Governor Kate Brown and State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton defended
Oregon’s marijuana industry in letters to US Attorney General Jeff
Sessions. Sessions has been hinting at a crackdown on states such as Oregon
that have legalized pot in defiance of federal law, an...
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From Pacifica Radio Archives, recordings of Dick Gregory, honoring the life
of the comedian and civil rights activist who broke barriers in the 1960s and
became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs.
Gregory used satire and cool humor as a force ...
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Karen James interviews Jessica Katz, the director of the Family Preservation
Project (FPP) at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, and Nova
Sweet, a former participant of the program. FPP is a program of the YWCA of
Greater Portland that uses a holistic, fami...
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Will Rogers, a famous U.S. humorist once said, “If you find yourself in a
hole, stop digging.” Good advice. Wish that it were heeded when it comes to
climate change. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection
Agency, says, “there's tremendous disagreement” ab...
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Events last week in Charlottesville have triggered mass solidarity movements
in cities across the U-S, including the city of Portland. On Friday
evening, at least a thousand people gathered at the Portland waterfront for
the “Eclipse Hate: Solidarity with Charlottesville” ...
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This week, Century of Lies comes to you live from Seattle Hempfest! We speak
with Betty Aldworth about her new project #JustSayNoToHate, plus words from
Tim Pate, Elvy Musikka, Sharon Whitson, Ben Livingston, Vivian McPeak, and
John Davis.
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For this hour we go to Charlottesville, Va. and hear voices, including that
of author and activist Cornel West and the Rev. Tracy Blackmon, who
participated in a mass prayer service at St. Pauls Memorial Church on Friday,
August 11, in advance of the deadly rally of whit...
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Cecil and Celeste welcome Teressa Raiford from Don't Shoot PDX to discuss
Mayor Wheeler's newly hired police chief, Danielle Outlaw. What changes
will she bring to the leadership role of the Portland Police Bureau?
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Earlier today in Barcelona, a van drove into a crowd, killing 13 people and
injuring more than 100 others. In what police are declaring is a terrorist
attack, the white van plowed through Las Ramblas, a popular tourist area.
This occurred less than a week after a similar ...
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Trump gives overt support for white supremacist organizations as they let the
world know they are no longer hiding under sheets as in the days of the Ku
Klux Klan. On Friday, August 11, they descended on Charlottesville, Virginia,
chanting "blood and soil," a slogan from...
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