Civil Rights/Human Rights

"Fight for $15 " Embraces #MeToo Movement in Striking McDonalds

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College and author of WE ARE ALL FAST-FOOD WORKERS NOW: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages" Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonalds workers staged a one-day strike at restaurants in 10 cities to pressure manag... Read more

Worker Cooperatives

Airs at: Fri, 09/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

A deep dive into the worker cooperatives movement: a broad selection of organizations, activists, and cooperatively-structured workplaces that advocate for and embody workplace and economic democracy. The 21st century has seen an explosion in interest around worker coope... Read more

Clackamas County Transition Center

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Host Karen James visited the Clackamas County Transition Center on Kaen Road in Oregon City, to speak with Brian Imdieke, manager of Community Corrections, Eric Anderson, supervisor of the Center, and clients currently being served by the Center. The Transition Center is th... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

Sexual Assault Claim Against Kavanaugh

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Join Voices From the Edge guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund as she talks about President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, who is being accused of sexually and physically assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a party during his high school years. ... Read more

Press**Watch: Eat the Rich

Produced for: Presswatch

President Trump is going to be really hard to get rid of. There's a good chance he will win again in 2020. How, you may ask? Well, he's a triple threat: 1. He represents the super-rich, and they are very happy with him. He has destroyed banking regulations put in pl... Read more

Buscando America on 09/18/18

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Se llevó acabo la Cumbre Global de Acción Climática en San Francisco y Javier Sierra, columnista de Sierra Club BC habla también sobre tormentas tropicales que atacan en las Carolinas y Filipinas. Iván Hernández habla de la iniciativa 22 la cual decidirá la Ley Santuario en... Read more

9/11 Unmasked, Part 3: David Chandler and the Day of Magical Physics

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

In Part 3 of my four-part series on the work of the 9/11 Consensus Panel, I speak with David Chandler about the physics behind the collapse of the three World Trade Center Towers on September 11th, 2001. Why do the buildings look like they came down in controlled demolit... Read more

Talking with Charlene Carruthers, author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Alyssa Pariah and I will be joined on-air by Charlene Carruthers. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements is the highly anticipated first book from Carruthers—one of America's most influential activists. In Unapologetic she issues a call-to... Read more

Pipeline Protests Beyond Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Lisa Loving's guest is local multimedia journalist Christopher Francisco. He's also host of KBOO's show Human Beings With Five Fingers https://kboo.fm/program/human-beings-5-fingers . Christopher will talk about his work covering Standing Rock, and how the government s... Read more