Housing/Homelessness

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shelters for cold weather opened in portland

Airs at: Tue, 01/22/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
           When the temperatures drop to their lowest and the nights howl with the sounds of wind whipping through the trees, no one in Portland feels it more than the homeless and low income families.             Kboo’s Crystal Leighty spoke with Lisa Harwynne from the ... Read more

filmaker daniel wolff speaks on situation in new orleans

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Over the holiday weekend, a group of Portlanders gathered to commemorate Martin Luther King Day by screening a film on the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.  Homeowners in the lower ninth ward have faced forced demolition of their homes, closure of public housing projects... Read more

La Revolucion Adentro - Los Misiones (Espanol)

Airs at: Sun, 08/26/2007 at 5:00pm
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La Revolucion Adentro - Tierra (Espanol)

Airs at: Sat, 08/26/2006 at 5:00pm
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Senatorial Candidate John Frohnmayer

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Independent Party Senatorial Candidate John Frohnmayer. Frohnmayer is a lawyer, author and ethicist. He served as Chairman of the National Endowment For The Arts during the first Bush administration. Read more

Racial Disparity in the Oregon Prison System

Airs at: Wed, 01/09/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Xicanismo
Host Carlos Chavez explores the topics of racial justice and racial disparity in the Oregon Prison System with Caylor Rolin of the Portland-based Partnership for Safety and Justice, a group seeking to unite people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of ... Read more

Direct report from Washington county residents: experimenting with homelessness yourself

Airs at: Thu, 01/10/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 Nine Washington County residents spent a night in their cars and on the street last week to experience what it was like to be homeless. K-BOO's David Rosenfeld reports.  Read more

Will any history or homes be saved in New Orleans?

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 An update now on the homeless in New Orleans.  Last month, the New Orleans City Council Voted to demolish hundreds of units of public housing. Now residents are forced to live on the street and are unable to return to their homes. Yesterday a march was staged to bring a... Read more

Lakota Freedom Movement

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  People Rise Up
A conversation with Canupa Gluha Mani (aka Duane Martin Sr.) from the Strongheart Civil Rights Movement about the declaration (pdf) earlier this month by the Lakota Indian Nation of independence and secession from the United States.  He was a member of the delegation which ... Read more

New Study on Effects of Prison Policies

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
AND NOW, THIS WEEK’S STREET ROOTS REPORT, BROUGHT TO US BY JOANNE ZUHL Read more