Legislation

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Making Abortion Accessible

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
It's not enough to make sure that abortion services are legal and available if women cannot access those services due to the cost of the medical treatment. In 1973, the landmark Roe vs Wade decision affirmed that a woman's right to choose to end a pregnancy became the law ... Read more

Oregon's Clean Energy Jobs Bill

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
More than a decade ago, Oregon began putting laws on the books to limit global warming pollution, but every time a bill is proposed to cap carbon emissions while growing a clean economy and job market, it has been blocked by major polluters' clout. This year, the state legi... Read more

Buscando America on 02/26/19

Airs at: Tue, 02/26/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
El Q Center reunió a decenas de personas en el Town Hall para hablar sobre los ataques que la comunidad LGBTQ ha estado recibiendo en los ultimos días en Portland. La ayuda humanitaria se ha convertido en un delito en los Estados Unidos,  escucha en estrevista a Paige Coric... Read more

Noelle Hanrahan: update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Noelle Hanrahan, founder of Prison Radio and a journalist who has recorded and broadcast commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal since 1992.  Noelle talks about Philadelphia in the racially-charged 1970s where Mumia made his name as a writer and journalist. ... Read more

March for Our Students -- Teachers in Action

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Last Monday, February 18th, educators, parents, allies and students stormed the capitol in Salem, 4,000 + strong.  Host Jamie Partridge interviews participants on site and captures parts of the rally and march for full funding for quality education, including connecting wit... Read more

Pain Management

Airs at: Sun, 02/24/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee looks at pain management, opioid policies, and the search for alternatives like cannabis. Read more

Buscando America on 02/19/19

Airs at: Tue, 02/19/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Andrea González miembro del Colectivo Ustedes Somos Nosotros junto con otros defensores de los derechos humanos de los migrantes fueron agredidos en las inmediaciones del Deportivo de la Magdalena Mixuca en un acto premeditado, arbitrario y de criminalización. Javier Sierra... Read more

Gentrification: Engine of Disaster Capitalism

Airs at: Wed, 02/20/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Portland area residents are currently faced with a slew of development- and gentrification-related policies, but the relationships and dynamics behind the policies are often difficult to see. From government incentives for re-development to international companies spe... Read more

Spending time with Sasha Buchert, staff attorney with Lambda Legal.

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Sasha is a former KBOO news volunteer and program host, who left town to work with the Transgender Law Center in Oakland. She now serves as a staff attorney with Lambda Legal, and is host of the irregular Preference segment "Tell Us About the Law, Sasha." We're going to sp... Read more

Fighting Toxic Prisons Convergence 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview organizers from the Fighting Toxic Prisons (FTP) Convergence.  FTP is a collaboration with the Abolitionist Law Center.  FTP’s mission is to conduct grassroots organizing, advocacy and direct action to challenge the prison system that is putti... Read more