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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

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Measure on May Ballot

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
A group in Lincoln County, Oregon, has put a measure on the May ballot that would ban aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. Lincoln County Community Rights wrote Measure 21-177, which also includes language reinforcing the rights of the community—that is, Lincoln Co... 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

Detainees: Mentally Ill & Undocumented Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Disability Rights Oregon recently published a new report that finds individuals with mental illness held at Multnomah County Detention Center experience significant physical and mental harm. The report recommends steps that the jail should take to better meet the needs of p... Read more

KBOO News Interview - Christiaan Bedford and Jennifer Cook

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Donald Trump supporters took to the streets last Saturday in a series of what they were calling "March 4 Trump" rallies across the country. There were only three events in Oregon, the largest in Lake Oswego, where an estimated 200 Trump supporters found themselves outnumber... 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

Renters' Rights Comics

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this encore episode from March 2015, we learn about renters' rights with the help of cartoonist Becky Hawkins and the late Justin Buri, onetime Executive Director of Portland's Community Alliance of Tenants. When local educational group Know Your City needed a medium ... 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

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 03/05/2017 at 2:45pm - Sun, 03/12/2017 at 2:45pm
Produced for This Is How We See It
Actor Bill Paxton passes away at 61.  Home Owner's equity on the rise.  Paris Jackson to appear on Fox's hit show "Star".  Candice Wiggins says she was discriminated against in the WNBA because she was straight.  Tune in as we discuss these topics and more.   Read more

45 Days of Madness (and Counting)

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
It's been a rocky and rolling six weeks since we talked with George Polisner, a former senior executive at Oracle who very publicly resigned from the company after its CEO enthusiastically joined the Trump transition team in January. Since quitting Oracle George has devoted... Read more