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Buscando America on 08/04/20

Airs at: Tue, 08/04/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En este programa escucharás una actualización del movimiento en contra de la brutalidad policial en Portland a 67 noches de movilizaciones diarias. Conoce algunas de la historias de las personas que se encuentran en detención en NWDC con La Resistencia y la campaña #Libe... Read more

IP44-Drug Addiction Treatment & Recovery Act

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Anthony Johnson, Chief Petitioner for IP44, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act which has just qualified for the November 2020 ballot. Oregon ranks nearly last in the nation for access to drug treatment, yet about one in 11 people in Oregon... Read more

Presidential Candidate Howie Hawkins

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us this week on Prison Pipeline as we talk with Green Party Presidential Candidate Howie Hawkins as we discuss the police use of force and strategies for ending mass incarceration on Prison Pipeline.  Hawkins, a longtime advocate of criminal justice reform, has ... Read more

Lane County Jail Hunger Strike

Airs at: Tue, 07/28/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Lane County Jail Hunger Strike continues through its fifth week as at least five pre-trial detainees continue to strike (with reports of five others striking and between 15 and 20 participants in total) demanding the release of all pre-trial and medically vulnerable det... Read more

Interview with Jo Rae Perkins

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us this week on Prison Pipeline  for an equal time interview as we talk with Jo Rae Perkins, Republican candidate for US Senate about her positions on federal policy issues regarding incarceration and legislation as it applies to a wide range of justice issues i... Read more

Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry's) - Ep 70

Airs at: Sat, 07/11/2020 at 12:00pm - Sat, 07/18/2020 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry's) stops by the podcast to discuss his many philanthropic efforts, his long standing friendship with Bernie Sanders, his new project with Danny called the Eisenhower Media Network, his thoughts on police violence and Black Lives Matter, and even a ... Read more

Inmate says COVID outbreak at San Quentin Prison came from guards, not transfers

Airs at: Wed, 07/08/2020 at 5:30pm - Thu, 07/09/2020 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  There has been a massive outbreak of COVID-19 at the San Quentin Federal Prison in northern California. It has reached all parts of the prison, including death row, where many of the men are older prisoners with underlying health conditions. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke... Read more

Buscando America on 07/07/20

Airs at: Tue, 07/07/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En la segunda sesión de Corazón del Sur, Victoria Huanca habla  sobre la contaminación minera en Oruro, Bolivia en tiempos de pandemia. Maria García miembra de la comunidad latina en Portland habla de cómo los negocios locales están sobreviviendo a la crisis económica.  ... Read more

The People vs. ICE PDX draw a connection between the fight to defund the police and the fight to abolish ICE

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2020 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  In the midst of nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality, demonstrators with the group the People vs. ICE PDX marched in downtown Portland on Friday June 26th to draw attention to the brutal conditions that immigrant detainees face in Immigrations... Read more

The Left & the Law: Prison Abolition

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  As protests against policing gain momentum, calls for change range from police reforms, defunding police departments, to the entire abolition of police departments and prisons. In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker take up philosophical and poli... Read more