Civil Rights/Human Rights

Native Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Guest hosts Cary Watters & Amory Zschach welcome Denise Wickert to speak about mental health in the Native community & Traci Price to discuss the intersection of environmental justice and environmental education. NAYA FAMILY CENTER IN 2061 Guided by our elders and tru... Read more

Reproductive Justice in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The New York Times reports that “President Trump — or, more likely, Vice President Mike Pence — has filled top positions at the Department of Health and Human Services with individuals who have devoted their adult lifetimes to the anti-abortion cause.” Here in Oregon, t... Read more

Local electroshock survivor brings historic class action lawsuit against device manufacturers

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

McMinnville-based Deborah Schwartzkopff is a retired trauma nurse with experience working in addictions with dual diagnosis clients. She has been an activist against the practice of Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT) since 2011, after she herself underwent extensive ... Read more

Re-visiting Conflict is Not Abuse, by Sarah Schulman.

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Later this year, PICA and PNCA will host events involving writer Sarah Schuman. Information on the events is below. To warm up for what promises to be some very interesting conversation around Schulman's work and trhought, we are re-airing our conversation earlier this y... Read more

Origins of Radical Right-Wing Power

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The history of the anti-government and anti-democratic politics that have transformed the U.S. in recent years is largely obscured from view. The radical right’s agenda includes: suppression of voting rights, privatization of everything from schools to Medicare to Soc... Read more

The Costs of War

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. They use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and t... Read more

I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwins original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a jour... Read more

Shooting in Color

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Intisar Abioto and Renee Lopez are two Portland photographers who are working to tell the stories of Black and Brown Portlanders through the brilliant images they create. from theblackportlanders.com : My name is Intisar Abioto. I’m a writer, dancer, photographer, a... Read more

"Slavery Didn't End; It Evolved"

Airs at: Fri, 11/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Prison Breakdown

To understand why mass incarceration is the racial justice issue of our time, we must situate the exponential growth of the prison system within the historical legacy of slavery. The first half of this episode traces the evolution of slavery from the Reconstruction Era t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 13, 2017

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge will host this edition of the Old Mole, and will will hear: A critique of the Ken Burns docmentary "Vietnam"; About organizing for reproductive justice here in Oregon; Whether China's economic model has reduced global poverty; A review of a Jennifer... Read more