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Increasing Incarceration of Women and Girls in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale and Frann Michel report on a Partnership for Safety and Justice panel discussion about the increasing incarceration of women and girls in Oregon. Panelists included Piper Kerman of Orange is the New Black fame; Fariborz Pakseresht, Director of the Oregon Youth Au... Read more

the Left & the Law: the Innocence Project

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snediker discuss the Innocence Project which seeks to free those wrongfully convicted of crimes. They discuss the development of DNA technology that made it possible to discover the large numbers of wrongful convictions, and the reasons for those many m... Read more

KBOO Interviews Hamas' lawyer Stanley Cohen

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Stanley Cohen is a NY based civil rights lawyer, currently facing 18 months in jail for 'obstructing the IRS'. More info available on Stanley Cohen's website Read more

Kim Thatcher Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Republican Kim Thatcher currently holds the seat in House District 25 but is running for the seat in Senate District 13.  She talked with Don Merrill about why a return to vocational training in high school is important for kids who may not choose college, how checks and ba... Read more

Investigative journalist Michael Ruppert found dead of apparent suicide

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Long time investigative journalist and former Los Angeles police officer Michael Ruppert has died of an apparent suicide at the age of sixty three. Ruppert first gained notoriety in 1996 when he showed up at a contentious meeting with C-I-A director John Deutsch.   The ... Read more

Joe Rowe Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Democrat Joe Rowe is running as a legislator for Oregon House District 44.  He talked with Don Merrill about a balooning prison population, how legislators can be deaf to their constituents and why campaign finance reform can stop our nation from undoing important legislati... Read more

John Sweeney Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
John Sweeney is a Democratic candidate for Oregon House District 42 which serves SE and NE Portland.  He talked with Don Merrill about how hemp and marijuana could be a boon to the state economy, how he's not "hot" on the idea of gay marriage and why PERS caused a lot of it... Read more

Daniel Shaw Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Daniel Shaw is running as a Democratic candidate for House District 42.  The seat serves SE & NE Portland.  Mr. Shaw talked with Don Merrill about tax and school loan reform, why the City of Portland needs a new team of social workers riding shotgun with the Portland Police... Read more

Eric Squires Interview

Airs at: Sat, 04/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Eric Squires is a Democrat running for the seat in Oregon House District 26.  He talked with Don Merrill about how his pragmatism lets him seriously consider the work of libertarian think tanks, how he's "hard-wired" for politics and how, if he voted to support marijuana le... Read more

New Court Cases Target Guantanamo Force-Feeding

Airs at: Thu, 03/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Sam Bouman spoke with Alka Pradhan, Counter-Terrorism Counsel with Reprieve US, who is representing Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ahmed Rabbani in the Washington DC Court of Appeals, in one of the first court cases related to conditions of detention at the controversial mi... Read more