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Faith/Religion/Spirituality

Prison Justice and Transit Justice

Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The United States with five percent of the world’s population  incarcerates 25% of the world’s prisoners.   Mass incarceration in the United States is well-known.   Today’s guest points out something not as well known.   Overcrowded and underfunded prisons now outsource edu... Read more

In A New York State Of Mind...

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
We mentioned last time that we were moving back to NYC (the place we grew up); and yes, though we have lived on the West Coast for a very long time, we are reminded by others from time to time that the New York-ness never left...  with that, we felt inspired to play some mu... Read more

Faith-Labor and Jobs with Justice 101

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Joe Rastatter, member of UNITE HERE local 8 and long time local labor activist, is chair of the Portland Jobs with Justice Faith-Labor committee.  Drawing on pro-worker traditions in Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other faiths, Rastatter discusses past and present efforts by... Read more

Facing Fear and Waking Up

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Contemporary American Society is saturated with fear, fear that is out of proportion to the actual threats we face. That is how Michael Kinnamon, a widely respected leader and scholar in the ecumenical movement begins his book, The Witness of Religion In An Age of Fear. Wh... Read more

Love & Justice: Cornel West

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  From Tamir Rice to Akai Gurley the names of African American men and boys killed by police keep piling up. The lack of a grand jury indictment in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson sparked a protest movement with signs and shouts of “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot” and “Black Li... Read more

Mindfulness in Education and Economics

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
What if we brought mindfulness to schools and Buddhism to economics? Clair Brown teaches at Cal Berkely and is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science. Caverly Morgan is the founder of "Peace in Schools," the first for credit high sc... Read more

Interview: Mercy Corps' South Sudan Director

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The United Nations on Monday declared that 1 million children have fled from conflict and famine in South Sudan. According to a joint press release from the UN Children’s Fund and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, another million children are displaced within the coun... Read more

Radio Free Palestine: 69 Years of Nakba

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 10:00am - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Radio Free Palestine
Here are the archives from the special day of programming: --7am The Armenian Genocide (107 years), the ethnic cleansing of northern Syria, the Balfour Declaration and Sykes-Picot (100 years), the creation of Saudi Apartheid (85 years), the Nakbah and creation of Israeli Ap... Read more

Radio Free Palestine

  On Wednesday May 15th, 2024, on the 76th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba and resistance to Israeli Apartheid, Radio Free Palestine has launched on May 14th at 9PM PST, on stations across North America, 24 hours of programming from radio stations and producer... Read more

Trump's religious freedom order and the Queer Doc Festival

Airs at: Tue, 05/09/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
    We'll be sitting down with ACLU of Oregon staff attorney Kelly Simon to talk about Prexy Trump's 'religious freedom' order, issued last week. Is it as bad as expected? More nuanced? How might it play out? We're going to explore these questions, and more, with Kelly.  ... Read more