Government/Politics

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You Are Not American

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with Amanda Frost, the David Massee Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program at the University of Virginia School of Law. They discuss how citizenship has always been contested and racialized in the United... Read more

Interview with Andrea Williams on the State of Hunger in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Tonight on Prison Pipeline, we turn our focus to hunger, poverty, and state policy in Oregon. Host Emma Lugo speaks with Andrea Williams, President of the Oregon Food Bank, about the release of the organization’s 2026 State of Hunger Report and what the latest data revea... Read more

Public Health, Politics, and Protest: A Roundtable Discussion

Airs at: Sat, 02/21/2026 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  At 4pm, we welcome four amazing contributors to Portland, Oregon, and Multnomah County, civic and community life. They will tackle the prevailing turbulent discourse, and narrative: Immigration and Federal ICE Agents; the impact, the chaos, and a runway towards re... Read more

For a Tax Strike to Shut Down ICE

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  With the federal government being steadily transformed into a pain, death, and detention delivery machine, the taxes we pay are quite literally imperiling us. With Tax Day still a good three months away, Desiree Hellegers explores the case for the strategic power, mor... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2026 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Main stories in this episode: Venezuela's leader has her own agenda; Spain offers new hope for migrants; US-Russia nuclear arms agreement in jeopardy Read more

News In Depth: On the Ground in Minneapolis and Street Roots Article "Oregon’s medical interpreters say middlemen pocket public dollars for their high-stakes work"

Airs at: Wed, 02/04/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO reporter Rain Crowew is on the ground in Minneapolis. In her latest dispatch, she attends a caucus for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and talks to birth workers and organizers around town.  Then, KBOO's Hana Francis spe... Read more

Stimulant Treatment and Kratom

Airs at: Wed, 02/04/2026 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Stimulant Treatment and Kratom. There are efforts underway in various states to regulate kratom. On this week’s show we take a look at efforts in Washington state and Missouri, specifically the Washington bill HB2291, Establishing the kratom co... Read more

Let Them Eat Data?!

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This legislative session, Senator Sollman is trying for the fifth time to bring 1700 acres of some of the best farmland in the world into the city's urban growth boundary. Each time it's for a different reason, but this time much of the land would likely go to data cente... Read more

PDX Progressive Talk Radio - 2026

Airs at: Wed, 02/04/2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Security Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Policy. Notes from a broadcast on layoffs, enforcement, and what Portland owes its people There’s a word we hear a lot lately: security. It gets tossed around like a warm blanket — something leaders promise when things feel shaky. But wh... Read more

News In Depth: On the Ground in Minneapolis and Street Roots Article "Tear gas deployed by federal agents could cause significant health problems for Portlanders"

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  The ICE occupation of Minneapolis hasn't waned, even though Trump officials have said they might pull back ICE officers sometime soon. KBOO reporter RC was on the ground in Minneapolis this weekend.  Then, KBOO's Hana Francis sp... Read more