Political Perspectives

We speak with Eric Kingson, Co-director of Strengthen Social Security about an attack by the Republican Party on the Social Securiy program on the first full working day of the new Congress.  The mission of Social Security Works is to protect and improve the economic statu... Read more

We speak with Raahi Reddy of the Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon about The High Cost of Low Wages, a new report that details the economic reality for Oregon’s low-wage workers in the post-recession economy.  http://lerc.uoregon.edu/ Read more

From the recent Teach-In on "Why Technology Will Not Save the World," we hear Ralph Nader of the Center for Responsive Law and author of many books including, most recently, Unstoppable, and Bill McKibben of 350.org. and author of The End of Nature and numerous other books... Read more

KBOO speaks with Colby Clipston, Oregon Director of Wolf-PAC, and Chris Agudelo,  Lead Organizer & Educational Advisor at Wolf PAC, and Dave Carlson, Wolf-PAC Volunteer, about their campaign for Free and Fair Elections in America. They are working to pressure State Legislat... Read more

We speak with John Paisley and Joe Lamb of The Borneo Project, which brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights in Borneo. The Borneo Project is hosting a fundraising event on December 14t... Read more

We speak with John Paisley and Joe Lamb of The Borneo Project, which brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights in Borneo. The Borneo Project is hosting a fundraising event on December 14t... Read more

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Joseph Gonzalez, organizer, and Angelica Lim, media representative with the Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, (PCHRP), talk about “For Whom: We Rise Together, International Human Rights Day” today (December 10th) at 6:30pm in the Native American Studen... Read more

We hear excerpts from a conference sponsored by the International Forum On Globalization. Scholars and activists provide an analysis of why immediate change is required in our thinking, behavior, values and economies. Speakers are David Ehrenfeld of Rutgers University on: D... Read more

Listen to the full 4 hour broadcast above, or click on the different programs bellow to listen to individual recordings. Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks but for many the problematic history of the creation of this holiday casts a shadow on what Thanksgiving is suppose... Read more