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Old Mole Variety Hour for June 1, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show features the music of Yusuf Islam, once famous as Cat Stevens.  Topics on the program include Israel, the US and the Middle East; Soloist, a film about musical genius and mental illness; Obama's  equivocal position on prisoners from the "wa... Read more

Torture, Obama and the Rule of Law

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 President Obama opposes torture and defends the rule of law, and yet his actions don't entirely repeal the Bush era's attack on constitutional rights.  Attorney Mike Snedeker talks with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about what it all means.  Mike's recommendations for getting ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05/27/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
John Kroger wants to be an activist attorney general. Since being sworn in, he’s taken on predatory lenders, challenged the LNG terminal, and headed up the investigation of Mayor Sam Adams. Now he’s asking lawmakers to fund a new civil rights unit so he can sue Oregon compa... Read more

Enhanced Interrogation is Torture

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 5:00pm
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Waterboarding, Torture or Enhanced interrogation ? What about the men and women who authorized it?  Are they criminals or Public Servants protecting America? Should they be held accountable? If so, then how? Should it be by a court or panel?  On this show we listen to the v... Read more

Heroes of the Past

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Prison Pipeline looked at Memorial Day to remember more than the many military heroes of the past. We also had an update on the MOVE 9 who are still in prison. Read more

Portland Protests Against Proposition 8

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
After yesterday’s California Supreme Court decision upholding that state’s ban on gay marriage, ad-hoc protests were held across the country challenging the decision. In Portland, gay rights advocates gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square to voice their outrage. KBOO’s Jenk... Read more

Human Trafficking in Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Multnomah county has become one of the top spots in the nation for human trafficking. County sheriff Keith Bickford reports that in Oregon, police are encountering three to five people per week who are victims of trafficking. Eighty percent of the victims of this slave trade... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05/20/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
The current recession is not an equal opportunity crisis. People of color are experiencing job loss, foreclosures and lack of healthcare at alarmingly higher rates than white Americans. These disparities are not a coincidence but rather the result of structural barriers tha... Read more

The Curious Case of the Cowardly War-Mongers

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2009 at 5:00pm
 Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris solve the Curious Case of the Cowardly War-Mongers!!! Closing the Guantanamo Bay gulag would be nice and all, but not if we have to bring the terrorists back to the United States! Apparently they're all 10 feet tall with various mutant supe... Read more

Community Calendar Tues May 26

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Community Calendar
  KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY May 26 2009 This is the community calendar for Tuesday May 26 2009       To make a food co-op grow in Lents, come to the Lents Grocery Co-op Community Meeting tonight, Tuesday May 26, at 6 p.m., at Lents Seventh-day Adventist Church, 8835 ... Read more