Government/Politics

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 12/11/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Main topics in this episode: the US National Security Strategy paper puts Europe on edge; Europe's big loan to Ukraine is uncertain; more fallout over the US attacks in the Caribbean Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Out Of Sight," and Portland's Housing Committee Moves Proposal to Spend $20 million on Rental Assistance

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

On this edition of KBOO News in Depth: KBOO's Hana Francis interviews Street Roots reporter Jake Thomas about his latest article, "Out of Sight: Critics question whether Mayor Keith Wilson’s homelessness plan just moves people around while shelter beds remain empty.... Read more

Multnomah County's Climate Justice Plan

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Multnomah County's Office of Sustainability has been working on a Climate Justice Plan for the past several months. The plan is a shared vision and roadmap for climate justice for Multnomah County, co-created by community members and local government staff. Over the past... Read more

News In Depth: Trump Administration Reclassifies Lawful Immigrants to 'Unauthorized' Status

Airs at: Tue, 12/09/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

On this edition of KBOO News in Depth: Since taking office, the Trump administration has targeted even lawful immigrants with recognized protections and is pushing them into a category of “unauthorized.” The strategy accelerated after an Afghan refugee and former el... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 15, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Photo of Wall Art in Cypress: Image licensed for public use: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/809719 Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Finding Home: Sisters of the Road and the Welcome Home Coalition conducted re... Read more

Jeffrey Epstein and the Power of Global Elites

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Our Well Read Red reads excerpts from an article by Middle East scholar Soumaya Ghannoushi, who argues that the Jeffrey Epstein story provides a behind the scenes look at global elites and their machinations. The article, “Epstein Saga Exposes Israel’s Iron Grip on US Po... Read more

Portland Gray Panthers: Taking Action

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

We will be joined this Monday by representatives from the Portland Gray Panthers. Among the topics we will explore is the lack of adequate low-income and affordable housing in Oregon, as well as current and upcoming projects of the organization. Portland Gray Panthers ... Read more

Making Nonfiction Comics

Airs at: Thu, 12/11/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Comics journalism is a fairly new medium. Many attribute its origin to the work of Portland native and Palestine author Joe Sacco. Now, two comics artists have compiled their experiences with comics journalism into a how-to book: Making Nonfiction Comics. Eleri Har... Read more

Genius Box: "Who loves you baby?"

Airs at: Fri, 12/05/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Genius Box

Actually though. Who? Althea and Reed talk about: Portland City Council voting the detention center impact fee through, and a resolution to divest city assets from human rights abuses. Cool. We spend a lot of time digesting a story about this federal court hearing th... Read more