Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Exclusive Special Programming for MMIW - Produced by Carmen Garnica - Edited by Ruth Parra         Read more

Remembering Salmon Scam

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In a continuation of the “Fish Wars” of the 1960s and 70s, a 1982 federal sting operation scapegoated and criminalized Columbia fisher people for diminishing salmon runs. This segment, which originally aired in May 2023, we feature commentary from Wanapum fishing rights act... Read more

Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In September, WSU Vancouver broke ground on two new campus gardens–one a student community garden, the other centering Indigenous Traditional Ecological Cultural Knowledge. Julian Ankney speaks with Lakota-Cheyenne activist Roben White about the role of the gardens in revit... Read more

Respecting the Rights and Dignity of People Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Respecting the Rights and Dignity of People Who Use Drugs. From 2020 until the arrests in 2023, the Drug User Liberation Front provided a safe supply of drugs to a small number of people who use drugs in that part of northern Abya Yala known ... Read more

Toppling the Fossil Fuel Giants

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On September 27, Kentucky State Representative Justin Pearson came to Portland to talk about his community’s triumph against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline in Southwest Memphis. He was joined by local environmental justice advocates who shared past victories in our region ... Read more

Recovery and Community

Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Recovery and Community. According to its website, the Recovery Cafe Network, established in 2016, is “comprised of Recovery Cafés committed to serving people who have experienced trauma and the results of trauma like homelessness, subs... Read more

Portland Rally for Gaza: One Year of Genocide

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
On Saturday October 5th, 2024, several thousand Portlanders gathered in Unthank Park to commemorate a year of the ongoing Israeli invasion and destruction of the Gaza Strip. The rally also called for an end to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, which began several weeks befor... Read more

A conversation with Abby Martin of The Empire Files

Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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EXCITED DELIRIUM: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Emma Lugo speaks with Aisha Beliso-De Jesus about her book: EXCITED DELIRIUM: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease. In this book, Aisha uncovers the invented disease—excited delirium syndrome—which is used by medical examiners to assign cause to “unexplaine... Read more

Nitazenes in the UK

Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Nitazenes in the UK. Nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that’s been turning up as a contaminant in the unregulated drug supplies in Australia, New Zealand, the EU, and the UK. Barod, a harm reduction and recovery services provider in Wal... Read more