Civil Liberties

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Discrimination on the Farm in Oregon and the Nation

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
Black History Month special: Minority farmers in Oregon; National Black Farmers Association's Fight Only 76 of Oregon's 38,553 farms are operated by African-Americans, according to the most recent Census of Agriculture. Why is that? Miriam interviews PSU black studies... Read more

Will Aaron Campbell's death finally bring police accountability to Portland?

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Will Aaron Campbell's death finally bring police accountability to Portland?   A Multnomah County grand jury this week found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police officer Ronald Frashour in the Jan. 28 fatal shooting of Aaron Campbell. The death of an unarmed youn... Read more

Reverend Dr. Leroy Haines of the Albina Ministerial Alliance about the recent Portland police killing of Aaron Campbell

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  It Takes A Village
 License To KillShaheed Haamid interviews Reverend Dr. Leroy Haines of the Albina Ministerial Alliance about the recent Portland police killing of Aaron Campbell and the community response to that action.  Read more

The Clinic That Wouldn't Be Stopped

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette, will open it's eagerly awaited and much protested regional center on NW Martin Luther King Blvd in Portland this Valentines Day. Guests, Liz Delapoer marketing director for the organization and Roey Thorpe of Planned Parenth... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02/04/10

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Haiti, Race and International Adoption The arrest of 10 American Baptists for attempting to take children out of Haiti without permission has rekindled the debate over international adoption. Many Americans believe the plight of Haitian children more than justifies remov... Read more

Our Republic is broken. What is to be done? Let's call a Constitutional Convention and fix it.

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2010 at 12:00am
 Our Republic is broken. What's to be done? With Joe on vacation, Abe tosses out a possible answer: a Constitutional Convention. Our Republic is broken. A lockstep minority, cloaked in arcane rules, can bring business to a complete halt. The influence of monied interests... Read more

Judging in Difficult Times and EcoKashrut

Airs at: Fri, 02/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Shalom Portland
Shalom Portland brings you a talk by Federal Judge Myron Thompson, "Judging in Difficult Times:  Berlin 1933 to Birmingham 1963".  In this talk recorded at Congregation Beth Israel Judge Thompson speaks of the parallels between discrimination against Jews in Germany in t... Read more

The High Price for Cheap Sex

Normal 0 The High Price for Cheap SexA student organized event to raise awareness of modern day slavery February 16, 2010 Portland State University SMSU 327, 328, 329 7:00 PM There are more than 27 million slaves in the world today,   more than at the heig... Read more

Right 2 Survive & Circle A Radio Go to San Francisco to protest for Affordable Housing and Civil Rights

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Tonight you’ll hear from some of the Portlanders who participated in the movement building trip to San Francisco  to protest for Affordable Housing and Civil Rights, as well as some of the people they met along the way.  We’ll also update you on the current situation in ... Read more

Fictional Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The recent Supreme Court decision granting rights of free speech to corporations merely reveals what was already true: that democracy is merely a useful fiction and we are already ruled by corporations.  This is the argument Chris Hedges makes in a piece on Truthdig, re... Read more