Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Trump Suggests Police Can Be More Rough on Suspects

Airs at: Tue, 08/01/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Saturday, Portland police released a statement stating "our officers are expected to treat everyone with respect even if they are a suspect."  This comes in response to President Trump's suggestions to New York police on Friday that they do not have to remain respectf... Read more

MacLaren Youth: Inside & Out

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Carlos Chavez sits down with youth at MacLaren Youth corrections for an intimate discussion about their experiences transitioning through the juvenile justice system. They talk about the ongoing changes within corrections that they’ve faced during those years as wel... Read more

Trans Positive PDX

Airs at: Tue, 08/01/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
This week on TransPositive PDX hosts Jean Bryant, Aiden Vargas and Nicolette Sandra James will be joined by Trans Veterans Andrea Haverkamp and Krystal Atkinson to discuss the recent offensive tweets coming from the Trump administration concerning trans active duty servi... Read more

Stopping Fascism: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Recorded at the Aladdin Theater, Chris Hedges visited Portland and spoke as a guest of KBOO community radio. Chris Hedges is an award-winning journalist who has covered wars in the Balkans, the Middle East and Central America. He writes a weekly column for Truthdig.o... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 31, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This week on the Old Mole Variety Hour, Thom Becker hosts and we hear these segments: Arthur Stamoulis, director of the national Citizens Trade Campaign, discusses trade policy. Frann Michel on Trump's tweets on Trans people & the military.    Thom reads about "A Fut... Read more

Bureaucrat or Commodity? Becoming Human Again

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Sean Kerrigan, author of Bureaucratic Insanity:  The American Bureaucrat’s Descent into Madness,says that civilization is about the concentration of power. We are at a point now in which bureaucracy has stripped our lives of meaning.  We will talk about bureaucracy, coll... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 6

Airs at: Wed, 08/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
    August 2, 2017  "Life should be an adventure": Comic Sharon Lacey shares her journey of reimagining her work - from media to teaching to comedy.   Sharon discusses her fear of Alzheimer's, her personal challenge not to waste a single moment, and her brand of mot... Read more

PUBLIC LANDS UNDER ATTACK: Their History and Your Role

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  How can we protect our public lands? From the Trump Administration to the Far Right militants who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve in 2016, our public lands are under threat like never before.  Cecil and Celeste welcome Kristin Teigen to discuss her upco... Read more

Our Revolution's 'Summer of Progress'

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this show, the political organization, Our Revolution, founded by Senator Bernie Sanders, launches its 'Summer of Progress' campaign with a rally on Capitol Hill and a push for eight pieces of legislation called the Peoples platform. We speak to the new president o... Read more

International Worker Solidarity & Anti-Nike Action

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Join ani and Lyn in a conversation about the conditions of workers at Nike factories and an action that's happening this Saturday to tell Nike that we will not accept the exploitation of workers. International action has been called for Saturday, July 29th- in Portland t... Read more