00pm - Sun, 03/12/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Rip City Basement
Jonathan Sanders aka Jonny Cool StarGazer is a Multidisciplinary artist and musician born and raised in NE Portland Oregon. 'Cool' raises the frequencies through his unique style of music, art and good vibrations. Publicly recognized as a music producer and artist, Jonny Co... Read more

Advocacy Groups Demand Feds Investigate Muslim Teen's Death

Airs at: Tue, 03/07/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The unsolved death of Muslim teenager Ben Keita in Lake Stevens, Washington, has advocacy groups demanding a full federal investigation. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke to Arsalan Bukhari, executive director of the Seattle office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.... Read more

"ICE Out of Oregon" Rally

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Monday, March 6, people representing Portland’s and Woodburn’s immigrant communities rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. KBOO Reporter Canaan Schlesinger has the story, with additional reporting by Pu Epstein.. Read more

Roxanne Roxanne

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
In Celebration of "Roxanne Roxanne" the new Hip-Hop biopic on Roxanne Shanté (Lolita Shanté Gooden) which just premiered AND Sold at the Sundance Film Festival we'll be traveling back in time to Queens, New York and the year 1984 to explore her rebuttal to the UTFO song whi... Read more

Demand Justice for Quanice Hayes with Don't Shoot PDX

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Don't Shoot PDX will be at Wednesday's city council meeting to demand justice for Quanice Hayes, the teenager who was killed by Portland Police on February 9. Organizer Teressa Raiford spoke with KBOO News to talk about Wednesday's action as well as the violent police respo... Read more

Trump's First 100 Days

Airs at: Sun, 02/26/2017 at 5:30pm - Sun, 03/05/2017 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Trump's first month in office, good or bad?  Also, the tragic story of Emmett Till.  Join me as I discuss these topics. Read more