Civil Liberties

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Portland High School Students Walk Out in Support of Teachers' Strike Vote

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning, hundreds of students walked out of six Portland High Schools in solidarity with the Portland Association of Teachers' strike vote. The PAT reached an impasse in contract negotiations with the Portland Public Schools board on November 20, and the two sides h... Read more

Robert King Interview

Airs at: Fri, 01/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Robert King, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been made famous by their treatment at the infamous Angola State Prison in Angola, Louisiana.  Named for a former slave plantation, the prison, according to Mr. King; the only member of the Angola Three both alive and f... Read more

KBOO Original Docudrama "Mo Is Shy": Part 1

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2014 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mo is Shy, a KBOO docudrama of the Portland Christmas tree trial based on Joe Meyer's trial notes. One year ago, Mohamed Mohamud was found guilty of trying to blow up Portland's Pioneer Square Christmas Tree. His sentencing had been postponed several times, now indefini... Read more

KBOO Original Docudrama "Mo Is Shy": Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mo is Shy, a KBOO docudrama of the Portland Christmas tree trial based on Joe Meyer's trial notes. One year ago, Mohamed Mohamud was found guilty of trying to blow up Portland's Pioneer Square Christmas Tree. His sentencing had been postponed several times, now indefini... Read more

Police Sweep Camps in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This past week, the Portland Police Bureau has conducted sweeps of a number of camps of houseless individuals across the city, most prominently in the South Park Blocks and at St. Francis Park in inner SE Portland. KBOO's volunteer news team follows up on the police's ac... Read more

Keith Raines Interview

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Judge Keith Raines is a non-partisan and a sitting judge for Oregon's 20th Judicial Dist. Circuit Court in Washington County. He is a running for re-election.  He talked with Don Merrill about judicial activism, running a court on a tight budget and how sharing his own m... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 27 2014

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Andrew Spencher of FairVote about the politics of how our elections actually happen. Joe Clement talks with Lif Bowers about a comedy night at the Red and Black Cafe. Clayton reads ... Read more

The NSA is an Apparatus of Class War

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads three articles on the national security state. The first by Gleen Greenwald appears in Common Dreams. The second, by Tom Dispatch, appears in Portside. The final one by Noam Chomsky appears in Salon. The collectively make the point that the nati... Read more

Andrew Spencer from FairVote on truly democratic elections

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Andrew Spencher of FairVote about the politics of how our elections actually happen. Bill starts by pointing out that democracy is much more than elections, but that they are still relevant. Andrew talks about what FairVote is and is trying to do,... Read more

LINKS on FBI & Mohamed: RU ready for Wednesday?!

LINKS to prepare for Wednesday's Docudrama Mo Is Shy, 6-8pm ("reading the affidavit is a bit like reading MadLibs"--Trevor Aaronson, Terror Factory talk at Columbia University on the day of Mohamed Mohamud's conviction) Here are some of the other nationwide FBI entrapment ... Read more