Civil Rights/Human Rights

THE F-WORD: Neo-Fascism in Benton Harbor

Airs at: Wed, 07/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

This show is all about confronting attacks on healthcare, free speech, voting and the Second Amendment rights for people of color. And this is the third Friday of the month so it's time for the F-Word, our discussion of fascism. This month's guest is the human rights act... Read more

Rethinking Collateral Consequences

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

The Justice Reinvestment Summit and What Works in Public Safety Conference were held jointly in February 2017 in Salem, Oregon. One event presenter, Judge Frederick Block, US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, discussed the profusion of collateral c... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear -- 1. Bill Smaldone and Bill Resnick discuss the role of violence in the growth of fascism. 2. Joe Lowndes on the rise of the populist right 3. Tom Becker reads a piece by Walden Bello on the possibility of a ... Read more

Outlawing the Boycott

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier alerts us to the alarming “bipartisan” Senate bill, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720), which has support from Democrats like Maria Cantwell of WA and Ron Wyden of OR. The law would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott against... Read more

The Albina Mural Project: Henry Frison

Airs at: Tue, 07/25/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Eric Bartels speaks to Portland artist Henry Frison. On February 10th 1978 the first of several murals depicting the history of the African American community was dedicated to the city of Portland by a group of artists from the Albina neighborhood. Henry Frison was one ... Read more

An Indigenous Economic Model: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 07/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The existing economic system in most countries is a kind of state capitalism. It produces enormous inequalities. Its extraction practices are environmentally destructive. Perhaps indigenous models provide a viable alternative. Chief Seattle was a Susquamish chief in what... Read more

Democrats Got Paid, Tenants Got Betrayed

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Sammy Black and Ethan Harrison, leaders of the Portland Tenants United, discuss the recent betrayal by the "Democratic Landlord Senators of Salem" (the title of a new song by David Rovick), who got paid big landlord lobbyist bucks, gutted House Bill 2004, then still refused... Read more

Medicaid Cuts Loom Large Over Disabled Oregonians

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Disability Awareness

Grace speaks to Ted Wenk of Disabilty Rights Oregon about the proposed cuts to Medicaid and how they would threaten disabled Oregonians. Read more

#Cut 50...Fighting to Reduce the Prison Population

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

The Aftermath of Ghost Ship and the San Pablo Fires

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

On this edition of Making Contact, we'll explore the aftermath of the Ghost Ship fire and the battle to perserve live/work spaces, and then we look at the San Pablo fire in Oakland California that displaced at least a hundred residents...many of whom are now living on th... Read more