Government/Politics

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Portland Police Association Contract

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty discusses Mayor Charlie Hales'proposed police contract, which would give the police big raises and eliminate a rule giving officers involved in an incident 48 hours before they have to give a statement. Her guest is Ashlee Albies of the National Lawy... Read more

No New County Jails

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Emma Lugo will speak with Prison abolition activist Coral Wrap about the long struggle to close the San Francisco municipal jail, transform the culture in municipal San Francisco from incarceration and punishment to critical assessment of community needs and address police/... Read more

Noam Chomsky - Elections & Voting

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato and Freud. The legendary MIT professor practically invented modern linguistics. ... Read more

Debate on Oregon Ballot Measure 97

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod host a debate on Oregon Ballot Measure 97,  This description is from ballotpedia.org. The Oregon Business Tax Increase Initiative, also known as Measure 97, is on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute. A "ye... Read more

Rebellion Brewing in Haiti and the Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
  Today on Flashpoints: A people's rebellion brewing in the streets of Haiti. And the Election Crimes Bulletin returns with investigative reporter Greg Palast.   Read more

We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting! with Marshallese writer Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner,a Marshallese writer and climate justice activist about We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting! A Night of Poetry and Conversation, happening Thurs. Sept 29, 7-9pm, at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave (Eli... Read more

Special Democracy Hour 2 on the Presidential Debates

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  We are postponing today's Alternative Radio program with Chris WIlliams to broadcast the special second hour of Democracy Now on the Presidential Debate. The special extra hour is expanding the debate to include candidates that were excluded from the debates at Hofstra U... Read more

Wendell Potter: Nation On the Take

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dave Mazza speaks with consumer advocate and activist Wendell Potter about his new book Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do about It. Read more

Climate Change and the New Agenda in Portland's Public Schools

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Nearly 100% of climate scientists report that climate change is happening and happening because of human activity, but the public consensus on climate change is still split about 50-50. Denial continues to be persistant and pervasive, as deniers cite "zombie sceptic theo... Read more

D.A. Underhill discusses LEAD program

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
At the ROAR Alliance monthly meeting on August 31st, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill presented plans to bring the LEAD program to Portland. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a pre-booking diversion pilot program developed with the community to ad... Read more