Civil Rights/Human Rights

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 4: The Hollywood Center

Airs at: Thu, 07/05/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Retired...or ReWired?

We meet with Amber Kerns Johnson, Driector of the Hollywood Center, and learn about programs. Or tour includes a discussion with the teachers of the ukelele and writing classes and a visit to the gift shop. Read more

Breaking ICE: Abolishing the Detention Industrial Complex

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Breaking ICE: Abolishing the Detention Industrial Complex Adam Carpinelli interviews Antonio Zamora a local Portland, Oregon community organizer. Zamora was one of the founders of the recent #occupyice encampment in Portland which has since been replicated in other majo... Read more

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a program that was first developed in King County/Seattle, WA. According to the LEAD National Bureau: In a LEAD® program, police officers exercise discretionary authority at point of contact to divert individuals to a community-b... Read more

The Portland Parents Union

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

The Portland Parents Union is our region's activism center against school push out for vulnerable students and also a hub of mediation on restorative justice. Their founder is Sheila Washington Warren. Lisa Loving, filling in for Ani Haines, guest hosts this Friday from... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 9,2018

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Denise Morris, this edition of the Old Mole features: 1. Bill Resnick talking with Chicago DSA activist Joanna Misnick about Democratic Socialists and elections; 2. Frann Michele commenting on a Supreme Court decision undermining access to reproductive services; ... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 2: Retirement in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Retired...or ReWired?

In this episode we interview Dr. Keren Brown Wilson, “grandmother of assisted living” in Oregon, and President, JFR Foundation. Keren has over 30 years’ experience in long-term care and supportive housing. She was the principal architect of the Oregon model of assisted ... Read more

The Hollywood Murders: A Day in May

This is a series on the hate crime that took place at the Hollywood metro station on May 26, 2017. Read more

Supreme Court and Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in NIFLA v Becerra, which ruled that crisis pregnancy centers can continue lying to people seeking reproductive health care. She comments on the decision’s relation to the patriarchal religious right, racism, and capi... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Danny Lyon for Art Focus on 07/10/18

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

In advance of his films Willie and Murderers screening at Portland' Hollywood Theater July 18th, the influential photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon spoke on the phone with Art Focus's Amanda Clem, from his home in Bernalillo New Mexico. - - - Born in 1942 in Brooklyn... Read more

A People's History of the United States PART 2: Howard Zinn

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

"You wanna read a real history book?" Matt Damon asks Robin Williams in the movie Good Will Hunting. "Read Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. That book'll knock you on your ass." It'll do that and more. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United Sta... Read more