Civil Liberties

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Richard Gage AIA, The Activist Architect

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911truth) now has nearly three thousand professional engineers and architects calling for a new investigation into the destruction of the three World Trade Center towers on 9/11. Founder of AE911Truth, Richard Gage, AIA talks ab... Read more

Against the looting of Africa: Patrick Bond

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Fight the Empire
  Fight the Empire's Per Fagereng welcomes Patrick Bond, professor of political economy at the University of the Witwatersrand Wits School of Governance. His research interests include political economy, environment, social policy, and geopolitics. Bond writes in The Chan... Read more

The State of Civil Rights in the US

Airs at: Sun, 02/04/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we continue our look at the state of marijuana legalization in the US, we hear from Vanita Gupta with the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights on the state of civil rights in America, and we pay tribute to the legendary activist Dennis P... Read more

Poor People's Campaign Brings Call for Morality and Justice to Salem

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
This coming Monday, February 5th, a number of Oregonians will deliver a letter to the state capitol in Salem, as part of the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign describes itself as "A National Call for Moral Revival," and is inspired by, though far from an exact... Read more

Protest Planned for Pro-Gun Event with Rep. Greg Walden

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
Today, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden asked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the US Treasury Department for documents that relate to alleged Russian efforts to funnel money to the Trump campaign. This is one week after the McClatchy news service reported that the FBI is i... Read more

ICE Raids in Northern California

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
In the last three days of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a massive immigration sweep in Northern California. It is the largest localized action of its kind since Trump took office. Businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose were serv... Read more

Commentary: Children as Pawns

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
    One of the less obvious takeaways from Tuesday’s State of The Union Address, was the willingness to look at children as political pawns, rather than the future of the country. KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts: Read more

Dennis Peron: Rest In Peace

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
This week, it's part one of our interview with journalist Fred Gardner about the late YIPPIE! and social justice activist Dennis Peron, regarded as the Godfather of Medical Marijuana. Plus, we speak with a nurse about supervised injection sites. Portland People's Outreach ... Read more

Buscando America on 01/30/18

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
¿Qué sucede con los jóvenes retornados y deportados en la Ciudad de México? Afortunadamente existe el esfuerzo de organizaciones como Otros Dreams en Acción, ODA y  Poch@House. Conoce estos espacios a través de sus  fundadoras Jill Anderson y Maggie Loredo Maggie LoVe. Read more