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What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

Buscando America on 09/18/18

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
Se llevó acabo la Cumbre Global de Acción Climática en San Francisco y Javier Sierra, columnista de Sierra Club BC habla también sobre tormentas tropicales que atacan en las Carolinas y Filipinas. Iván Hernández habla de la iniciativa 22 la cual decidirá la Ley Santuario en... Read more

Talking with Charlene Carruthers, author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
Alyssa Pariah and I will be joined on-air by Charlene Carruthers. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements is the highly anticipated first book from Carruthers—one of America's most influential activists. In Unapologetic she issues a call-to... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 17th 2018

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes these segments In the second of a two part interview, Bill Resnick Talks with Heather Gautney author of the book Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement.  Gautney is... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 10, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Mole and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with author and activist Heather Gautney about the future of the Sanders campaign. 2. The Left & the Law team, Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss laws regulating sex on the internet and... Read more

Regulating Sex on the Internet

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss SESTA-FOSTA, Senate and House versions of a new law banning sex workers from the internet. They discuss the problematic conflation of sex trafficking and prostittuion in this law, how it makes life more dangerous for sex workers, and how... Read more

RALPH NADER! Citizen Action: It's Easier than We Think, Pt 2

Airs at: Tue, 09/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Overcoming adversity alone is a tough road to hoe but when you act with others it’s not as difficult. There is nothing like solidarity. There’s unity and strength in numbers. Most movements have very modest beginnings. Take women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a ha... Read more

Greg Palast: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits

Airs at: Fri, 09/14/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
  Author of Best Democracy Money Can Buy & Armed Madhouse. New film, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, LIVE ON KBOO!  Friday morning call and join the conversation at (503)231-8187 Read more

RALPH NADER - "Citizen Action: It's Easier than We Think"

Airs at: Tue, 09/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Overcoming adversity alone is a tough road to hoe but when you act with others it’s not as difficult. There is nothing like solidarity. There’s unity and strength in numbers. Most movements have very modest beginnings. Take women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a ha... Read more

The President's Secret Plan To Continue The War Against Marijuana

Airs at: Sun, 09/02/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: we wrap up our coverage of Seattle Hempfest 2018 with an interview with comedian and journalist Ngaio Bealum, plus we speak with BuzzFeed News political affairs reporter Dominic Holden about a major story he broke recently on secret White House plans to ratchet u... Read more