Civil Rights/Human Rights

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A Phoenix First Must Burn.

Airs at: Tue, 02/25/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Tonight, as part of Black History and Future Month, Lady Danger shares recordings of radicals who have stood up for civil liberties throughout the ages.  Today's focus is on the work the Japanese American Citizens League did for Internment camp survivors. In 1980, Congress ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 24th 2020

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes: Fossil Fuel Resistance: Desiree Hellegers interviews Dr. Melanie Plaut, MD, Co-lead of the Fossil Fuel Resistance Team at 350 PDX about recent developments in the fight to stop the Jordan Cove LNG export t... Read more

Knowledge Into Action

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On the new installment of Free Culture Radio: putting knowledge into action. The evidence for supervised consumption facilities is clear and incontrovertible. Some will say yeah but the feds will never approve. Others get off their butts and work to make change happen. Audi... Read more

Democracy, Justice & the Courts

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On January 22, 2020 Oregon Humanities held the second event in its Portland Think & Drink series. Making Democracy focused on democracy, justice, and the courts with three major figures in criminal justice in Oregon: Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne Nelson, Benton Coun... Read more

Baltimore Continues To Lead

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The city of Baltimore is one of the US cities discussing how to set up supervised consumption facilities and overdose prevention sites. On today's Century we hear from Christa Daring, Executive Director of the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA; Rajani Gudlavalletti, Communit... Read more

Portland Forward

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
 Today on the RadioActivist, Suzanne LaGrande  will interview James Kafoury and Julia DeGraw  members of Portland Forward, a political action and education group whose mission is to create an intergenerational learning hub for the political process. They take political issu... Read more

Food Justice Begins at Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
 Today on the RadioActivist, Suzanne LaGrande interviews Rachelle Dixon, a life- long political activist who has been active in the Food Justice Movement Portland. In addition to being one of  two African American Women to have ever held an executive title for her party in ... Read more

Food Justice Begins at Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
 Today on the RadioActivist, Suzanne LaGrande interviews Rachelle Dixon, a life- long political activist who has been active in the Food Justice Movement Portland. In addition to being one of  two African American Women to have ever held an executive title for her party in ... Read more

It Takes All of Us

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Rural Roots Rising
Join Rural Organizing Project this week as they take us to Marion County where we learn about the power of interfaith organizing and the successes that are possible when hundreds of volunteers join together in a moment of crisis. This episode features a story about the pow... Read more

America's Founding Ideals Were Lies Until Blacks Made Them True

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick introduces Sharon Grant dramatically reading excerpts from Nikole Hannah-Jone's essay, "Our Democracy's Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written; Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True." Part of the New York Times 1619 Project, this is part one.... Read more