Civil Liberties

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David Barsamian joins Abe & Joe LIVE FROM KBOO!

Airs at: Tue, 05/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Abe & Joe are joined in-studio by KBOO favorite David Barsamian during the Spring Membership Drive.  Call in with your support at (877) 500-5266.  Call in with your questions at (503) 231-8187 One of America's most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, Da... Read more

Activism: Lessons from Mississippi

Airs at: Tue, 05/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  David Barsamian is live from the KBOO studio to present this week's Alternative Radio.  Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. He served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe... Read more

Reagan Redux

Airs at: Sun, 05/14/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Attorney General J. Beauregard Sessions III talks drug war, while journalist Maia Szalavitz talks sense. Attorney General Memo on Department Charging and Sentencing Policy   Read more

BEHIND THE TRUMP SPECTACLE

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Radiozine presents: ON THE GROUND: VOICES OF RESISTANCE FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL On this show, voices reflecting the tremendous activity in DC this week—The People’s Climate March, May Day 2017 and the breakdown of silos between labor, immigrants, indigenous communitie... Read more

Race & Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  “Wilmer Leon is one of the few Black prophetic voices in the age of Obama. This book confirms this status – courageous, visionary and consistent!” —Dr. Cornel West   Dr Leon joins Cecile and Celeste during our Spring Membership Drive and offers copies of Politics: Anot... Read more

Changes Afoot for Mental Health Treatment at OSP

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Karen James has this in-depth report on potential changes to the way prisoners with behavior health issues are treated at the Oregon State Penitentiary. She spoke with Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon. He wrote the report "Behind the Elev... Read more

Palestine to Tacoma Hunger Strike Solidarity

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Fifteen hundred Palestinians have entered their fourth week of hunger strike. They are demanding better conditions in Israeli prisons, including family visits and an end to the practice of holding prisoners indefinitely without charges. In a statement of solidarity, a grou... Read more

Vigil for Keaton Otis on Friday

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Friday, May 12th marks the seventh year since Keaton Otis was shot and killed by Portland Police. The 25-year-old was shot 23 times during a traffic stop on the corner of Northeast Sixth Avenue and Halsey Street near Lloyd Center. Back in 2010, a grand jury found no crimin... Read more

Greg Palast LIVE ON KBOO

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  To kick-off KBOO's Spring Membership Drive, Jo Ann Hardesty welcomes author, reporter and filmmaker Greg Palast.  He told us how the election would be stolen....and then it was.   Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Televi... Read more

Trump's religious freedom order and the Queer Doc Festival

Airs at: Tue, 05/09/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
    We'll be sitting down with ACLU of Oregon staff attorney Kelly Simon to talk about Prexy Trump's 'religious freedom' order, issued last week. Is it as bad as expected? More nuanced? How might it play out? We're going to explore these questions, and more, with Kelly.  ... Read more