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Measure 112 offers Oregon voters a chance to eliminate constitutional exceptions for slavery

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregonians will have the opportunity to remove a "slavery loophole" from the Oregon State Constitution at the midterm election ballot this November.  Measure 112 would remove slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime. It's language that's echoed in th... Read more

The Gap: Mingus Mapps' Charter Alternative and things you didn't invent actually

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea cover some recent news, national and local. We discuss Biden's federal marijuana reform, dyeing a waterfall for a gender reveal, and we go deep on Portland midterm election news. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has revealed his... Read more

Kwame Ture: The Cry Of Black Power

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Sojourner Truth Radio
  Sojourner Truth presents a one-hour special broadcast on Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture. He is known by a generation that popularized the cry of "Black Power." We speak with Dr. Peniel Joseph about his book, "Stokely: A Life". And discuss several questions... Read more

Another Racial Reckoning in America - Stop AAPI Hate

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Let's Talk about Race
  Revolutionary Love and Radical Imagination is the way forward according to Mary Li from Portland, Oregon, as a guest on LTAR: Another Racial Reckoning in America. And Ed Bird Song, Community College professor and counseling chair from Long Beach, CA said the tragedy of ... Read more

How Stereotypes can Affect Black Children / How Civic Cipher Came to Be

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  In the first half of today's episode, we discuss the profound implications that stereotypes can have on BIPOC children and how it can shape their view of the world growing up. We use personal stories to explain how we often learn our place in the world based on prejudice... Read more

The Gap: Portland Charter Change Measure 26-228 and Getting Curious

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Damon Motz-Storey, the Communications Manager for Portland United for Change, which is advocating for the passage of the Portland Charter Change measure, Measure 26-228.  We discuss the process that led to the ballot... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 3, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Rural Organizing Project: To commemorate ROP’s 30 years of outstanding political work in rural Oregon, Norm Diamond talks with Sidra Pierson of the ROP staff. They discuss ROP’s hist... Read more

Rural Organizing Project

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
To commemorate ROP’s 30 years of outstanding political work in rural Oregon, Norm Diamond talks with Sidra Pierson of the ROP staff. They discuss ROP’s history and underlying vision, the range of issues it takes up, and the impact it has. They talk, too, about an exhibit fo... Read more

Florida's DeSantis Sends Migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts / Bill Maher's View of Slavery

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  In the first half of today's episode, we discuss the political stunt performed by Ron DeSantis where he deceived a group of migrants into relocating to Martha's Vineyard by promising jobs and support that didn't exist. In the second half of the show, we discuss Bill Mah... Read more

The Gap

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  Tammy Habteyes and Althea Billings, live in-station.     Read more