Civil Liberties

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Comcast and Time-Warner Intend to Merge

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable announced their intention to merge today and the proposed forty five billion dollar deal is expected to draw scrutiny from both the justice department and the federal communications commission. Media Reform advocacy group Free Pr... Read more

Art Robinson Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Art Robinson is the president of the Oregon Republican Party and is competing as a candidate for the US House of Representatives in Oregon's 4th District against Democrat Pete Defazio.  He talked with Don Merrill about issues ranging from Bitcoin to marijuana including l... Read more

APA Compass: Merlyna Lim on minority voices in social media

Airs at: Wed, 02/06/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Arizona State professor Merlyna Lim on how minority voices use social media to organize APA Compass promotes social justice, features APA arts and culture, and challenges how APAs are represented in the media. Read more

Casey Runyan Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Conservative Casey Runyan, a candidate for Oregon's 9th House District, is multifacted.  He served as a US Marine, he is the son of longtime Michigan school teachers and he has a passion for politics.  As such, he is a staunch defender of the 2nd Amendment.  Don Merrill ... Read more

Portland High School Students Walk Out in Support of Teachers' Strike Vote

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning, hundreds of students walked out of six Portland High Schools in solidarity with the Portland Association of Teachers' strike vote. The PAT reached an impasse in contract negotiations with the Portland Public Schools board on November 20, and the two sides h... Read more

Robert King Interview

Airs at: Fri, 01/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Robert King, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been made famous by their treatment at the infamous Angola State Prison in Angola, Louisiana.  Named for a former slave plantation, the prison, according to Mr. King; the only member of the Angola Three both alive and f... Read more

KBOO Original Docudrama "Mo Is Shy": Part 1

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2014 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mo is Shy, a KBOO docudrama of the Portland Christmas tree trial based on Joe Meyer's trial notes. One year ago, Mohamed Mohamud was found guilty of trying to blow up Portland's Pioneer Square Christmas Tree. His sentencing had been postponed several times, now indefini... Read more

KBOO Original Docudrama "Mo Is Shy": Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mo is Shy, a KBOO docudrama of the Portland Christmas tree trial based on Joe Meyer's trial notes. One year ago, Mohamed Mohamud was found guilty of trying to blow up Portland's Pioneer Square Christmas Tree. His sentencing had been postponed several times, now indefini... Read more

Police Sweep Camps in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This past week, the Portland Police Bureau has conducted sweeps of a number of camps of houseless individuals across the city, most prominently in the South Park Blocks and at St. Francis Park in inner SE Portland. KBOO's volunteer news team follows up on the police's ac... Read more

Keith Raines Interview

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Judge Keith Raines is a non-partisan and a sitting judge for Oregon's 20th Judicial Dist. Circuit Court in Washington County. He is a running for re-election.  He talked with Don Merrill about judicial activism, running a court on a tight budget and how sharing his own m... Read more