War/Peace

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Palestine: 50 Years of Occupation

Airs at: Tue, 06/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel and The 51-Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. He is a senior writer for Alternet, and his articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times, a... Read more

Update on Martial Law in the Philippines

Airs at: Fri, 06/02/2017 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A man set fire to a casino in the Philippines today, causing thirty eight deaths, including his own. Government officials hesitated to call the fire a terrorist attack, but the 45th US President immediately tweeted that it was terrorism. The fire comes in the midst of a we... Read more

Bystander Intervention Training

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the aftermath of the 2016 general election debacle, peace activists in the Washington, DC area grew concerned over an increase in hate crimes and public incidents of racially and religiously motivated violence. In response, activists developed a training to help bystande... Read more

2 Killed in Hate Attack on MAX Train

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Our complete coverage from Monday, May 29, of the attack which occured at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday. There were five victims of the attack, which began when a man got on the train and almost immediately began verbally assaulting two teenage girls, one of whom i... Read more

Rally and March for Truth on Saturday June 3

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Saturday, June 3, a rally is scheduled in conjunction with other gatherings across the country calling for a transparent, comprehensive investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Called the March for Truth, ... Read more

How to Support the Victims of Friday's MAX Attack

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A number of crowd sourcing sites have sprung up to offer assistance for the victims and survivors of Friday’s horrific attack on a Portland MAX train. Those wishing to provide support for the teenage girls who were the targets of the verbal abuse can go to https://www.youc... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 29, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this Memorial Day episode, which features music by Bob Marley, "War"; The Clash, "Washington Bullets"; and  Curtis Mayfield, "We Got to have Peace"; as well as these segments:  Jan Haaken talks with Jacob Reisberg about Standing Rock Legal Defense Bil... Read more

Matt Taibbi & Amy Goodman

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Join Theresa Mitchel on the last day of KBOO's Spring Membership Drive as she welcomes Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi and Democracy Now's Amy Goodman to make a last minute pitch for new and renewing members. Read more

Facing Fear and Waking Up

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Contemporary American Society is saturated with fear, fear that is out of proportion to the actual threats we face. That is how Michael Kinnamon, a widely respected leader and scholar in the ecumenical movement begins his book, The Witness of Religion In An Age of Fear. Wh... Read more

March for Truth on June 3

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Local activists from a number of groups are organizing a Portland March for Truth, in solidarity with similar marches taking place on that day across the country. They are demanding a full, open and independent investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Y... Read more