Political Perspectives

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with journalist Arun Gupta about his article in In These Times magazine called, "Disaster Capitalism Hits New York." inthesetimes.com/article/14430/disaster_capitalism_hits_new_york Gupta reports on the various proposals to safeguard New York ... Read more

After decades of inaction, we are now rapidly losing the window in which we can act to prevent catastrophic climate change. Yet with all the continued global fossil fuel development underway, it would appear that the involved governments and private companies couldn't care ... Read more

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Occupy Sandy relief efforts KBOO 's Jenka Soderberg speaks with Suncere Shakur, who is helping to organize relief efforts in Far Rockaway, in Queens New York, where 10,000 people remain without power. The city, state and federal government have abandoned these neighborhoods,... Read more

Host Jennifer Kemp interviews Evelyn Alsultany, an Associate Professor in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan about her book Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11. Alsultany is co-editor of Arab and Arab American Femini... Read more

Apartments without parking are springing up all over Portland. Is this good green growth? A give-away to developer? Can current residents reasonably expect to continue parking in front of their house? What have other cities done to balance these issues? KBOO's Joe Meyer h... Read more

An in-depth look at the Indigenous uprising in Canada under the name "Idle No More." Host Paul Roland will have documentary filmmaker and Beaver Lake Cree Myron Lameman live in the studio, with other "Idle No More" activists on the phone from Canada. Lameman's film "Extract... Read more

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Tune in and call in for a Political Perspectives special on basic income and the politics of and problem with work. Joe Clement and Kathryn Sackinger will take calls while talking with sociology grad-student and Jacobin Magazine editor, Peter Frase. They'll be talking about... Read more