Government/Politics

Don't Shoot PDX on KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil and Celeste welcome Teressa Raiford from Don't Shoot PDX to discuss Mayor Wheeler's newly hired police chief, Danielle Outlaw. What changes will she bring to the leadership role of the Portland Police Bureau? Read more

Barcelona Terror Attack Kills 13 and Injures 100 Others

Airs at: Thu, 08/17/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Earlier today in Barcelona, a van drove into a crowd, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others. In what police are declaring is a terrorist attack, the white van plowed through Las Ramblas, a popular tourist area. This occurred less than a week after a simil... Read more

Sojourner Truth: Did the Civil War ever end?

Airs at: Fri, 08/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Trump gives overt support for white supremacist organizations as they let the world know they are no longer hiding under sheets as in the days of the Ku Klux Klan. On Friday, August 11, they descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting "blood and soil," a slogan f... Read more

Portland Holds Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination

Airs at: Wed, 08/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

Portland will be having a Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination on Thursday. It will be held at eight-hundred North East Oregon Street at the State of Oregon building, off of Lloyd boulevard. Currently, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries does not adv... Read more

Community Rights US aims to protect rights of people & nature, end corporate rule

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Recovery Zone

Corporate abuses against workers and the environment are enshrined in "corporate rights," but these are being challenged by the rapidly growing Community Rights movement. Gaining traction across the country, the community rights movement aims not just for reforms against... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 14, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear the following segments. Musical selection: The George Fox Song, The Red Flag, and What's Going On? Bill Resnick and KBOO engineer and programmer, John Shuck, discuss progressive religion and its critique of traditional theism a... Read more

More Hate Rallies Planned in Aftermath of Charlottesville Tragedy

Airs at: Tue, 08/15/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

In the aftermath of last weekend’s tragedy in Charlottesville in which 3 people lost their lives and 19 more were injured, more far right rallies are scheduled for this weekend in 9 cities across the country. Prominently among these will take place in Boston where many ... Read more

Movie Moles: Detroit

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris and Jan Haaken review Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit", which dramatizes events surrounding the 1967 12th Street Rebellion in Detroit. The consider what the film has to say about black life, black political movements, and the origins of social unrest. They also ... Read more

Book Mole: The Iron Heel

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel reviews Jack London's 1908 novel, The Iron Heel (available online for download and through the Multnomah County Library). One of London's most socialist novels, it tells the story of how a failed revolution in the US leads to the centuries long reign of a fa... Read more

WHITE PRIVILEGE: Michael Eric Dyson

Airs at: Tue, 08/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

White privilege. What’s that? Some people have choices and advantages simply because of the color of their skin. Many whites are unaware of it or if they are are quick to say, Hey, I’m cool and beyond that. Yeah, right. Peggy McIntosh, a noted women’s studies scholar ... Read more