Civil Liberties

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KBOO News in Depth: Kids Jailed & Neglected at NORCOR

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Oregon’s child incarceration rate is one of the worst in the country. Not only do we incarcerate far too many youth, we confine them in unlicensed and unregulated detention centers. There is no state or local agency charged with enforcing safe and humane conditions for y... Read more

Big Data, Racial Discrimination and Privilege

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome Douglas Tsoi from the Portland Underground Grad School to talk about two upcoming courses that cover urgent issues in today's climate. Structural racism is insidious in two particular ways. First, it is normalized and thus difficult to see, ... Read more

Talking with Sasha Buchert, staff attorney with Lambda Legal

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be discussing current trans and queer law cases around the country, with Sasha Buchert of DC's Lambda Legal (and before that, the Transgender Law Center; and before that, a KBOO program host!).  Read more

How Fascism Works: Jason Stanley

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  What is fascism? Michael Parenti, author and historian says, “Fascism historically has been used to secure the interests of large capitalist interests against the demands of popular democracy. Then and now, fascism has made irrational mass appeals in order to secure t... Read more

Sex4Sale Episode 7: Prostitution

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
This is the seventh in a ten-episode series.  This installment takes on the subject of prostitution.  No, it's not the world's oldest profession.  It is a major part of the business of sex here in Portland, and it has both legal and illegal dimensions.  We talk with Red ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 7, Prostitution

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the seventh in a ten-episode series.  This installment takes on the subject of prostitution.  No, it's not the world's oldest profession.  It is a major part of the business of sex here in Portland, and it has both legal and illegal dimensions.  We talk with Red ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 6, Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 11/23/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO news talks with FBI Agent Denise Biehen, US Dept. of Justice Attorney Scott Kerin and Undercover Agent A and Officer Chris Lindsay of the Portland Police Bureau to understand sex traffing in the Portland area.  We focus on the crime, how it's defined and reported an... Read more

Sex4Sale Episode 6: Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 11/23/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
KBOO news talks with FBI Agent Denise Biehen, US Dept. of Justice Attorney Scott Kerin and Undercover Agent A and Officer Chris Lindsay of the Portland Police Bureau to understand sex traffing in the Portland area.  We focus on the crime, how it's defined and reported an... Read more

News and Public Affairs Day: Community Forum on Police Accountability

Airs at: Fri, 12/01/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
KBOO reporters Sam Bouman and Jasmin Moneymaker speak with a panel of guests with many years and varieties of experience advocating for greater accountability, reform and positive change in Portland's sytem of law enforcement. The discussion is rooted in the City of Port... Read more

A Guide to What We Don't Know about the Universe

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson have co-authored We Have No Idea: A Guide to The Unknown Universe. Jorge Cham is the creator of PHD Comics and Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist at the University of California Irvine. In this book they explain everything we DON'T ... Read more