Civil Liberties

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Steve Phillips Interview

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Steve Phillips is the author of the new book, "Brown is the New White", a critical discussion on changes that are coming to the American body politic in advance of the population shift from majority white to "other than white" by 2044. He talks with Don Merrill about Be... Read more

Century Of Lies for January 31 2016

Airs at: Sun, 01/31/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we look at human rights and the drug war with audio from Damon Barrett, Director and co-founder of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, and The Honorable Mark Golding, Minister of Justice for Jamaica. Read more

Century Of Lies for January 24 2016

Airs at: Sun, 01/24/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we speak with Mary Lou Burton about the Cannabis Collaborative Conference, which is being held February 2-3 in Portland, Oregon. Read more

Century Of Lies for January 17 2015

Airs at: Sun, 01/17/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
We look ahead to National Alcohol and Other Drugs Facts Week, which is January 25-31 this year, and we hear about the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem coming up in April. Read more

Century Of Lies for January 10 2016

Airs at: Sun, 01/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we discuss new data on youth drug use, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin's support for marijuana legalization, and Maine Governor Paul LePage's racist comments about the drug war. Read more

California's Prop 49 Aims to Overturn Citizen's United

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO's  Robin Ryan speaks with Common Cause's California Director Kathy Feng about her state's Proposition 49, which aims to send a message to Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court's Citizen's United ruling from 2010.   Citizen's Unit... Read more

Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Takes Effect Tomorrow

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On January first a law will go into place assigning certain protections and benefits to domestic workers in the State of Oregon, called the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.  For more KBOO reporter Jared Dancler spoke with Tom Breedlove, an expert on household labor and t... Read more

Journalist Jamie Kalven on Laquan McDonald and Police Reform in Chicago

Airs at: Thu, 12/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Independent Chicago journalist Jamie Kalven has been a voice calling for police reform in Chicago for years, and it was his lawsuit against the city of Chicago that brought the autopsy of Laquan McDonald into the light. McDonald, a 17-year-old black man, was shot to death ... Read more

Century Of Lies for December 20 2015

Airs at: Sun, 12/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: President Obama commutes the sentences of 95 people serving time for federal drug offenses, and we speak with drug policy researcher and human rights activist Damon Barrett. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 21, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes Christmas songs by Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as segments on the climate impacts of the TPP,  the politics of the Peanuts' Christmas cartoon, and the impacts of the women's movement on family l... Read more