Wednesday Talk Radio

  Now, before you jump to conclusions, hear me out! I (host Paul Roland) got the idea for this show after I came across a stimulating article ("Why I Teach White History Month in February") by an African-American activist and writer from Chicago. Diallo Kenyatta (who I tri... Read more

  On Monday, January 18, the City of Portland gave notice that it would cut off services within a month to the five-year-old self-governing Hazelnut Grove tiny house village of formerly houseless people, and that the remaining 10 or so residents would have to move. The inn... Read more

  As Trump visits the obviously symbolic town of Alamo, Texas and celebrates his border wall, in brazen denial-defiance of the fall-out from the siege of the Capitol, 2nd Wednesday co-host Jacqueline Keeler and regular host Paul Roland look at the events of the past week i... Read more

    While most seem to want to put 2020 quickly behind us and move on, the year was a time of reckoning that needs to be continued and taken further. A time of reckoning with deeply embedded systemic racism and historic injustice; with the fragility of our democratic inst... Read more

    Portland-based singer-songwriter and activist David Rovics is active with Portland Emergency Eviction Response. Also active in Portland are Don't Evict PDX and the Portland Tenants United Eviction Defense. Read more

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    In a recent article, cartoonist and author Ted Rall warns: It’s too early to celebrate, back-to-brunch Democrats.             Liberal voters are counting Biden’s corporatist cabinet picks. But we still don’t know for sure that Trump will let them hatch. There’s still... Read more