COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND FAITH LEADERS JOINED
BY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO OPPOSE CUTS TO ABORTION FUNDING
Tomorrow, a prayer breakfast will be held as part of the campaign against
Measure 106. Oregon has long been on the pro-choice side of the ab...
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With the recent retirement of high level members of the Catholic Church, and
a spate of convictions and lawsuits of the priests in Oregon, the issue of
sexual impropriety has returned to the spotlight. Don Merrill talked with
Tim Lemmon, president of the St. Louis...
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15 - 20 million people participate in the annual pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq
to visit the shrine of 7th century martyr, Imam Husayn. Yet few in the West
know about it. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli has written the first book about
Arbaeen in English. It is called Arbaeen: The...
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While Saudi Arabia wages ruthless war on Yemen and beheads or otherwise
dismembers its own dissidents, Israel continues its brutal onslaught of Gaza,
suppresses internal dissent and hounds BDS activists around the world. Both
get massive military aid from and work clo...
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Host Lisa Loving is joined live in Studio 2 by UPRISE Collective
co-creators, Stephanie Roberson and Brianna Bragg. On October 18 they’re
hosting What’s on The Ballot in OR: Working to Change the System.
In the second half of the hour, our guests are The Civil Unrest Bicycl...
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Join Host Dale Holiday as she converses with Carlos Lopez. Carlos is a City
of Corvallis Employee and President of AFSCME Local 2975.
AFSCME stands for American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees – the nation’s largest and fastest growing public services ...
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio, guest Sheila Vakharia, PhD, from the
Office of Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance, joins host Doug
McVay for part two of our look at recovery.
Drug Policy Alliance
Drug War Facts
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ONE PRISONER MOVED TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI), Oregon’s largest and most
remote prison, was placed on lockdown this weekend. According to a press
release from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC), an
prisoner assaulted a...
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The first transgender officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) visited
Portland last week, and his appearance was greeted by protesters opposed to
the pinkwashing (using a positive association with the LGBTQIA+ community to
distract from bad behavior) of the Israel...
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The Mental Health Association of Portland Holds Supportive Housing
Conference
KBOO's Joe Meyer covered the event and explored the value of public private
partnerships.
Voices include: US Rep Earl Blumenauer; Oregon State Reps Ron Nobel and
Alissa Keny Guyer; vox pop fro...
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