Cecil and Celeste welcome your calls. This program is open to local, national and international issues ranging from poverty in Portland to politics in Africa.
"Homosexuality is not new in Uganda nor on the African continent. Like
everywhere, it has existed forever. Homophobia, however, is new. It didn’t
start in Africa. It was strategically imported from the US, Europe and Middle
East. The goal of the religious missionaries...
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"There are only two kinds of Portland landlords: those who want to be part of
the solution to our housing crisis, and those who want to continue to take
advantage of it via rent gouging and no-cause evictions that only serve to
displace our community while increasing ...
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Georgetown University Sociology Professor, pundit, activist and author
Michael Eric Dyson visits the KBOO studio to speak with Celeste Carey about
his new book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BES...
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Dr. Catherine Meeks is a retired professor of socio-cultural studies at
Wesleyan College. She is the editor of the newly released book, Living Into
God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America. From the publisher:
This book is a report from the front, combining personal...
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On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King
Jr delivered one of the most famous speeches of all time.
But it nearly didnt happen.
On this special edition of Making Contact for MLK Day, Gary Younge, author of
The Speech talks about Martin...
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Listeners Voices A Look back at 2016 and forward to 2017
Join guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about the year just past and
the one to come. What stands out to you about 2016? How are you responding
to the Presidential Election and the promise of momentous chan...
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Lawsuits Filed Over Donald Trump's Privatization of Pennsylvania Avenue,
“America’s Main Street”
Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by Carl Messineo a founder of The
Partnership For Civil Justice Fund. He will talk about the efforts of the
Trump Regime to kee...
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