Civil Liberties

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The Slave Next Door; Part 2 : An Oregon Report

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Learn about Human Trafficking and Slavery in Oregon from the voices of those who's jobs have them confront this modern day horror every day. Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviewed Deputy Kieth Bickford chair of the Oregon Human Trafficking Taskforce, the organization tap... Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 1: Interview with the author Kevin Bales

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Author and anti-slavery activist Kevin Bales is interviewed by host Linda Olson-Osterlund about his new book The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, co-authored with historian Ron Soodalter. Bales' earlier book on modern slavery, Disposable P... Read more

A call to fill Oregon's black leadership void

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Black leadership is on the rise - from the White House to corporate giants like Xerox Corp. In progressive Oregon, however, blacks currently hold no elected positions in the city, county or regional governments within the metropolitan area where most of their community r... Read more

Joe Uris covers Health Care and the War in Afghanistan

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2009 at 5:00pm
 The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show  Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Abe is on vacation today, so Joe Uris invites callers to share thoughts on the Health Care debate, Government programs in general, the Insurance industry, the War in Afghanistan, the Bush era Torture deba... Read more

Oregon Holocaust Memorial 5th Anniversary

Airs at: Sat, 08/22/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Five years ago the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Portland's Washington Park was dedicated, to leave a legacy of hope for all citizens in our community and to teach what hatred and bigotry can do when an entire government endorses those ideologies.  A fifth anniversary eve... Read more

Dean Kuipers: Operation Bite Back

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Alison Milionis speaks with Los Angeles Times editor Dean Kuipers about his nonfiction book Operation Bite Back, which is about eco-radical Rod Coronado and the use of domestic terrorism charges against environmentalists. Read more

Tim Hermack from the Native Forest Council on the Greenwashing of America

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Guest Host Chris Andreae invites Tim Hermack, President and founder of the Native Forest Council in to KBOO to talk about the Greenwashing of America.   Read more

Class and Gender

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Gender Blender
This episode examines the issues of class and gender from some different perspectives.  In 2009, have women acheived equality?  In 2008, Hillary Clinton was a candidate for President of the United States and Sarah Palin was a VP nominee.  Numbers of women CEO's of major ... Read more

It's garden-variety racism, people

White people, of course, having never experienced the business end of institutionalized racism, can only achieve an approximate understanding of it. Fortunately, Tim Wise is on the scene to help. Here's Wise on how racism is driving the opposition to health care. "You kn... Read more

Cuz, y'know, it helps me think

August 17, 2009 So, apparently public debate about health care is ... intimidating somehow, because more and more folks are showing up to town hall meetings with guns. From the Arizona Republic: A man, who decided not to give his name, was walking around the pro-health ca... Read more