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Heroin Maintenance In New Mexico

Airs at: Sun, 10/30/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we listen in on a hearing at the New Mexico State Legislature about opiate use and heroin maintenance treatment. Read more

The present and future of marijuana in the US

Airs at: Sun, 11/13/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we look at the present and future of marijuana policy in the US with our special guest drug policy reform activist and marijuana policy expert Sam Chapman with New Economy Consulting. Sam is a founding member of New Economy Consulting LLC, a firm based in Portlan... Read more

Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Riding the freedom bus, as students and young people all across America continue to protest Trump's ascension to the White House. Also, a report back back and update from Standing Rock, as the Flashpoints team heads out to North Dakota for a week of... Read more

Political Perspectives: Angela Davis x Ta-Nehisi Coates

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Angela Davis in a rarely heard 1972 interview at Malcolm X College, presented with permission from the Chicago Film Archives.  Davis discusses the upcoming presidential election, campaigning for 3rd party candidates Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner and her freedom after 16 mont... Read more

The Push to Release Guantanamo Prisoners: 70 Days to go

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  The Push to Release Guantanamo Prisoners; 70 Days to go Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund will be joined from London by Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. They will talk about the seventy days le... Read more

Gandhi's Gift

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  “Gandhi’s Gift” is the first major documentary about Mahatma Gandhi to be made in the U.S. and asks the question, “Were Gandhi’s final years his finest?” Co-producer Cynthia Lukas will join Cecil and Celest in studio to discuss the film and Gandhi's legacy of resistance.... Read more

Evening News on 11/10/16

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On tonight's evening news report: -Analysis on the Donald Trump election from the Council on American Islamic Relations, independent journalist Arun Gupta, Ralph Nader -We hear students speaking out against fossil fuel infrastructure expandion in the city of Portland -A l... Read more

Presswatch: Barriers to Democracy

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
   Host Theresa Mitchell takes your calls and comments on the Presidential election and on the various barriers and scams that prevent an outbreak of democracy in the U.S.  Plus a renewed call for social activism. Read more

Old School Beats

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
A Special 3-hour block of Old School Beats in celebration of Hip-Hop History Month!   November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political ... Read more

LIVING IN TRUMPLAND

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we stagger past the shock and dismay of this presidential election, it's important that we understand what we must do as individuals and as a community to counter the forces that have been unleashed by the election of Donald Trump. To help us navigate these difficult wat... Read more