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Accessibility at OccupyICEPDX Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the second of a two part-interview, Desiree Hellegers interviews deaf activist Philip J. Wolfe about the ground-breaking work of providing nearly continuous access to deaf and hard of hearing activists at OccupyICEPDX, and about the struggles that deaf and hard of hea... Read more

Buscando America on 10/16/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En la Ciudad de Salem se celebra la hispanidad en un evento del Instituto de Cultura Oregoniana. Vicky Falcón invita a la comunidad a participar. Patricia Vázquez llama estar informados en las próximas elecciones. Genevieve Roudané  habla sobre su documental  The Chunta qu... Read more

Oregon's Largest Prison on Lockdown Over the Weekend

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  ONE PRISONER MOVED TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT   Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI), Oregon’s largest and most remote prison, was placed on lockdown this weekend. According to a press release from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC), an prisoner assaulted a... Read more

Routine Sweep Finds Lax Security on Dept. of State Lands Website

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  PERSONAL INFO MAY HAVE BEEN ACCESSED BY "OUTSIDE PARTIES"   A “security vulnerability” was discovered last week at the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). The vulnerability was found in an "internet-connected system" on October 8th during a routine security sweep, ... Read more

Oregon Housing Conference on Supportive Housing

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The Mental Health Association of Portland hosted the Oregon Housing Conference on Supportive Housing in Portland today. ‘Supportive housing’ is housing for people with mental illness or addiction, usually including on-site clinicians and case workers. KBOO’s Joe Meye... Read more

The Mental Health Association of Portland Holds Supportive Housing Conference

Produced for:  Evening News
The Mental Health Association of Portland Holds Supportive Housing Conference  KBOO's Joe Meyer covered the event and explored the value of public private partnerships. Voices include: US Rep Earl Blumenauer;  Oregon State Reps Ron Nobel and Alissa Keny Guyer; vox pop fro... Read more

Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East’s Next Failed State?

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng welcome journalist Daniel Lazare to discuss his latest article in Consotium News: Reports are growing that Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s hyperactive crown prince, is losing his grip. His economic reform program has stalled since his father, King Salma... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 15th, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Densie Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes these segments:  Bill Resnick speaks with Patricia Kullberg MD MPH about how premature disease, disability and death affects people of color, low income and immigrant communities in Portland, how the ... Read more

Live from the International Cannabis Business Conference Pt Three

Airs at: Sun, 10/14/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week, we talk with Adam Smith from the Oregon Craft Cannabis Alliance about marijuana, interstate exports, and inevitable federal legalization; plus, more from the recent Commission on Narcotic Drugs intersessional meetings in Vienna, Austria. Read more

Looking Ahead

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay looks at two of the items on the Oregon Legislature's 2019 criminal justice agenda: Behavioral Health Reinvestment and Juvenile Justice. Read more