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Extra-Judicial Murders in the Philippines

Airs at: Sun, 07/23/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

Last week the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US House of Representatives examined the thousands of murders as well as other human rights abuses being committed by the Government of the Philippines and its current president, Rodrigo Duterte. The witnesses testifie... Read more

Democrats Got Paid, Tenants Got Betrayed

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Sammy Black and Ethan Harrison, leaders of the Portland Tenants United, discuss the recent betrayal by the "Democratic Landlord Senators of Salem" (the title of a new song by David Rovick), who got paid big landlord lobbyist bucks, gutted House Bill 2004, then still refused... Read more

Jesus Was A Communist

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Were the early Christians communists? Roman Montero makes the case that they were and backs it up with his book All Things In Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians. Roman A. Montero spends a lot of time studying early Chrstianity, Koine Greek, early Chri... Read more

Transitioning from Prison

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Host Emma Lugo speaks with Anna Debenham, a counselor and advocate for recently and currently incarcerated persons, and with former insiders and gang members, Karl Armstrong and Brandon Brown, members of Phoenix Rising Transitions who recently paroled after being in prison ... Read more

July 21 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 07/28/2017 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Portland Resistance Calendar

Updated Thursday, July 27. 4 rallies. 7(!) film screenings. 2 book clubs meetings. There are festivals, parties, benefits and fundraisers, picnics, self-defence trainings, and art, about tenants rights, homelessness and poverty, workers and immigrants rights, Black Liv... Read more

Medicaid Cuts Loom Large Over Disabled Oregonians

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Disability Awareness

Grace speaks to Ted Wenk of Disabilty Rights Oregon about the proposed cuts to Medicaid and how they would threaten disabled Oregonians. Read more

#Cut 50...Fighting to Reduce the Prison Population

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

Portland's Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Ban Hits an Obstacle

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On July 19, 2017 the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) ruled that Portland’s Fossil Fuel Terminal Zoning Amendments, passed unanimously in December of 2016, is inconsistent with the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Portland’s fossil fuel policy intended to pr... Read more

The War on Women Continues

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

We really wish that we could cease and desist with our coverage of this pointless, vicious patriarchal war of domination, but we can't because it continues with greater voracity than ever. "If a woman has a right to an abortion, why shouldn't a man be free to use ... Read more

GOP's Trojan Horse to Expand Voter Suppression

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

On this edition of Between the Lines Radio Newsmagazine: The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity is a GOP Trojan Horse to Expand Voter Suppression; Israel and Palestinian Authority President Impose Extended Power Blackout on Gaza; As the 2nd Version of GOP Sena... Read more