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Afghanistan, Iraq, & Yemen: Finding Hope in Countries Devastated by U.S. Policy

Airs at: Wed, 09/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Join peace activist Kathy Kelly and host Lisa Loving for an hour on colonialism and nonviolence in the face of war, this Wednesday morning at 9. Back in the 1990s, Kathy was founder of Voices in the Wilderness, where she traveled with local activist Dan Handelman of Peac... Read more

#DisarmPSU Rally

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A rally and march was hosted today at Portland State University. The outcry comes after Jason Washington, a black man, was gunned down by PSU police officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie in late June. The mission of the event was to bring justice for Washington and preven... Read more

Looking Ahead to the Portland Psychedelic Conference

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The First Annual Portland Psychedelic Conference is coming up on October 27th, at the Alberta Abbey in Northeast Portland. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman sat down today with an organizer and two of the speakers who will be at the conference to find out more. Doctor Alissa ... Read more

Reducing Harm, Saving Lives: California Assembly Bill 186

Airs at: Sun, 09/23/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we look at California's Assembly Bill 186, which would allow the city and county of San Francisco to establish a supervised consumption facility that would prevent drug overdose deaths. Governor Jerry Brown has until September 30 to sign the mea... Read more

The Day to Day Fight to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The State of Oregon is partnering with school districts and education service districts across the state to reduce chronic student absenteeism. Chronic Absenteeism is different from traditional concepts like truancy or delinquency, and aims to capture all absences from a... Read more

Worker Cooperatives

Airs at: Fri, 09/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  A deep dive into the worker cooperatives movement: a broad selection of organizations, activists, and cooperatively-structured workplaces that advocate for and embody workplace and economic democracy. The 21st century has seen an explosion in interest around worker coope... Read more

Clackamas County Transition Center

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James visited the Clackamas County Transition Center on Kaen Road in Oregon City, to speak with Brian Imdieke, manager of Community Corrections, Eric Anderson, supervisor of the Center, and clients currently being served by the Center. The Transition Center is th... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

Sexual Assault Claim Against Kavanaugh

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Join Voices From the Edge guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund as she talks about President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, who is being accused of sexually and physically assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a party during his high school years. ... Read more

Press**Watch: Eat the Rich

Produced for:  Presswatch
President Trump is going to be really hard to get rid of.  There's a good chance he will win again in 2020.  How, you may ask?  Well, he's a triple threat:   1. He represents the super-rich, and they are very happy with him.  He has destroyed banking regulations put in pl... Read more