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#cut50: The Fight to Slash the Prison Population in Half

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

America’s Putin Derangement Syndrome

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  The mainstream U.S. media blames Russian President Putin for pretty much everything – from the Mideast mess to Europe’s disorder to the U.S. elections – but the reality is quite different, notes Daniel Lazare.   from Consortium News: "Last week as Donald Trump was prep... Read more

Beyond Vietnam: Martin Luther King Jr

Airs at: Tue, 01/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Martin Luther King Jr.’s charismatic “I Have a Dream” speech is emblazoned in our historical memories. But another address to a much smaller audience on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York is no less significant. There King demonstrated his deep understanding o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  An interview with Mat dos Santos, legal director of the ACLU of Oregon about challenges facing immigrants under the Trump regime.    An interview with Erica Etelson of California's Local Clean Energy Alliance about her state's resistance to Trump's energy policies.    ... Read more

Voices from the #INAUGURATE The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Voices From the #Inaugurate The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration...Gerald Horne on Trump's First Week in Office, Including Threats to Voting Rights, Mexico, China and the Environment.  UNHEARD VOICES FROM THE ONLY PERMITTED PROTEST AT THE INAUGURATION OF D... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson visits KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Georgetown University Sociology Professor, pundit, activist and author Michael Eric Dyson visits the KBOO studio to speak with Celeste Carey about his new book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.   A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/... Read more

No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the US to Palestine

Airs at: Fri, 01/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
Today on One Land Many Voices, we feature a talk that was given this past Monday January 23rd, 2017, in Portland Oregon. The talk was part of a speaking tour called ‘No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the US to Palestine.’ The featured speakers are Nadia Tannous ... Read more

Letter to Trump: 1/23/17

1/23/17 Resident Trump: So, it begins. Your first order of business, after a press “conference” to issue a false statement claiming that more people attended your inauguration than Barack Obama’s two inaugurations (patently and demonstrably false), is to provoke a new war... Read more

Portland International Film Festival

Airs at: Thu, 01/26/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  We welcome three directors of short films chosen to premiere at the 40th annual Portland International Film Festival.  Vu Pham is the creator of the sci-fi noir mashup The Cutting Shadow, Rollyn Stafford directed the modern comedy of manners Your Move, and Jan Haaken's l... Read more

Inauguration Protests - Portland and across the country

Airs at: Fri, 01/20/2017 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Special extended news program focusing on the protests taking place against the Inauguration of Donald Trump. 5pm: Special Headlines 5:15pm: Bread and Roses Presidential Protest Narrative 5:25pm: Miriam Widman in D.C. reporting 5:45pm: Love and Resist- Corvallis 6:00pm: ... Read more