Government/Politics

Marijuana Reform Rolls Onward

Airs at: Sun, 01/14/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century: Committees of the New York State Assembly hear about marijuana legalization from panels of experts, and Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) speaks on the House floor about marijuana law reform. Read more

Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

California has legalized recreational use of marijuana. The law went into effect January 1st, 2018. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently stated that he is rescinding the Cole Memo which had protected states from federal interference regarding cannabis l... Read more

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Two women with very close ties to Martin Luther King Jr. reflect on how King developed into one of the great moral and political philosophers of the 20th century and how his philosophies might still guide the world through troubled times today. Dr. Dorothy Cotton was the... Read more

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

Airs at: Wed, 01/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

The Black Panther Party was formed by community college students in Oakland California in 1966, the year after Malcolm-X was murdered in New York City. Its original name was the Black Panther Party For Self Defense. The Black Panther Party set an example by its community... Read more

PSJ 2018 Legislative Agenda

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director of Partnership for Safety & Justice, about PSJ’s legislative agenda for 2018. This year will be a short legislative session and PSJ hopes to reinforce the reform work that was accomplished in 2017 and prior years. Thi... Read more

Voting Rights Beyond the Liberal Agenda

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge reads from Meagan Day's article in Jacobin on "Moving Beyond the Liberal Voting Rights Agenda," arguing that when it comes to voting rights, the Democratic Party is primarily interested in electoral reforms that aid its central project of consolidat... Read more

Jordan, Palestine, Israel & the U.S.: Rami Barhoush

Airs at: Tue, 01/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Jordan’s borders were drawn by British imperial cartographers after WW1. It was then called Trans-Jordan and sparsely populated. Today, it has a large Palestinian population, many of them refugees from the naqba, catastrophe, of 1948 and the 1967 war. In recent years it ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 8, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier and Norm Diamond host this Labor-focused episode, featuring music from the musical documentary Seattle 1919 as well as some Detroit blues. In segments, Frann Michel shares lessons for labor from the #MeToo movement Norm and Laurie discuss his recent cour... Read more

Commentary: Trump Tweets

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Donald Trump is addicted to Twitter. Hardly a day goes by when he doesn’t use the social media tool to announce policy, attack his latest foe or pat himself on the back. And the media hangs on his every Tweet. But should we? KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts. Read more

Court Confirms Constitutionality of Portland Fossil Fuel Zoning Rules

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

On January 4th, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed, in large part, a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision that undermined Portland’s landmark fossil fuel terminal zoning amendments, passed unanimously by the city council in December 2016. The court ruled that Portla... Read more