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Law Enforcement Support For Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons held a hearing on drug policy recently and heard from high-ranking active-duty police officers about the need for harm reduction, including supervised consumption facilities, and decriminalization of simple posses... Read more

Full Interview: Donna Martin, Sister of Andre Gladen

Airs at: Tue, 07/02/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
On Saturday, July 6, 2019, the family of Andre Gladen is hosting an "Angelversary" celebration of Andre's life outside of Adventist Hospital, at the corner of SE 96th Avenue and Market Street. The event is from 11AM to 1PM. In the family's words: "Andre Gladen, a 36-yea... Read more

Hari Jones on Juneteenth

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, historian and author Hari Jones speaks about Juneteenth, and the California State Assembly approves a measure to allow San Francisco to set up a supervised consumption facility. Read more

Supervised Consumption Sites

Airs at: Wed, 05/22/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, the UK House of Commons discusses medical cannabis prescribing, and the Philadelphia City Council and Philly DA Larry Krassner talk about harm reduction and supervised consumption sites. Note: new recordings of Century of Lies are now being r... Read more

Incarcerated Moms - Mother's Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair for a Mother's Day special focused on the impact of incarceration on mothers and their families. Mothers make up approximately 84% of the incarcerated population at Coffee Creek, and the Family Preservation Project provides them with vital res... Read more

Alternatives To Coercion

Airs at: Sun, 05/12/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, we talk to Lindsay LaSalle with the Drug Policy Alliance about harm reduction, alternatives to coercion, and the DPA's upcoming conference in San Francisco May 16 and 17; and with Teressa Raiford, a community organizer, social justice activi... Read more

International Harm Reduction

Airs at: Sun, 05/05/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, former UN official and retired international civil servant Dr. Mary Chinery-Hesse addresses the 2019 International Harm Reduction Conference #HR19 in Porto, Portugal. The audio for this week's Century comes to us courtesy of the Rights Reporter Fou... 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 ... Read more

015 Doctors Gone Bad: Physicians, Dictatorships, and Warrior Cultures

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  This episode reviews the history of unethical human subject experimentation from World War II to the present, focusing on physicians who compromised their professional ethics and facilitated the rise of demagogues and the perpetuation of militarism. I discuss how the ... Read more

013 Teaching Social Justice (Part 1)

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  Episodes 13 and 14 cover the topic, Teaching Social Justice. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire wrote, “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conf... Read more