Civil Liberties

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Unlocking Measure 57

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James interviews Julia Yoshimoto, an attorney with Oregon Justice Resource Center, about her new report, Unlocking Measure 57, which explains how the development of Oregon criminal laws over the last few decades has widened the net of defendants who receive manda... Read more

Left of Center a Podcast

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 5:00pm - Sat, 03/10/2018 at 5:00pm
Produced for Left of Center
With the critical issues we're faced with today it's difficult to know which crisis do we attact first? Each has there individual merit, each requires a resolve to press forward and sometimes at tthe end of the day, we ask ourselves if anyone is listening, are we making an ... Read more

Improving Public Health and Public Safety

Airs at: Sun, 03/12/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: the New Hampshire legislature is considering a bill to allow syringe exchanges in the state, plus we listen to current Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III talk nonsense about drugs. Read more

Left of Center a Podcast

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 12:00pm - Sun, 12/10/2017 at 12:00pm
Our voices are quickly but quietly being heard but we cannot stop. We must urge our representatives in Washington to fight vigorously to oppose HR 610, a bill that would set in motion the destruction of our public  school system around the country. This bill would also rest... Read more

Advocacy Groups Demand Feds Investigate Muslim Teen's Death

Airs at: Tue, 03/07/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
The unsolved death of Muslim teenager Ben Keita in Lake Stevens, Washington, has advocacy groups demanding a full federal investigation. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke to Arsalan Bukhari, executive director of the Seattle office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.... Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Measure on May Ballot

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
A group in Lincoln County, Oregon, has put a measure on the May ballot that would ban aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. Lincoln County Community Rights wrote Measure 21-177, which also includes language reinforcing the rights of the community—that is, Lincoln Co... Read more

"ICE Out of Oregon" Rally

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
On Monday, March 6, people representing Portland’s and Woodburn’s immigrant communities rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. KBOO Reporter Canaan Schlesinger has the story, with additional reporting by Pu Epstein.. Read more

SE Portland Tenants Try to Organize Apartment Building

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
Tenants at the Clifford Apartments in Southeast Portland are trying to organize. They say the management company, Income Property Management, has unfairly retaliated against tenants who have made complaints regarding health and safety. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg has this repo... Read more

Detainees: Mentally Ill & Undocumented Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Disability Rights Oregon recently published a new report that finds individuals with mental illness held at Multnomah County Detention Center experience significant physical and mental harm. The report recommends steps that the jail should take to better meet the needs of p... Read more

KBOO News Interview - Christiaan Bedford and Jennifer Cook

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Donald Trump supporters took to the streets last Saturday in a series of what they were calling "March 4 Trump" rallies across the country. There were only three events in Oregon, the largest in Lake Oswego, where an estimated 200 Trump supporters found themselves outnumber... Read more