Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board.  Does this make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability as commissioners supporting the change claim? Voices from the Edge Hosts Dave Mazza and Jo Ann talk about this new development. 

 Reports by Students learning about Media from the Northwest Institute for Social Change.

A report from Peak Oil Checkin on why OPEC might fear a drop in US Oil Production.

And, finally, a commentary on Shelterlessness, by Portlander Michael O'Callihan, who has been voluntarily homeless for over a year now.

Tonight on Circle A Radio we have a summer reading program, with people who run bookstores, and bookgroups, printers, and of course, readers sharing what they’re reading.

We'll talk with Jordi and Shanti from Northstar Infoshop, Maile Speakman of the Portland Feminist Reading Group, author Yusef Shakur whose most recent book is entitled The Window to My Soul: My Transformation from a Zone 8 Thug to a Father and a Freedom Fighter, Charles from Eberhardt Press, and people from AK Press and Blackrose Infoshop.

Dave Mazza talks with Justice Betty Roberts, the first woman to serve on Oregon's supreme court, about the Kagan nominations hearings and about her newly released memoir "With Grit and By Grace."

About the program…

 Theresa Mitchell with the news "you're not supposed to know" interviews poet Walt Curtis about Portland's declaration of Walt Curtis Week and events to support the poet.  Theresa also takes a look at npr portrayals the Afghanistan invasion, and the  possibility and consequences of an Israeli attack on Iran. See more at Theresa's blog:  http://kboo.fm/node/22376