Wednesday Talk Radio

  Locally-based Dineh (Navaho) and Yankton Dakota writer Jacqueline Keeler has been writing and fighting against racist mascots and stereotypes for years and she's pretty sick of it. But she keeps being called back into the fray, most recently invited to Cincinnati to deba... Read more

  From Levine's website: Bruce E. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and Models (201... Read more

    After a 10-year hiatus, Cascadia Times is reviving its print edition. Founded and edited by Paul Koberstein since its inception in 1996, Cascadia Times has published hard-hitting investigative environmental journalism from the Cascadia Bioregion: Oregon, Washington, B... Read more

    Looking at Portland’s economy as a microcosm of speculative capitalism is a great way to examine the extractive mechanisms of the real estate market. The most recent boom/bust cycle has completely divorced land value from land taxes and rental rates, and the rich seem... Read more

    Elizabeth Goitein, Co-Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice (NYU School of Law), recently wrote an article for The Atlantic, "What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency." It lays out in grim detail... Read more

    As Elizabeth Warren steps up her run for the presidency in 2020, questions continue over her claims to Native ancestry and how she has handled the controversy. But as undisputed Native journalists, leaders and spokespeople continue to be called upon to weigh in on the... Read more

  Opening song: Dory Previn, Twenty-Mile Zone  Host Paul Roland talks with Allie Light about her 1994 Emmy-award winning flim, "Dialogues with Madwomen," which features seven women, including the filmmaker, describing their experiences with madness and recovery. It is a r... Read more

    Articles and books discussed or mentioned on today's program (or otherwise relevant): Interview with Simon Pirani, whose new book is Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption: https://truthout.org/articles/until-we-confront-capitalism-we-will-not-solve-... Read more

  A year after Trump reduced the size of the Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent, the BLM has been auctioning off oil and gas leases near sacred sites like Bears Ears and Chaco Canyon. An update from Jacqueline Keeler, editor of Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak... Read more