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Drug Policy Reform in the Heartland

Airs at: Sun, 07/02/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we speak with Sarah Merrigan, who's an organizer and drug policy reform activist in Nebraska; Energy Secretary Rick Perry compares state marijuana legalization with state climate control legislation; and the United Nations issues World Drug Report 2017. Read more

In-Depth Look at US Policy in Colombia: Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Independent journalist Nico Bedoya has been in Colombia covering developments related to the guerillas of FARC, who have been fighting the Colombian government since the 1950s. He followed the rebellion through its violent stages, towards the UN peace deal, and into the cu... Read more

Department of Justice Shifts Budget Priorities From Civil Rights Enforcement to a Renewed War On Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 4:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Ahead of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s testimony before congressional appropriations subcommittees, several national civil rights and justice system reform leaders are speaking out. They’re concerned about a Department of Justice budget that shifts priorities fr... Read more

In-Depth look at US Policy in Colombia: Part Two

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Independent journalist Nico Bedoya has been in Colombia covering developments related to the guerillas of FARC, who have been fighting the Colombian government since the 1950s. He followed the rebellion through its violent stages, towards the U-N peace deal, and into the c... Read more

#SupportDontPunish

Airs at: Sun, 06/25/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we remember a good friend, the drug policy reformer and marijuana activist Mickey Martin, and present an interview with him from 2013. Plus, June 26th is the Global Day of Action for Drug Policy Reform, so we speak with Fergal Eccles of Students for Sensible Drug ... Read more

Unbroken Brain - The Full Monty

Airs at: Wed, 06/21/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning journalist and author who covers addiction and neuroscience. Her latest book, the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addictio... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 18, 2017

Airs at: Sun, 06/18/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Congressional appropriators question the Department of Justice about drug policy and medical marijuana, plus members of Congress re-introduce legislation to protect medical marijuana patients. Read more

The F-Word: Gar Alperovitz on Creating Another World

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Gar Alperovitz discusses his new free handbook, Principals of a Pluralist Commonwealth" and outlines the possibilities of local, collective and co-op ownership that can be a model for a real democracy and not a future economy that is corporate capitalism, fascism or tota... Read more

Full Audio--Forum on Outcomes of Portland Police-DOJ Settlement

Produced for:  Evening News
This is the full audio from the June 14, 2017 Community Forum on the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison (COCL) Outcomes Report, which evaluated the effects of PPB's compliance with the 2012 Department of Justice-City of Portland settlement agreement. DOJ found that PPB sh... Read more

Community Forum on Outcomes of Police-DoJ Settlement

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Last night, June 14, 2017, community stakeholders met at Maranatha Church in NE Portland for a forum on the Outcomes Report issued by the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison (COCL). The report, available here, is the third of its kind since a settlement was reached between... Read more