Civil Liberties

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Left and the Law:Sexual Predators

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
People convicted of sex crimes are subject to penalties that can last forever. In their Left and the Law series, Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss the variety of acts that count as sex crimes and what being branded a "sexual predator" can mean. Read more

Dan Handelman Interview

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Friday, November 27, marked 5 years since the FBI set up Somali American teenager Mohammed Mohamud in a sting operation at the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square. Portland Copwatch among other organizations, were part of a moving pro... Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

Century Of Lies for Nov 29 2015

Airs at: Sun, 11/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: Part two of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's International Reform Conference. We hear from Dawn Paley, author of Drug War Capitalism; Lorenzo Jones from the A Better Way Foundation; and Amanda Reiman from the Drug Policy Alliance. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 23, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks about war in Syria and the clash of barbarisms, with Stephen Zunes Desiree Hellegers talks about the xenophobic backlash against refugees, with Kayse Jama Denise Morris reads some media commen... Read more

Reading: We Are Living In Pitiliess Times

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads an article about the Paris attacks called "We Are Living In Pitiliess Times", by Vajay Prashad through Open Democracy. Read more

Kayse Jama on Xenophobia and the Backlash against Refugees

Airs at: Wed, 11/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In a November 19 interview conducted in the offices of the Portland-based Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO), Desiree Hellegers speaks with Kayse Jama, founder and executive director of the CIO, about the xenophobic backlash in the wake of the Paris attacks.  Read more

Century Of Lies for November 22 2015

Airs at: Sun, 11/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week in part one of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's international reform conference, we hear from Deborah Peterson-Small of Break The Chains, we talk with Martha's mum Anne-Marie Cockburn, and we say goodbye to a good friend who recently passed away, Thom... Read more

Century Of Lies for October 4 2015

Airs at: Sun, 10/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: we hear from Mark Galeotti about drug use and drug policies in Russia, and we talk with Michael Mullins from Stoney Girl Gardens on the first day of legal retail marijuana sales in Oregon. Read more

Century Of Lies for October 11 2015

Airs at: Sun, 10/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
The drug czar's office failed to release its annual drug control strategy for fiscal year 2015. On this week's Century Of Lies we talk about that, plus the upcoming 2016 election, with Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Read more