Hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza discuss the recent report on racial profiling put out by the Portland Police Bureau. Later they speak with Oregon State representative Chip Shields about his racial impact bill that would require lawmakers to consider the potential racial or ethnic impact of proposed criminal justice legislation.

Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with activist and writer Randy Shaw, author of "Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century." Shaw will discuss the UFW's impact and its influence on recent labor organizing, the immigrant rights movement and other current social activism. Randy Shaw will be speaking in Portland on Wed., March 4, at 6 p.m. at the Central Library at 801 SW 10th.

Hosts Cecil and Celeste speak with Harold Holzer, co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and author of over 30 books on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Holzer is a contributor to a special Smithsonian Collector's Edition called "Lincoln: America's Greatest President at 200."

Harold Holzer is one of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. His latest book is Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861. 

Mexico's Third Root

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An Interview with Maria Elisa Velazquez on the history and culture of Mexico's African Root.

Hosted by Carlos Chavez

Fresh from their day long F to eMbody tour at Portland State University, Gender Blender is proud to announce  Athens Boys Choir (myspace.com/athensboyschoir) and Katastrophe (myspace.com/katastropherap) will headline the Tuesday night show.  Monday, these two outspoken trans musicians offered a once in a lifetime multi-media spoken-word and hip-hop performance and a workshop emphasizing how deeply individual the trans experience is and will covering everything from terminology to stories of personal experience to campus oriented trans issues.   Now they'll join hosts Rebecca Nay and Jacob Anderson-Minshall to talk about the program, their experiences as trans men inside the often homophobic and sexist world of hip-hop, and how their activism is changing the world.&nb

A special program for Black History Month - "Texts of Resistance." How did slaves resist their oppression ? We hear a discussion of three literary works that explore what it means to resist and to survive.

Manning Marable: By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X (lecture)

Manning Marable, a renowned scholar, is professor of public affairs, political science, history and African American studies at Columbia University. His syndicated column "Along the Color Line" appears in over 400 newspapers and journals worldwide. He's the author of many books including "How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America" and "Living Black History." His latest is "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention."