COVID19

Buscando America on 03/24/20

Airs at: Tue, 03/24/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Escucha a Maru Mora Villalpando de la Resistencia sobre la situación actual en el Centro de Detención de Tacoma WA. Desde Washington DC, Javier Sierra habla sobre la pandemia del COVID19 en la costa este y el mundo. En Pateando Piedras, la Asamblea de Chilenes en Chiapas... Read more

Economist Dean Baker on the Republican attempt to create a corporate slush fund in response to COVID19

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2020 at 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

As federal lawmakers approach a deal on a COVID-19 relief package, a $500 billion slush fund that could benefit President Trump and his family. Dean Baker is co-founder and senior economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research and just co-wrote the piece "Yes... Read more

COVID-19: An Epidemiologist's View

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As the CoronaVirus pandemic transforms our increasingly surreal reality, there is much confusion, misinformation and abject fear that gets in the way of seriously tackling this crisis. Of course the Confuser-in-Chief is a primary culprit in spreading dangerous misconception... Read more

Noticias en español 03/23/2020

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2020 at 12:00pm - 12:15pm

Produced for: Noticias en español

Breve Informativo de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. La gobernadora de Oregon, Kate Brown dictó el domingo 22 de marzo del este año, una orden ejecutiva que pone fin temporalmente ... Read more

Noticias en español

Tenemos noticias al aire en español sobre el #COVID19, y otras noticias relevantes para la comunidad, de lunes a viernes y el domingo al mediodía. Sintonice KBOO en el 90. 7 FM y visite nuestro sitio web para escuchar y descargar las noticias. Read more

Sheri Fink Interview

Produced for: Between Us

During Katrina, doctors at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans had to make the same kind of life & death choices US doctors may soon have to make regarding covid-19 patients. Sherri Fink, a well respected medical professional and writer, wrote about the Memorial Hospital crisi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 23, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this home-recorded episode and we hear: Jazz and Justice: Bill Resnick and black Marxist historian Gerald Horne talk about the politics of jazz. Operation Homestead: From the Old Mole archive, Desiree Hellegers talks with Seattle housing activists about p... Read more

Medicare for All would handle pandemic differently: a conversation with Professor James Khan

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2020 at 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

As COVID-19 turns public attention to the American healthcare system, and by extension, its shortfalls, discussions around Medicare for all and plans like it are more relevant than ever. The question of how a single-payer system might respond differently to this typ... Read more

U.S. sanctions on Iran further impairs COVID-19 response

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2020 at 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Iran is ranked third worldwide in terms of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic after China and Italy, but has largely been ignored by Western media. The situation in Iran is exacerbated by sanctions by the United States, which have crippled the Iranian economy, including the... Read more