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Project Unica and Domestic Violence in the Portland Latinx Community [RE-BROADCAST]

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
We are digging in the B&R archives to bring you an episode with renewed relevance to current headlines. On February 9th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)agents in El Paso, TX reportedly detained an undocumented transgender woman who was also an alleged domestic vi... Read more

ICE, & renters in danger of losing their homes - the impacts on Latino families

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Stories of ICE raids have riddled news outlets in earnest since President Trump was inaugurated. It has put many cities at odds with federal executive orders and caused national speculation over immigration rights and where they intersect with the Tenth Amendment. These hav... Read more

Cathy Camper on "Lowriders to the Center of the Earth"

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Bethany Grabow talks with Cathy Camper, author of the books Lowriders in Space and Lowriders to the Center of the Earth. These graphic novels feature a trio of friends who experience out-of-this-world adventures in their quest to make the most epic lowrider.   Publis... Read more

Humberto Alvarez as Guest and Music

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/25/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
   This Friday on La Ruleta we will have as guest Humberto Alvarez MUSIC PRODUCER.COMPOSER, SOUND HEALER, PERFORMING ARTIST, POET, TEACHER AND SONIC MEDITATION GUIDE. Doing Sound Therapy since 2002. More than 30 years of musical career. He will join us on a phone conversa... Read more

Salt of the Earth

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Produced at the height of the Hollywood Red Scare by blacklisted filmmakers, 1954's Salt of the Earth is a groundbreaking drama that highlights the roles of Latina women and striking mineworkers.  Jenn Chavez talks with the organizers of an upcoming event at the Hollywoo... Read more

Positively Revolting discusses ICE and Destabilization of Immigrant Communities

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Four weeks into the new regime there is no doubt that immigrant communities are under attack. It was just a week after coming to power that they implemented the unconstitutional, inhumane, and poorly planned "travel ban".   This administration is promoting fear and bigotry... Read more

Animated Worlds

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Animated Worlds is the Portland International Film Festival's showcase for animated features and shorts, sponsored by local animation studio Laika Entertainment.  Joining us to talk about their latest films are Portlander-turned-New-Yorker Bill Plympton (Revengeance) and... Read more

Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

Michelle Alexander: Race & Caste in the U.S.

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. As an associate professor of law at Stanford Law School, she directed the Civil Rights Clinics and pursued a research agenda focused on the intersection of race and criminal justic... Read more

#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