Cecil and Celeste welcome your calls. This program is open to local, national and international issues ranging from poverty in Portland to politics in Africa.
The 15th Annual Job Gap Report by the Alliance for a Just Society shows that
a $15 minimum wage is not enough to keep the average worker out of poverty.
In honor of Labor Day, guest host Lisa Loving asks: What is your job? How
much are you earning? And how much money do ...
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Host Cecil Prescod speaks with Elizabeth Beavers, Legislative Associate,
Militarism & Civil Liberties of the Friends Committee on National
Legislation, A Quaker Lobby in the Public Interest.
They'll talk about Ferguson and Military Policing. Elizabeth co-authored the
rec...
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This Monday on More Talk Radio hear the collective call that says "Enough Is
Enough" as Portlanders take a stand to end the violence stealing our family
members.
Often these senseless deaths are one or two witnesses away from justice. Yet
no one will step forward to spea...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Constantine Severe, Director
of the Portland Auditor’s Independent Police Review, Citizens' Review
Committee (CRC) chair Rodney Paris, and CRC member Mae Wilson. They will
discuss the powers and duties of the City Auditor...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Aviva Chomsky about her
latest book, "Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal." Noted historian
and activist Chomsky presents grounding historical and cultural context for a
conversation often broken into sound bites,...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Jennifer Earl, co-author
with Katrina Kimport of "Digitally Enabled Social Change," They will
discuss how the Internet affects social change and political protest.
Much attention has been paid in recent years to the emerge...
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(This program was originally scheduled for June 30th.)
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Shana Redmond, author of
"Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African
Diaspora." They will discuss the role of music in black life, social
mo...
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This program was rescheduled for next week. Instead Celeste and Cecil hosted
a call in on Monday's Supreme Court decisions. They discussed the Hobby Lobby
decision, in which the Court ruled that for-profit employers with religious
objections can opt out of providing cont...
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