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Oregon Amazon workers eye unionization effort as allegations of labor law violations mount

Airs at: Fri, 02/26/2021 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Oregon's Amazon warehouse workers are following the example of unionizing employees in Bessemer, Alabama. At a rally last Saturday in front of the Troutdale Amazon distribution center, protestors demanded the rehiring of Brian Denning, who was fired in December when he ... Read more

The Underground: TIME

Airs at: Wed, 03/24/2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
Time is a construct, as we all know. The KBOO Youth Collective will talk about the variability of time as we  "celebrate"  the one year anniversary of our covid lockdowns. Chance also presents us with an in-depth piece covering the history of various intersectional social ... Read more

Totality of Circumstances | February 23, 2021

Airs at: Tue, 02/23/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  On this month's show: The Citizen Review Committee disputes the findings of a police misconduct investigation stemming from the alleged mishandling of a car theft report, and a nightmarish confusion of paperwork. Their decision forces a conference hearing with the Chi... Read more

Hospital Workers Struggle for Racial Justice

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sunita Patel, housekeeper at Legacy Emanuel hospital, and Lorna Wood, Certified Nursing Assistant at Legacy Emanuel, speak out about their battles for covid safety, adequate leave, hazard pay, living wages, fair hours, and health care.  In the midst of a union contract camp... Read more

Motherhood, Work and the Pandemic

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Ursula McTaggart, teacher of English at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Ursula McTaggart’s newest book is Guerrillas in the Industrial Jungle: Radicalism’s Primitive and Industrial Rhetoric. She has written many articles, including “Motherhoo... Read more

Interview with Juan Chavez of the OJRC -One Year into Covid 19 in Oregon's Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us as we talk with Juan Chavez of the OJRC on the topic of Covid 19 in Oregon state prisons one year into the pandemic.  With more than 3000 incarcerated persons infected with the Coronavirus and 42 dead, Covid 19 has been a deadly and terrifying pandemic that h... Read more

The Gap: Spreading the Black Joy Virus and Community Resiliency in the Ice Storm

Airs at: Fri, 02/19/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by interviewing S. Renee Mitchell, the founder of I Am M.O.R.E. a nationally award-winning, youth-leadership program. Mitchell has developed a creative-and arts-based, intergenerational endeavor that is intended to incre... Read more

Covid, Climate and Children

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
After a week of snow and ice, massive power outages and Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, how do we move ahead to implement the progressive agenda so many of us are craving? While we wait to see—and how to influence—what comes from Washington, DC, there is a lot to a... Read more

Vacunación rezagada en países pobres, Tormenta invernal interrumpió programas de vacunación en EU, Se salvan 2,000 vidas en Oregón con el cumplimiento de las pautas de salud 02/17/2021

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 12:00pm - 12:15pm
Produced for:  Noticias en español
Breve Informativo sobre el COVID-19 de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. Hoy miércoles 17 de febrero del 2021.  Se han recuperado y sobrevivido al COVID-19, más de ochenta y cinco mi... Read more

Evening News on 02/17/21

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Portland General Electric is still struggling to restore power to hundreds of thousands of Oregonians; Portland police came to the aid of a dumpster yesterday, amidst claims they are understaffed; And, misogynist and racist rad... Read more