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ACLU wins a fight for transgender care in prison; and talking LGBTQ History Month with GLAPN

Airs at: Tue, 10/31/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We welcome Kelly Simon of ACLU-Oregon to discuss the case of Michalle Wright. As the Associated Press reported last week, "The state prison system in Oregon will provide a transgender inmate with hormone therapy, bras and women's underwear and will consider transferring her... Read more

Transitioning from the Prison Industrial Complex

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Harry Olsen with Phoenix Rising Transition Services.  This non-profit is based in the Portland area and is comprised of former prisoners, prisoners and community members working toward the transformation and success of people as they rejoin the co... Read more

The Iran Deal: Trita Parsi

Airs at: Tue, 10/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The self-styled deal maker is a deal breaker when it comes to the historic agreement limiting Iranian uranium enrichment in return for the lifting of sanctions. Trump refused to certify Iranian compliance and passed the ball to Congress which now must decide. But the UN ... Read more

#Reform17 Part Three

Airs at: Sun, 10/29/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
Part three of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's #Reform17 International Reform Conference, with GA state senate candidate Tamara Johnson-Shealey, Dan Bigg from the Chicago Recovery Alliance, and Cyndee Clay from HIPS DC. Chicago Recovery Alliance HIPS DC Tamara ... Read more

Mass Incarceration and The War on Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  A conversation wih Nicole Lindahl about Mass Incarceration, "the racial justice issue of our time." This November at the Portland Underground Graduate School Dr. Lindahl will teach a course entitled, "Mass Incarceration & The War on Drugs: Understanding & Moving Beyond ... Read more

Palestine's Youngest Journalist, plus Interview with Khalil Bendib

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
Today on One Land Many Voices, we have a two-part show for you: in the first half, we'll speak with the creator of the new film “Radiance of Resistance”. The film is told through the eyes of two young journalists. Janna Ayyad (11) and Ahed Tamimi (15). This film just won Be... Read more

The Guantanamo Files: Andy Worthington

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  Linda Olson-Osterlund speaks to Andy Worthington...a British historian, investigative journalist, and film director. He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications. In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantánamo ... Read more

Decriminalization of Sex Work

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Drug Policy Alliance held its 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference recently in Atlanta, Georgia. This year’s policy conference was not dominated by white middle class male Libertarians -- thankfully -- and instead emphasized harm reduction, identity politics... Read more

Dorothy Height

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we revisit a rare, in-studio interview with Dorothy Height, recorded before her death. Ms. Height died April 20, 2010 at the age of 98 after a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice and human rights. She was at the forefront of the civil rights battle for six ... Read more

#MeToo

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Celeste and Cecil discuss the #metoo campaign. From the NYT: In 1997, Tarana Burke sat across from a 13-year-old girl who had been sexually abused. The young girl was explaining her experience, and it left Ms. Burke speechless. That moment is where the Me Too campaign ... Read more