Global Affairs

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Theo Anderson on "The Right-Wing Machine Behind the Curtain: The scariest thing about the Trump administration isn't Trump"

Airs at: Wed, 03/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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No, sir, I will not yield!

Airs at: Tue, 03/14/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe welcomes Portland State University History Professor David A. Horowitz to KBOO to put this whole thing in perspective.  Where do we stand when looking through the long lens of U.S. history?  Have we been here before or is this uncharted territory?  Show up fed and we... Read more

An Indigenous Economic Model: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 03/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The existing economic system in most countries is a kind of state capitalism. It produces enormous inequalities. Its extraction practices are environmentally destructive. Perhaps indigenous models provide a viable alternative. Chief Seattle was a Susquamish chief in what... Read more

Advocacy Groups Demand Feds Investigate Muslim Teen's Death

Airs at: Tue, 03/07/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The unsolved death of Muslim teenager Ben Keita in Lake Stevens, Washington, has advocacy groups demanding a full federal investigation. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke to Arsalan Bukhari, executive director of the Seattle office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.... Read more

"ICE Out of Oregon" Rally

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Monday, March 6, people representing Portland’s and Woodburn’s immigrant communities rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. KBOO Reporter Canaan Schlesinger has the story, with additional reporting by Pu Epstein.. Read more

PSU Metamorphosis at MacLaren Youth Corrections

Airs at: Wed, 03/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Students from Portland State University and youth from MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility (MYCF) work together in a structured peer and collaborative environment to exchange ideas about current social and political issues of the day. They take their shot at offering their... Read more

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Gender Equity

Airs at: Tue, 03/07/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Currently the Supreme Court hangs in the balance with a 4-4 liberal conservative split. The former tends to view the Constitution as a living document, while the latter sees it as something static and fixed document. Court decisions have huge impacts on society. One cont... Read more

Famine Looms in Parts of Africa and Yemen

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Famines are looming over several dry and war-torn areas in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations officially declared a famine in South Sudan last week, and is on the verge of declaring famines in Yemen, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria as well. While low rai... Read more

Project Censored Show

Airs at: Wed, 03/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Nolan, Nicholas and Michael open the program with a roundtable discussion on fascist tendencies in the Trump administration, as well as the rise of extremist opinion in place of fact-based journalism. Alisha Huartado provides summaries of several important but under-repo... Read more

Stephen F. Cohen on Trump's Russia-connected allegations

Airs at: Thu, 03/02/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Stephen Frand Cohen is an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University.  He joins Per Fagereng on Fight the Empire Thursday March 2nd at 9:30am from the Nation:  "The bipartisan, nearly full-political-spectr... Read more