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Evening News: A Soundbite Summary of Immigrant Oppression in Oregon - 2017 on 03/21/17

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Monday, March 20th, activists, families, and supporters from the general public turned out in Woodburn, Oregon to collectively demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leave the state of Oregon. KBOO's Canaan Schlesinger compiled a selection of clips from ... Read more

Seeking Justice for Quanice Hayes

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
On February 9th 2017 in Northeast Portland, a 17 year old child, Quanice Derrick Hayes was shot three times, twice in the chest and once through the head at point blank range.   He was shot and killed by Portland Police Officer Andrew Hearst.    The family of Quanice Ha... Read more

Reforming PPB: Kathleen Saadat

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  In June of 2016 Kathleen Saadat resigned her position as chair of a community panel created to help monitor Portland police reforms in the wake of a federal justice investigation. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in a family committed to justice and education,... Read more

Conflict is Not Abuse, on Preference Radio, March 14th

Airs at: Tue, 03/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
.   In 2016, author Sarah Schulman released her book 'Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair,' in which she attempts to re-work understandings of the difference between conflict and abuse, and how communities should be... Read more

Improving Public Health and Public Safety

Airs at: Sun, 03/12/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: the New Hampshire legislature is considering a bill to allow syringe exchanges in the state, plus we listen to current Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III talk nonsense about drugs. 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 Relation... 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 o... Read more

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Airs at: Sun, 03/05/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we speak with Tyler Williams from Students for Sensible Drug Policy about drug policy reform, activism, and SSDP's upcoming international conference in Portland, Oregon March 24-26. Students for Sensible Drug Policy   Read more

LEADing the Way

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On Monday, Feb. 27, a coalition of Multnomah County and Portland officials and social service agencies announced that local law enforcement would begin a Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program (LEAD). LEAD was first developed in King County, Seattle, WA in 2011. LEAD ... Read more

Demand Justice for Quanice Hayes with Don't Shoot PDX

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Don't Shoot PDX will be at Wednesday's city council meeting to demand justice for Quanice Hayes, the teenager who was killed by Portland Police on February 9. Organizer Teressa Raiford spoke with KBOO News to talk about Wednesday's action as well as the violent police re... Read more