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Dramatic Increase in Hate Crimes, Southern Poverty Law Center Reports

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
The Southern Poverty Law Center has recently documented a dramatic increase in hate and bias crimes nationwide. It's also very surprising that the Pacific Northwest has seen some of the more crazy increases in the U.S. A December article in the Statesman Journal noted that ... Read more

Sex: The Illustrated History

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
John R. Gregg is an historian, a writer, researcher, educator, and traveler. He has had a lifelong fascination for the beliefs and practices of peoples worldwide. He has taught World Civilization, Anthropology, American History, and Native American History and Culture, at t... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  In the United States, we are now getting little to no information from main stream media "or even U.S.-based alternative media "on the devastating impact of Hurricanes Maria and Irma on Saint Croix, Saint John, and St Thomas, all three part of the US Virgin Islands; or o... Read more

Puerto Rico Still Without Power, Country's Power Company Deep in Debt

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
There are many barriers that face the relief efforts in the growing crisis in Puerto Rico. One of which includes their already huge debt crisis. A lot of the debt is owned by American Hedge Funds on Wall Street. One of the hedge funds owns the debt of the Puerto Rico Power ... Read more

General Joseph Dunford Opposes Military Trans Ban

Airs at: Wed, 09/27/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
General Joseph Dunford, who is the nation's highest-ranking military officer, told the Senate on Tuesday that he does not support the plan to ban transgender people from the armed forces. The head of Joint Chiefs of Staff said that they believe that if any person meets the ... Read more

Charlie vs Goliath

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  For this special membership-drive edition of The Film Show, we're joined by Charlie Hardy — onetime priest and senatorial candidate — and filmmaker Reed Lindsay.  Charlie's quixotic fight against big money in politics is immortalized in Reed's documentary Charlie vs Goli... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Steven and Jennifer Cook of One Portland

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for News In Depth
Since a new president took office in January, coincidentally enough, incidents of racism, sexual harassment, and xenophobia seem to be on the uptick in Portland. One local businessman, Steven Cook, co-owner of the bar Church on NE Sandy Boulevard, aims to reverse that alar... Read more

Rallying Against Rumors of War

Airs at: Wed, 09/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  ACTIVISTS TELL FERC TO PROTECT PEOPLE, NOT POLLUTERS...HEADLINES ON HEALTHCARE, BLACK LIVES MATTER AND MORE... This week in DC, our healthcare remains on the line as well as our right to clean water, clean air and our right to not live under the threat of war. We hear v... Read more

Iceberg Three Times Larger Than Manhattan Breaks Off Into Western Antarctica Waters

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
An iceberg three times the size of Manhattan broke off the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica and is now drifting out into the open ocean. The iceberg is about 71 square miles, and is the second largest iceberg to ever break off the continent. The glacier has already... Read more

Red Lodge Women’s Transition Center

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
The new Red Lodge Transition Center for Women will soon open its doors to Native and non-Native women upon return from treatment centers, jails and prison returning to Clackamas County. Host Karen James visited the Center and spoke with Trish Jordon, Executive Director, Red... Read more