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Governor Kate Brown Defends Oregon's Marijuana Industry Against Jeff Sessions

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Governor Kate Brown and State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton defended Oregon’s marijuana industry in letters to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  Sessions has been hinting at a crackdown on states such as Oregon that have legalized pot in defiance of federal law,... Read more

Direct Cinema - Part One

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root, inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies.  The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, a... Read more

President Donald Trump Unveils New Military Plan for Aghanistan

Airs at: Tue, 08/22/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
President Donald Trump has partially unveiled his new plan for the country of Afghanistan; a plan that might see the US Military presence in the region increase by four-thousand troops.  Moves like this have far-reaching consequences across the globe and must be carefull... Read more

R.I.P. Dick Gregory

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From Pacifica Radio Archives, recordings of Dick Gregory, honoring the life of the comedian and civil rights activist who broke barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs.  Gregory used satire and cool humor as a forc... Read more

Staying Connected: Incarcerated Moms & Their Children

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Jessica Katz, the director of the Family Preservation Project (FPP) at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, and Nova Sweet, a former participant of the program.  FPP is a program of the YWCA of Greater Portland that uses a holistic, f... Read more

Voices from Charlottesville: Church Under Siege by White Supremacists

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  For this hour we go to Charlottesville, Va. and hear voices, including that of author and activist Cornel West and the Rev. Tracy Blackmon, who participated in a mass prayer service at St. Pauls Memorial Church on Friday, August 11, in advance of the deadly rally of w... Read more

Don't Shoot PDX on KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome Teressa Raiford from Don't Shoot PDX to discuss Mayor Wheeler's newly hired police chief, Danielle Outlaw.  What changes will she bring to the leadership role of the Portland Police Bureau?   Read more

Barcelona Terror Attack Kills 13 and Injures 100 Others

Airs at: Thu, 08/17/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Earlier today in Barcelona, a van drove into a crowd, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others.  In what police are declaring is a terrorist attack, the white van plowed through Las Ramblas, a popular tourist area.  This occurred less than a week after a simil... Read more

Sojourner Truth: Did the Civil War ever end?

Airs at: Fri, 08/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Trump gives overt support for white supremacist organizations as they let the world know they are no longer hiding under sheets as in the days of the Ku Klux Klan. On Friday, August 11, they descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting "blood and soil," a slogan f... Read more

Portland Holds Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination

Airs at: Wed, 08/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland will be having a Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination on Thursday. It will be held at eight-hundred North East Oregon Street at the State of Oregon building, off of Lloyd boulevard. Currently, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries does not adv... Read more