Civil Rights/Human Rights

Elegizing Black Lives: How Poets Have Elegized Victims of Lynching and State Violence

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Host Celeste Carey speaks with Gabriele Hayden about a class she is teaching for Portland Underground Graduate School called "Elegizing Black Lives," The course will look at how African American poets have elegized victims of lynching and state violence. How have they ce... Read more

Weekly Disruption for Aug 5, 2016

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2016 at 8:00am - 8:15am

Produced for: Pacific Underground

Weekly Disruption is back for another round of disrupting the news. This week we disuprt the news about Korryn Gaines and the toxic masculinity behind a killing of Anna Bui; the Khan family continue to disrupts Trump; Hollywood's further whitewashing in animated films; Suic... Read more

A Crisis of Leadership and the Role of Citizens in Black America: A Discussion With Book Author Stephen Graves

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Ear to the Streets of Portland

Join EarToTheStreets Of Portland (ETTS) this Thursday night 8/4 for a discussion around leadership as it relates to Black communities and organizing with Mt. Hood Community College professor Dr. Stephen Graves and the author of his newest book: A Crisis of Leadership and th... Read more

Northwest Community Coalition for Police Accountability Summer Gathering

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Liz Moore, Director of the Spokane Peace and Justice Action Works and Rev. Harriett Walden of Mom's for Police Accountability about their upcoming conference, Northwest Community Coalition for Police Accountability Summer Gathering, at Po... Read more

Voting Restrictions and Racial Discrimination Plus Excerpts from "Citizen Four"

Airs at: Wed, 08/03/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am

A Federal Judge Finds Conservatives' Voting Restrictions Are Motivated by Intentional Racial Discrimination: And we ll feature compelling excerpts from Citizen 4, the documentary that chronicles the release of thousands of secret, eye-poping NSA documents by Whistle Blow... Read more

News In Depth on 08/02/16: Interview with Ashraf Abu Rahma

Airs at: Tue, 08/02/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Today's News in Depth features an interview with Ashraf Abu Rahma, a non-violent protest organizer from the village of Ni'lin in Palestine. He was recently abducted by the Israeli military during a non-violent protest in his village. His brother, Bassem, and his sister, Ja... Read more

Omar Barghouti at PeaceWorks 2015 on "BDS Explained"

Airs at: Fri, 07/22/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: One Land Many Voices

Omar Barghouti spoke at PeaceWorks 2015 on "BDS Explained." This recording is from the 2015 Peace Works that was organized by the Rachel Corrie Foundation at the Evergreen State College in 2015. Omar Barghouti is a founding committee member of the Palestinian Campaign f... Read more

Rick Ufford-Chase, Resisting Empire

Airs at: Sun, 07/17/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Rick Ufford-Chase was the moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly from 2004 to 2006. He worked as a Presbyterian Mission Worker for twenty years on the U.S./Mexico border, supporting migrants and refugees and developing educational programs for people... Read more

Century Of Lies for July 17, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 07/17/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we talk about racism, violence, and the drug war with longtime drug policy reformer and social justice activist Cliff Thornton. Read more

PressWatch

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00pm

Produced for: Presswatch

On this week's PressWatch, call in to support KBOO community radio! The number is 877-500-KBOO, 877-500-5266. First, some News You're Not Supposed To Know headlines, then let's discuss Black Lives Matter-- its treatment in the press, and the dismissive and/or incendiary... Read more