Host Theresa Mitchell talks about the news, Portland Mayday protests and
police response, Oakland Police raids on Oakland Occupy, the build up in the
Persian Gulf and radioactive contamination in the oceans.
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A Superior Court Judge ruled today that two Fullerton police officers will
stand trial for the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man. Officers
Ramos and Ciccinelli are some of the first Orange County police to face
brutality charges. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more.
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We take a look at mass incarceration and racism in America today through
Michelle Alexander's book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness."
We begin with a speech given by Michelle Alexander in New York in February of
2010, and then will hear fr...
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Host Jay Thiemeyer interviews filmmaker Dean Shull about his new documentary
CALIFORNIA 90420 which looks at Oaksterdam University, the nation's only
college preparing students for work in the medical marijuana industry. The
film shows at the Clinton Street Theater in ...
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Norm and Abigail talk with Marie and Larry of the Portland Branch of the
Industr ial Workers of the World (IWW) about the Lawrence Textile strike,
the significance of the IWW in the strike and the long-term significance of
the strike for the IWW. They consider the irony of ...
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Bill Resnick has Terran Connally of the Portland Liberation Organizing
Council, which has grown out of the Occupy movement, to talk about events and
expectations for May Day 2012 in Portland. They consider the potential for
this May Day to be the single greatest concerted a...
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Tortured in Abu Dhabi
Held for 106 days, Portlander Yonas Fikre was beaten with plastic pipes,
deprived of sleep and held in stress positions. No lawyers allowed and no
charges filed. What did his torturers want? Information about The Islamic
Center of Portland and its ...
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Dan Halsted's search for accountability after encountering police brutality
four years ago ended when the Portland City Council awarded him a quarter of
a million dollars earlier this week.
Police wrongfully accused Halsted of Vandalism while he was walking hom...
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