Civil Liberties

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Radical Reconstruction

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads from a piece by Alex Gourevitch in the current issue of Jacobin "Our Forgotten Labor Revolution" arguing that the Reconstruction of the South following the Civil War was ended because its promise of freedom was threatening to go beyond the aboli... Read more

Housing Justice in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Joe Clement discuss housing as a human right, the broad impact of rising housing costs, the Portland history of racism that has contributed to the current housing crunch, the struggle for sustainable solutions that go beyond isolated nuclear family home... Read more

Century Of Lies for August 23 2015

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Part one of our coverage of Seattle Hempfest, with audio from attorney Doug Hiatt, New Jersey Weedman Ed Forchion, comedian Ngaio Bealum, and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 17, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart on their new book "A People's Curriculum for the Earth". Jan Haaken talks with Katie Gentile about the controversy over Planned Parenthood clinics and the sale of fet... Read more

Century Of Lies for August 16 2015

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk with Cyd Maurer, the journalist who was recently fired from her job as a TV news anchor in Eugene, Oregon, for testing positive for marijuana; and with Kathleen Kane-Willis of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University about their ne... Read more

Recall Petitioners May Have Broken the Law

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Petitioners trying to recall state Senator Floyd Prozanski may have violated Oregon election law. The Oregon Democracy Fund filed a complaint with the Secretary of State’s office yesterday. The complaint says that members of the campaign and employees of gun stores did n... Read more

Segregation in Georgia Schools

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
0729 US GEORGIA SCHOOLS SEGREGATION   WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015   CDRW# __   RUNS   4:42   W/LOCKOUT        KILL DATE/TIME __________________   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    GEORGIA IS DUMPING TR... Read more

Century Of Lies for August 9 2015

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk with Vivian McPeak, director of Seattle Hempfest, about marijuana, Washington state medical and adult use marijuana laws, and about Seattle Hempfest, which is August 14-16 this year. Read more

Live-Aboard Boaters Face Enforcement Under "Transient Laws"

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Individuals and families who live on boats in the Willamette River, some of whom have done so for more than ten years, are facing new enforcement of existing transient laws.  KBOO reporter Henry Leasia filed this report about their struggle to have these laws changed. Read more

Portland Events on 1-Year Anniversary of Killing of Michael Brown

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Sunday, the ninth of August, marks the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, after allegedly stealing cigarillos from a nearby con... Read more