Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Exclusive Special Programming for MMIW - Produced by Carmen Garnica - Edited by Ruth Parra         Read more

More Music to Meet the Moment

Airs at: Fri, 01/24/2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Songcircle
This week on The Songcircle: More Music to Meet the Moment (and help us move through it). Highlights: Live and rare versions of fave songs from The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and Joni Mitchell Brand new country music from Ringo Starr Words of wisdom from John Trudell and... Read more

Ryan Alexander-Tanner on Muhammad Ali

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Ryan Alexander-Tanner is a comics artist and illustrator who’s led comics workshops for kids and adults, and worked with writers and non-profit organizations for projects that he calls “illustrated narratives.”  He's collaborated with professor and activist Bill Ayers on... Read more

The Intersection Between Services for the Unhoused and Harm Reduction Work

Airs at: Wed, 01/22/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Intersection Between Services for the Unhoused and Harm Reduction Work. Homelessness is on the rise around the world. People who use drugs and who are unhoused, or at risk of being unhoused, are key user groups of harm reduction services. ... Read more

Interview with Marisa Richmond

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, January 21st as we talk with Marisa Richmond, a transgender icon and activist who has been working tirelessly for three decades to fight for transgender rights in Tennessee and nationally.  This week begin... Read more

Providence Caregivers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Striking nurses and doctors at Providence St. Vincent's, Providence Portland, and Providence Seaside Hospitals talk about working conditions, worker solidarity and community connections on the picket line, on day one, two and three of the open-ended strike involving over 5,... Read more

Paul Susi of PDX ID Assistance

Airs at: Thu, 01/16/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Paul Susi of PDX ID Assistance helps unhoused people who've been swept by the city's law enforcement and lost their crucial personal documents. He's expanding his reach in the local community and has insight on aspects of recovery that are not on the radar of many people.  Read more

The Palestine Exception

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Palestine Exception, a Portland-based documentary film directed by PSU faculty Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth, will screen at Cinema 21 on Jan. 26. As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around critic... Read more

Former Albina Residents Sue for Compensation

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In December 2023, a team of civil rights lawyers, including Albies, Stark & Guerriero, LLC, Oregon Law Center and Legal Aid Services of Oregon brought a suit against the City of Portland, Emanuel Hospital, and Prosper Portland on behalf of Emanuel Displaced Persons Associat... Read more

Resisting Google in the Gorge

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Since the construction of a Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon in 2006, the city has become a magnet for data centers looking for tax breaks, and cheap energy and water to power and cool them. Beginning in 2021, with representation from the Reporters Committee for Fre... Read more