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Labor Day Programming on Evening News 9/04/17

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
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Cycle Oregon Classic Ride Canceled Due to Wildfire Danger

Airs at: Fri, 09/01/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
For the first time in the event's 30-year history, the Cycle Oregon Classic Ride has been cancelled. The announcement came on Thursday from Steve Schulz, the executive director for Cycle Oregon. He thought of the danger from the existing fires and smoke throughout centra... Read more

What is a Just Transition?

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  It’s a framework for looking at how environmental and climate justice can address longstanding economic inequality – bringing all movements for justice under a single unified frame. Oregon's Just Transition Assembly happens over Labor Day weekend with over 200 delega... Read more

Hurricane Irma Predicted to Go North, Up the East Coast

Airs at: Thu, 08/31/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Hurricanes have recently been pounding the East Coast. Harvey has already destroyed countless lives, literally and figuratively. Recently however, NOAA has taken note of a newly formed hurricane that is already a dangerous Category 3 out in the Atlantic. They predict tha... Read more

UN Nations Agreed to Be On High Alert After Emergency Meeting

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The UN Security Council had an emergency meeting last night about the North Korean missile launched over Japan. Nearby nations and UN states are on high alert with Secretary of Defense James Mattis saying quote, "We're never out of diplomatic solutions." after he spoke t... Read more

One Million Strong & too many Millions Locked Up!

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Jihad Abdulmumit, National Co-chair for the Jericho Movement for Political Prisoner Amnesty.  Jihad is a former Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner and continues to work with Prisoners inside.  Abdulmumit and the Jericho Movement supported... Read more

Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our one-hour special on Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture. He is known by a generation of popularizing the cry of "Black Power." We speak with Dr. Peniel Joseph about his book, "Stokely: A Life." How did the concept of Black Power as a p... Read more

UN Holds Emergency Meeting After North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan

Airs at: Tue, 08/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council will consider possible new sanctions against Kim Jong-un's regime tonight.  This comes after sirens sounded in Japan as North Korea fired a missile over the country early this morning.  Yahoo news reports Tokyo warned citiz... Read more

The Country that Voted for Trump: Thomas Frank

Airs at: Tue, 08/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The election of Donald Trump was a stunning political upset. His victory defied the predictions of almost every pundit and pollster. Though he received about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent, the antiquarian Electoral College system in the U.S. gave him the pre... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with urban design professor Nicco Larco about how technology, from ecommerce to autonomous vehicles, has and might yet affect cities. Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland singer-songwriter Naomi Little Bear Morena ab... Read more