Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

Airs at: Thu, 07/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing.  Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of... Read more

Conspiracy & Class Power: Michael Parenti

Airs at: Tue, 07/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Class and power are closely correlated, That societies have a ruling class is derided as passe Marxist rhetoric. But to deny its existence is folly. Class can be measured by one’s income and savings, and ownership of stocks, bonds and property. Power is more difficult to... Read more

Hands Up and Kevin Jones

Airs at: Tue, 07/18/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features Kevin Jones, artistic director of the August Wilson Red Door Project and actor Alonzo Chadwick and their ground-breaking touring production of Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments. The seven autobiographical monologues of this remarkable production were wr... Read more

Finding Home: Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California" three cities grappling with evictions, displacement, and homelessness. Featuring:  Needa Bee, Oakland-based housing advocate; Messiah Ali, Oakland resident; Tom ... Read more

Portland Man Threatens and Harasses Muslim Couple

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 4:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Last Friday, Portland police arrested the man accused of threatening a Muslim couple in northeast Portland in late may. Frederick Nolan Sorrell, age 49, was booked into Multnomah County Jail on three misdemeanor counts of intimidation. Sorrell allegedly drove next to the M... Read more

Reproductive Health Equity Act

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel discusses the recent success of the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which will ensure that Oregonians, regardless of income, citizenship status, gender identity, or (mostly) type of insurance, have access to the full range of preventive reproductive health s... Read more

Juan Ramirez Stands Up

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 4:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Juan Ramirez is a multi-media producer and free-lance journalist. He describes himself as a Mexican born, South Central Los Angeles raised DACA recipient. He also works at the Migrant School in Hillsboro, Oregon school district and has dedicated his free time aligning himse... Read more

Accidental Activism.

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 10:45am
Produced for:  Evening News
  Emily Gorcenski a data scientist  discovered activism by accident.   Zeloszelos Marchandt spoke with Emily recently and here is what she had to say. Read more

Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings Of Roger Shimomura

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Eric Bartels speaks to artist Roger Shimomura. In his signature Pop Art style, Shimomura's paintings uncover and challenge the role of the media and material culture to define the American norm while establishing the perpetual Other. The exhibition features five of Shim... Read more

Cornel West: The Radical Democratic Tradition

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Recorded in Portland, OR on October 27, 1995. Throughout history there have been individuals who have challenged conventional wisdom and have stretched societal limits. Collectively they constitute the radical democratic tradition. A sterling example of this lineage is ... Read more