Authority!

Tonight the KBOO Youth Collective talks about authority, our relationship to authority, and authority overstepping their boundaries. We have pieces on police brutality and the Aaron Campbell tragedy, how we are always under the thumb of some authority or another, and authorities we trust. Plus whatever else we come up with.

Things We Hate!

The Youth Collective will take this hour to discuss things we hate, like: Neonazis, McDonalds, Valentine's Day, homophobia, "The Box", Great books that are made into bad movies, and much much more! We'll be ranting, but not completely.

One month after Portland police officer Ronald Frashour fatally shot Aaron Campbell, the Portland City Council is still struggling with growing community anger over the unarmed man's death. Demonstrations, a high profile visit by Rev. Jesse Jackson - as well as an upcoming March 14 visit by national civil rights activist Rev.

With a spate of police violence incidents hitting the headlines, the Independent Police Review Division is soon to come under a microscope for how it investigates complaints against Portland law enforcement. Portland Copwatch/Peace and Justice Works staffer Dan Handleman lays out issues with Portland’s police review system and answers questions about what citizens can do. Lisa Loving hosts.

On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme court took another step in the long - and many say misguided - journey to granting corporations personhood under the U.S. Constitution. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a five-member majority of the court increased the ability of corporations to use their wealth to influence our electoral process.