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Does reorganizing Portland's high schools make sense?

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Portland's high school dropout rate is the highest in the metropolitan area. While the statewide rate declined last year, Portland high school students are dropping out at twice the rate - 8.2 percent - of students in other Oregon communities. The city's high schools are al... Read more

How We Interact Online

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Digital Divide

Today we’ll be examining how the internet has changed the way people interact with one another. Our first story comes to us from The Old Mole Varity Hour where Women's Studies Professor Brooke Campbell spoke with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about recent controversies over er... Read more

Gender and Revolution: Sexual Politics in Iran and the US

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

How have women fared in revolutionary Iran, and what is their role in the current upheavals there? Is the movement for gay marriage going to make gays and lesbians conform to traditional family values? What will it take to make our health care system, corrupted by profit... Read more

Revolutionary Iranian Women

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Catherine Sameh is studying women in Iran, resistance movements and feminism, and she has an eye-opening account of the condition and role of women in Iran before and after the Revolution of 1979 and what it means for Iranian women today. She is interviewed here by the O... Read more

Closing Portland's Affordable Housing Gap

Airs at: Wed, 06/24/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

The real estate bubble may have burst but many Portlanders still find homeownership beyond their reach. Even with today's lower housing costs, affordable housing for a family earning the median family income ($66,900) would be priced at $200,000 - a price limited to very fe... Read more

Family Business: Parenting without Punishments

Airs at: Thu, 06/25/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Anna Soderberg hosts call-in talk radio this morning. The topic is "Parenting without Punishments". Guests are connected parenting educators Emily Troper and Lyla Wolfenstein. Emily is also a Certified Post-Partum Doula and Lyla is also a Board Certified Lactation Consulta... Read more

Michelle Goldberg, author of "The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World"

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Kathleen Stephenson speaks with veteran journalist Michelle Goldberg about her recent book, "The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World". Goldberg exposes the unjust treatment of women due to reproduction around the world. Read more

What Is Feminism Anyway?

Airs at: Fri, 06/19/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bridget B. here and I'm your host for this edition of Bread and Roses on KBOO 90.7FM. Listen in as I talk about Feminism with references from key voices from the feminist movement, including Gloria from All In The Family, Gloria Steinem and Rebecca Walker. Yes, this will b... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06/17/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

June 19th marks the 144th anniversary of the landing of federal troops in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and finally bring slavery to an end throughout the United States. "Juneteenth" has not only become a day to commemorate the end of slavery but... Read more

Is there a T in Gay Pride?

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Gender Blender

Portland’s Gay Pride wrapped this last weekend. Despite the “unity” theme, at least one group chose this year to go their separate way. Why did trans march organizers decide to postpone their event—renamed Gender (Free) For All—until August 1st? Do trans people really bel... Read more