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#Reform17 Part Four

Airs at: Sun, 11/05/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
Our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's International Reform Conference #Reform17 continues, with guests Lynn Paltrow from National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and Alix Lutnick, PhD, an author and a senior research scientist at RTI International. Read more

Mass Incarceration 101

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Prison Breakdown
What does the term "mass incarceration" actually refer to?  Are private prisons the driving force behind rising prison populations, or is there more at work?  And what is the difference between prison and jail, anyway?  In this pilot episode, Nicole introduces herself and a... Read more

November 3 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 11/10/2017 at 5:00pm
Updated Thursday November 9. Want more info? Click on the links for the details. Want to print out the list? There's a printable PDF linked just below the audio. Thanks so very much for listening and reading, and thank you, KBOO members & contributors, for your support... Read more

Love and Memory

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
My two guests on this episode will help us love more and remember more. Love and memory.  Scott Stabile is the author of Big Love: The Power of Living with A Wide Open Heart." His inspirational posts and videos have attracted a huge and devoted social media following, incl... Read more

Droppin' Old School Beats

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  "November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet." ~Afrika Bambaataa     "November is Hip Ho... Read more

What Trump/Pence Regime Has Already Done…

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  What they have done to Women & LGBTQ: Promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion; appointed Neil Gorsuch. Signed a law giving states the option to deny funding for Planned Parenthood and other organizatio... Read more

JUNK RAFT

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
News media brought the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”—the famous swirling gyre of plastic pollution in the ocean—into the public consciousness. But when Marcus Eriksen cofounded the 5 Gyres Institute with his wife, Anna Cummins, and set out to study the world’s oceans with ... Read more

Coos River Estuary Intervenes in Jordan Cove FERC Proceedings

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Wednesday, the Coos River Estuary filed a motion to intervene in the permitting process for the Jordan Cove Energy Project. The motion was filed as part of proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Jordan Cove is a proposed terminal for lique... Read more

Prison Breakdown

Prison Breakdown explores the past, present, and potential futures of mass incarceration, blending cutting edge academic research with the perspectives of people with direct experience with the criminal justice system.  Host Nicole Solomon Lindahl coordinated a college prog... Read more

November Social Justice Events

Updated Sunday, November 26. Portland Resistance Calendar is a collection of social justice events in the Portland area, and sometimes, within driving distance. This post is specifically for events that are in the month of November 2017 (and perhaps even later).   Links h... Read more