Global Affairs

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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

Vox Pop: Portlanders on Trump's attacks on higher education, and the importance of international students

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  'Vox pop' is short for vox populi, meaning voice of the people. On April 11th, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to Harvard University with a list of demands. They included seizing the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion in admissions and hiring, limit... Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement held publ... Read more

Labor Internationalism

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW president Shawn Fain’s disappointing embrace of Trump’s tariffs and the need for labor internationalism to strengthen workers’ power in the U.S. and across border... Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement... Read more

Strengthening Young People, the Family, and Society

Airs at: Wed, 05/07/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Strengthening Young People, the Family, and Society. Surviving political and environmental crises is challenging for everyone but particularly for young people. Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive approach that combines evide... Read more

Arctic Passages

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While many of us are worrying about how the melting polar ice caps are a warning of climate catastrophes ahead, for others melting ice is turning historical dreams of a navigable Arctic into reality and reshaping rivalries at the top of the world.  On this episode of Lo... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 05/06/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Advantage China" in the tariff war with Trump. He has badly miscalculated China's capacity for resistance. Read more

Deportation Nation Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the second half of a wide-ranging discussion, Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer Daniel Kanstroom about the ideology, history and political economy of immigration in the United States, with attention to gender and poverty. They discuss as well the debate... Read more

Marijuana at the United Nations

Airs at: Wed, 04/23/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Marijuana at the UN. The Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, with the support of the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies organized a panel recently entitled Cannabis Legalization: Science and Policies w... Read more