Civil Liberties

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Teressa Raiford's Full Testimony in Her Defense on April 21, 2016

KBOO's Joe Meyer cover Teressa Raiford's trial and filed this full version of her testimony. Mr McHenry start for the defense. Mr Lowe cross examines for the state (us). The Judge only had to calm things down once.   Read more

THE QUADRAPHONNES host The Outside World this Friday night!

Airs at: Sat, 04/23/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  The Outside World
  The following is an IMPORTANT MESSAGE from your local Quadraphonne council :    Join us on KBOO from midnight on Friday, April 22 to 3am Saturday, April 23 for three hours of music and information on upcoming shows! First, the Quadraphonnes will be performing live i... Read more

Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin

Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has ... Read more

Century Of Lies for April 10 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century Of Lies we continue to look ahead at the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs that will be held April 19-21 at UN Headquarters in New York, and hear from Donald MacPherson of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and Aram Barra with Mexico Unite... Read more

Intelligence Transparency Policies May Change--But How?

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Transparency advocates in the nation’s capital published a letter this morning asking intelligence agency leadership to halt revisions of a 35-year-old executive order issued during the first year of the Reagan administration. Open the Government is among the 30 groups c... Read more

Community Coalition Demands Minority Input on Superfund Cleanup

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland Harbor community coalition led by Groudworks, a local agency working for environmental social justice delivered a letter to the city government today.  The Coalition wants more effort on the city’s part to include marginalized communities when they write the... Read more

Portland Tenants United Protest Outside County Board

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland Tenants United protested outside the Multnomah County Board of Supervisors Thursday morning, demanding that the County act to reverse an affordable housing emergency in Portland. KBOO reporter Geoff Henderson was on the scene and spoke with an organizer about en... Read more

East Portland Kids Call for Bus Passes

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Students in East Portland are missing classes because they can’t afford the bus. That’s the conclusion of a study by the Youth Environmental Justice Alliance and OPAL looking at how young people’s access to public transportation affects their ability to succeed at school... Read more

Panama Papers Begin to Reveal Offshore Finances of US Individuals

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Panama Papers scandal that has shaken political and financial circles around the world has so far only lapped at the shores of the United States, but that is slowly changing. KBOO’s Sam Bouman has this report. You can also listen to full interviews with Tim Johnson of ... Read more

Century Of Lies for April 3 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/03/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we continue preparing for the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs, which will be held April 19 and 20 at UN headquarters in New York, by hearing from two of reform's leading opponents: Singapore and Russia. Read more