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Portland Mayor Charlie Hales Holds Third Meeting of "Homeless Task Force"

Airs at: Thu, 08/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This week, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales held the third in a series of meetings with city offiicals and advocates on homeless services and housing issues. KBOO's Jenn Chavez has more. Read more

Interview with Vanport flood survivor Ed Washington

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2013 at 12:00am
Ed Washington was a child living in Vanport, Oregon, in 1948, when the Columbia River flooded into the largest public housing project in the U-S at the time, leaving 18,500 people homeless, a large number of whom were black. The event changed race relations in Portland fore... Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Airshow for 4/17/13

Airs at: Wed, 04/17/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Occupy Portland Radio
Occupy Portland Air Show for 4/17/13Professor William Black, serial whistelblower and professor at University of Missouri, Kansas CityWar Tax ResistersWe focus on the International Consortium of Independent Journalists release of secret offshore banking records Read more

Homeless Bill of Rights Part II

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Right To Survive
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Transportation Justice Special

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2013 at 12:00am
KBOO reporter Jennifer Kemp went out into the community talking to bus riders to see whether Tri Met was well serving low income people in Portland-or catering more to business people and tourists. In collaboration with Envrionmental Justice organization OPAL, the story exp... Read more

Poverty Is a Queer Issue

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Radical LGBT activists see the fight for gay marriage as a distraction from the more important struggle for economic justice.  Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis is one such activist -- a writer for A New Queer Agenda.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about how LGBT... Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 12/19/12

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Occupy Portland Radio
We talk with supporters of the ongoing Vigil to End the Camping Ban Excerpts from Occupy the Hood Radio and WBAI’s continuing Occupy Radio programming Music from Rebel Diaz Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 11/21/12

Airs at: Wed, 11/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Occupy Portland Radio
Coverage of the November 3 protests against austerity cuts An interview with a long time Occupier - Jude Boatman Music from Cat Stephens Read more

C&B 10

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Melting Pot
  This week on The Melting Pot we touch base with a Benefit that has been going on for a decade called "COVERS and BLANKETS 10" Well hear from the founder Christian Parkinson about its inception, evolution and what you can do now and throughout the year. Stay up to date wi... Read more

Housing Justice Victory after Sheriff's Office Sit-in (raw audio)

Airs at: Fri, 01/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Following a 20 hour sit-in at the Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton's  office, the Sheriff and County Chair Jeff Cogan agreed to a "path" to a moratorium on evictions due to foreclosure, working with judges to slow the process and monitoring of the use of force.  The sit-... Read more