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Presswatch on 08/02/18

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

Armed Alt-Reich Nazi sympathizers are coming to town, and the Portland Police are ready to let them do as they will. Transgender people are being harrassed by the US government. California is burning. Aside from that, things are good--how are you? Read more

Foreclosures for Sale: Revisiting Stories of Worcester’s Mortgage Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This week on Locus Focus we feature a new radio documentary produced by our friends at WCUW in Worcester, Massachusetts. Foreclosures for Sale: Revisiting Stories of Worcester’s Mortgage Crisis is produced by Hallie Blashfield and Beatrice Misher. It tells the stories of M... Read more

Jeannie Alexander: No Exceptions Prison Abolition Collective

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Jeannie Alexander is a former prison chaplain turned prison abolition activist and organizer with No Exceptions Prison Abolition Collective and Harriet Tubman House, a collective living community for prison abolition activists and people transitioning out of the mass incarc... Read more

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

In 2008 the United States elected its first black president, and recent polls show that only twenty-two percent of white people in the United States believe that racism is a major societal problem. On the surface, it may seem to be in decline. However, the evidence of di... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 18

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: The Politics of Living

August 1, 2018 The Politics of Living – August 1, 2018 - 30 minute show Content Contributors: Rachelle Schmid (Conversations With Elders) Dennise Kowalcyzk (Portland 2003 protests audio) Kristin Thiel (The She Ra Solution) M L lauri (Let's Stop For A Minute) Vicky... Read more

From Shrinking Bears Ears, Approving Pipelines and Pocahontas: What Trump Means to Indian Country

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

What is the scope of the threat Trump poses to Indian Country and what do Native Americans have at stake in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections? Native American Portland-based journalist Jacqueline Keeler leads a discussion with Native American leaders from across th... Read more

Clinging to Collusion: Joe Lauria

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Per welcomes journalist Joe Lauria from ConsortiumNews.com where he wrote: "Charges against 12 Russian intelligence agents for allegedly hacking emails from the Democratic Party during the 2016 presidential election were announced by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday... Read more

Buscando America on 07/31/18

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

POP MOB, Popular Mobilization, es un grupo de habitantes de Portland preocupados por un objetivo común, inspirar a las personas a participar y resistir el Alt-Right que se está viviendo en Portland. Además escuchamos un trabajo de Griselda Sánchez, Radioasta Mixteca que en... Read more

Martin Duberman: Has the Gay Movement Failed?

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier interviews Martin Duberman, award-winning historian, playwright, and long-time activist about his new book, “Has the Gay Movement Failed?” Read more