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Basic Rights Oregon Responds to Trump Trans Memo

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Basic Rights Oregon hosted a press conference in response to the Trans Memo from the Trump Administration. The memo outlines a proposal to federally define gender as only male or female and determined at birth. The proposal outlined in the memo will not impact Oregon sta... Read more

One Land Many Voices

Airs at: Fri, 10/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: One Land Many Voices

On today's program, we draw connections between the struggles of indigenous peoples in the US and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Host Layla Kanaan speaks with local Native American activist Jacqueline Keeler. In the second half of the program, we feature ... Read more

Evening News on 10/23/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Tavern shooting Police rushed out to the Glass House Tavern at 97th and Sandy Boulevard around 1:30 this morning after reports of gunfire. When they got there, they found a man on the sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound, who they pronounced dead at the scene. While t... Read more

Folsom50 Project

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp, founders of the Folsom50 project looking at Johnny Cash’s work around prison reform 50 years later. The project brings music and artwork to incarcerated persons and they held their first concert at Columbia River C... Read more

Oregonians United Against Profiling

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Oregonians United Against Profiling is a coalition that is campaigning for the public to vote “no” on measure 105. Measure 105 is the anti-sanctuary state measure on the November election ballot. KBOO reporter Kyle Kerezsi spoke with Ivan Hernandez about the coalition an... Read more

Climate Change and NeoFascism

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel reports on climate change and authoritarian states, and how both are consequences of capitalism. You can find the text of a longer version of her remarks, with links to sources, on the Old Mole blog. Image cropped from Klimacamp 2018 - 121 - 01.06.2018 20-5... Read more

'Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer'; and Alyssa Pariah on Trump's proposed "

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

From the Merc: "Oregon filmmakers Brooks Nelson and Yee Won Chong are trans men and housemates who were both diagnosed with 'lady cancer' around the same time. They decided to see t he strange coincdence as an educational opportunity, and chronicled their treatment in ... Read more

US Prisons House It’s Slaves

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Corporations know the value of prison labour is not just its immediate cost saving! Prison labour is nothing if not scab labour — efficiently serving to undermine wage and labour standards in the general population. Until American voters refuse to allow their tax money t... Read more