Activism

Sex4Sale Episode 6: Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 11/23/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

KBOO news talks with FBI Agent Denise Biehen, US Dept. of Justice Attorney Scott Kerin and Undercover Agent A and Officer Chris Lindsay of the Portland Police Bureau to understand sex traffing in the Portland area. We focus on the crime, how it's defined and reported an... Read more

Michelle Alexander

Airs at: Sun, 12/10/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we hear from Michelle Alexander about building the movement for racial justice and drug policy reform. Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar, and the author of The New Jim Crow. She delivered a keynote address... Read more

News and Public Affairs Day: Community Forum on Police Accountability

Airs at: Fri, 12/01/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: News and Public Affairs Day

KBOO reporters Sam Bouman and Jasmin Moneymaker speak with a panel of guests with many years and varieties of experience advocating for greater accountability, reform and positive change in Portland's sytem of law enforcement. The discussion is rooted in the City of Port... Read more

A Guide to What We Don't Know about the Universe

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson have co-authored We Have No Idea: A Guide to The Unknown Universe. Jorge Cham is the creator of PHD Comics and Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist at the University of California Irvine. In this book they explain everything we DON'T ... Read more

December 8 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 12/08/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 12/15/2017 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Portland Resistance Calendar

Updated Tuesday, December 12 Hey! The FCC is about to vote to kill net neutrality. Only Congress can stop it. Representative Walden (OR), Representative Herrera Beutler (WA), Representative Heck (WA), Representative Larsen (WA), Representative Cathy McMorris Rodger... Read more

Ghosts of the Korean War: Stop THAAD

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

We head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone from quietly farming to organizing daily protests and blockades to stop THAAD. THAAD is part of a missile defense system t... Read more

Portland Harbor Superfund Site

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

The Portland Harbor Superfund site is a highly contaminated stretch of the Willamette River that extends approximately 10 miles, beginning near the confluence with the Columbia River and stretching to the Fremont Bridge. In 2000 this area was designated a Federal Superfu... Read more

Doyal Smith, DDA of Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Karen James discusses dual diagnosis with Doyal Smith, Executive Director of DDA of Oregon. Dual Diagnosis Anonymous (DDA) is a peer support group based on an authorized version of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous plus an additional 5 Steps that focus on Dual Diagno... Read more

2030: The End of U.S. Empire

Airs at: Tue, 12/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

It’s most likely historians will mark the War on Terror, declared by George W. Bush in 2001, as when the U.S. went into precipitous decline. The rapid military expansion into multiple countries was classic imperial overreach. The era of the U.S. as the sole superpower... Read more

Metamorphosis: RADICAL EMPATHY

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

On this episode of Political Perspectives, producer Carlos Chavez joins Deborah Arthur and her fall term Metamorphosis Capstone class at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. This course provides an opportunity for a small group of students from PSU and a small group ... Read more