Legislation

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Totality of Circumstances | June 27, 2023

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month's show focuses on the recent interactions between the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) and Portland City Council, as the PAC gets closer to its August 31 deadline to present the council with its complete plan for a new police oversight system. This show... Read more

Totality of Circumstance | May 23, 2023

Airs at: Tue, 05/23/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Sam and Jasmin talk about the details of the city's new bodyworn camera policy for cops, which could still see some changes following a 60-day pilot program involving Central Precinct and the Focused Intervention Team or FIT (AKA the gun violence team). The city and the ... Read more

Stopping the HALT Act

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On May 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act (H.R. 467). The bill expands mandatory minimums for fentanyl analogue cases and permanently schedules all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I, without first test... Read more

Harm Reduction On The Agenda In Maine

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Harm Reduction On The Agenda In Maine. LD 1364, An Act to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths by Establishing Safe Consumption Sites, is making its way through the Maine legislature. We hear from the chief sponsor, State Representative Grayson Lookn... Read more

Prison Doula Program

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The walkout by Republican Senators during this 2023 Oregon legislative session leaves hundreds of bills in jeopardy. Two bills in limbo provide support and care for children and their incarcerated mothers. HB2731 would codify the Family Preservation Project of YWCA into Ore... Read more

Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

  A one-hour morning weekly show, Thursdays at 8:00am Journalist Lisa Loving brings grassroots activists on the air to talk about local issues -- and what YOU can do to plug into community movements, now.          Read more

Voices For The Animals: Goldie's Act & The Tragedy Of Puppy Mills

Airs at: Fri, 05/26/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
On this episode of Voices For the Animals, host Michele Coppola speaks with Robert Hensley, Legal Advocacy Senior Counsel for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) about Goldie's Act, a bipartisan bill that, if passed, will require USDA inspe... Read more

Safer Opioid Supply

Airs at: Wed, 05/10/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safer Opioid Supply. The final evaluation report on the Safer Opioid Supply Program at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in Toronto, Ontario, has just been released. We hear about the report from Kate Atkinson, SOS Project Manager; Pa... Read more

Totality of Circumstances | April 25, 2023

Airs at: Tue, 04/25/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month Sam and Jasmin spoke with the current co-chairs of the Police Accountability Commission, Katherine Macdowell and KC Lewis (the third co-chair, Charlie Michelle-Westley, was unable to attend). They are heading the PAC's Structure and Details phase, during which... Read more

Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction. We hear from Dr. Jodie Grigg, a Research Associate at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University in Perth and coordinator of the Western Australia arm of the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting S... Read more