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DiaTribe: From The Village To The Street

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   "DiaTribe: From The Village To The Street," our guest is artist Alan Wone, with musician Mic Crenshaw and Portland icon in African music Obo Addy, they're holding a musical dialogue between African and African American, this Friday night at the A... Read more

Membership Drive Special: Juan Gonzalez on the History of Race and the American Media

Airs at: Wed, 05/16/2012 at 12:00am
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Hosted by Lisa Loving A Wednesday Talk Radio Membership Drive Special: Host Lisa Loving speaks with Democracy Now's Juan Gonzalez on his groundbreaking book, "News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media." Also, expect a little Oregon Primary Elec... Read more

Forced Drugging of Children Focus of Rethinking Psychiatry Symposium

Airs at: Wed, 05/09/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   The Rethinking Psychiatry Symposium is this weekend, featuring attorney Jim Gottstein, lectures, talks and panels, and a resource fair. Our guests this morning are Jim Gottstein and symposium founder Marcia Thompson, speaking on Psychotropic Drugs... Read more

Sustainable Urban Agriculture and the Village Market

Airs at: Wed, 05/02/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving The Village Market at New Columbia in North Portland celebrates its first birthday May 28. Our guest is Program Manager Mychal Tetteh on the victories and challenges of the nonprofit grocery store -- and its sister organization, Village Gardens, whic... Read more

Mayday!!! Mayday!!! Mayday!!!

Airs at: Wed, 04/25/2012 at 12:00am
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 Ani and Theresa sit in for Lisa today. The topic is May Day! May Day is an international day of celebration to honor the labor movement. This year the Occupy movement has made a call for mass action—the May First General Strike (#M1GS): a day without the 99%.  Our guest t... Read more

School Closures in Portland

Airs at: Wed, 04/18/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Portland Public Schools says it's closing down the Harriet Tubman Young Women's Leadership Academy, and will shutter Humboldt School, also in North Portland. The vote is expected April 23. Our guests are supporters of the YWLA, which has posted s... Read more

City of Portland Budget: The Housing Safety Net

Airs at: Wed, 04/11/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   The current proposed City of Portland budget slashes the housing safety net of home buying assistance, foreclosure prevention help and shelters. Live from 8-9am our guests are Rudy Ulin and Victor Merced of Hacienda Community Development Corporat... Read more

Analysis of the Mental Health Industry

Airs at: Wed, 04/04/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Is it possible that the drug-based psychiatric care industry has actually fueled an epidemic of mental illness? Our guest is Dr. Harriet Cooke of the local group Rethinking Psychiatry, which puts on an annual symposium scrutinizing the mental hea... Read more

Racist Native American 'Mascots' in the Schools: Will the State Ban Them at Last?

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   The Oregon State Board of Education is getting ready to make a decision on abolishing "Race-Based Native American Mascots" at local schools, and the Oregon Indian Education Association has launched the Mascot Project, asking the Board to ban them ... Read more

Are School Suspensions and Expulsions Driving the Achievement Gap and the Incarceration Rate?

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2012 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving What drives the drop out rate, the achievement gap and the incarceration rate? A growing movement says too many kids are getting suspended and expelled from school as a form of punishment, and more black kids are suspended and expelled from school th... Read more

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