KBOO reporters Sam Bouman and Jasmin Moneymaker speak with a panel of guests
with many years and varieties of experience advocating for greater
accountability, reform and positive change in Portland's sytem of law
enforcement. The discussion is rooted in the City of Port...
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Karen James discusses dual diagnosis with Doyal Smith, Executive Director of
DDA of Oregon. Dual Diagnosis Anonymous (DDA) is a peer support group based
on an authorized version of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous plus an
additional 5 Steps that focus on Dual Diagno...
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The KBOO Evening News Team"s Tom Flynn and KBOO News
Director Zeloszelos Marchandt review the ongoing series that includes
interviews from international and local authories about the sex trade. This
special edition produced for the fall fund-raiser features a live...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss stigma, language, mental
health, harm reduction, and drug policy reform with Sarah Merrigan, one of
the hosts of the This Week In Drugs podcast.
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Patty Schemel has led an eventful life in the Pacific Northwest, having been
the drummer for the band Hole for much of the 90s and a member or founder of
several bands since the year 2000. She will be at Powell’s City of Books
tonight at 7:30, to join Sleater-Kinney drum...
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Most of the world simply has no health care... vast tracts of land and vast
populations of people don't have doctors - or at best must make great efforts
to reach medical care. In addition, masses of displaced people and refugees -
over 100,000,000 at last count - des...
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The Compliance Officer and Community Liaison (COCL) is the body tasked with
independently assessing the city's compliance with a 2012 Settlement with the
US Department of Justice. The settlement (pdf) was reached after years of
community agitation over excessive force by...
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The Candidates Speak
Host Michael Cathcart sits down with Philip J. Wolfe, candidate for Portland
City Council seat #2.
Connect with Michael on Twitter @MichaelBCath
(Show starts at timestamp: -29:15)
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Starting today and running through October 22, the international medical aid
group Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will be holding
a free, interactive outdoor exhibition in Pioneer Courthouse Square called
"Forced from Home," which invites you to s...
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In May, voters in Lincoln County, Oregon, which stretches along the coast
from Lincoln City to Yachats, approved a measure banning the aerial spraying
of pesticides and herbicides.
The new ordinance was almost immediately the subject of a lawsuit brought
against the cou...
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