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Dan Handelman on Portland Police Use of Force Policy

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers talks with Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch about the Portland Police Bureau’s new draft policy on the use of force.   Read more

Organizing to End Mass Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Public awareness and concern about over-criminalization and over-incarceration has grown significantly in recent years but much of that attention is focused in the wrong places. What happens at the national level tends to be in the spotlight much of the time, despite the... Read more

Cornel West: The Radical Democratic Tradition

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Recorded in Portland, OR on October 27, 1995. Throughout history there have been individuals who have challenged conventional wisdom and have stretched societal limits. Collectively they constitute the radical democratic tradition. A sterling example of this lineage ... Read more

Think Globally, Act Locally

Airs at: Sun, 07/09/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: the Oregon Legislature has passed a bill to force law enforcement to begin addressing racial profiling, and which also reduces simple possession of some drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor; plus the Oregon Justice Resource Center has released a guide on organ... Read more

On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This packed show is all about resisting the normalization of war abroad and at home, resisting the idea that militarism, police terror and hate crimes will accepted as part of a new hyper reality. We hear voices from among the hundreds that gathered in DC for a vigil ... Read more

Quanice Hayes' grandmother speaks with KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 04/12/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Quanice Hayes was fatally shot by police officer Andrew Hurst in February with an AR 15 rifle. Quanice Hayes’s family along with Don’t Shoot Portland and other community organizations are demanding the case be put before a federal court. KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell spoke wit... Read more

CRCI Reading Group Interviews Ibram X. Kendi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On June 21st, the Liberation Literacy reading group at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) interviewed National Book Award winner and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Li... Read more

Munitions Used by Local Cops on June 4

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On June fourth, Portland Police and other law enforcement agencies swept hundreds of protesters out of Chapman Square in Downtown Portland. The protesters were there to counter a right-wing rally in Terry Schrunk Plaza. KBOO has been reporting on the clearance and its aft... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 18, 2017

Airs at: Sun, 06/18/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Congressional appropriators question the Department of Justice about drug policy and medical marijuana, plus members of Congress re-introduce legislation to protect medical marijuana patients. Read more

Full Audio--Forum on Outcomes of Portland Police-DOJ Settlement

Produced for:  Evening News
This is the full audio from the June 14, 2017 Community Forum on the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison (COCL) Outcomes Report, which evaluated the effects of PPB's compliance with the 2012 Department of Justice-City of Portland settlement agreement. DOJ found that PPB... Read more