Government/Politics

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2019 Resolution: Free Leonard Peltier!

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews civil rights attorney Larry Hildes about Indigenous Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier.  Discussion will focus on supporting Leonard's legal defense as well as the event that occurred on Jan 20th in Portland, OR.    Jan 20th event to help wit... Read more

What if Trump declares a state of emergency? Elizabeth Goitein organizes D.C. symposium and talks with KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 01/16/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
    Elizabeth Goitein, Co-Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice (NYU School of Law), recently wrote an article for The Atlantic, "What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency." It lays out in grim det... Read more

The Dream of Revolution: Robin Kelley

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  In some ways Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered twice. First by an assassin’s bullet in Memphis and then by killing his revolutionary message. Today, King is largely remembered with special holiday sales. His vision of radical revolution muted. He posed a specia... Read more

Evening News on 01/14/19

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
US Government Shutdown Continues The longest government shutdown in history dragged on through the weekend, as Washington D-C experienced six inches of snow and federal workers went without paychecks. Donald Trump could end the shutdown with a stroke of his pen, but has ... Read more

Two Parties – One Great Big Mess: How the Two Party Political System Thrives, While Freedom of Choice Dies (Part 3)

Airs at: Fri, 01/18/2019 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for Valley Views
Join me for the final part of this 3-part conversation with my husband, Max Mania.  Max recently ran as a candidate for Benton County Commissioner – unaffiliated with any party, and I operated as his Campaign Manager.  Unfortunately, he lost his bid.  I operated as his C... Read more

A critical look at Elizabeth Warren, with Jacqueline Keeler and Jenni Monet (Laguna Pueblo)

Airs at: Wed, 01/09/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
As Elizabeth Warren steps up her run for the presidency in 2020, questions continue over her claims to Native ancestry and how she has handled the controversy. But as undisputed Native journalists, leaders and spokespeople continue to be called upon to weigh in on the qu... Read more

Tune in and get active!

Airs at: Wed, 01/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for The RadioActivist
At 9am hosts Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande have an update with the Portland Parents Union. The PPU has been organizing their base over the past few months with activism trainings and workshops in support of school kids facing racial profiling and push out in the class... Read more

Community Celebrates Swearing-in of JoAnn Hardesty

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Field mole Desiree Hellegers talks with activists and brings audio excerpts from Wednesday night's celebration of JoAnn Hardesty's swearing in to the Portland City Council. Photo by Kendall Kendall Read more

Preventing Nuclear Apocalypse

Airs at: Tue, 01/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  You may know Apocalypse as a Marvel Comics supervillain. It is a word of Greek origin, meaning the catastrophic final destruction of the world. The use of nuclear weapons would be apocalyptic. It is difficult to imagine extinction. Understandably, most people would ra... Read more

Jason Lutes - Berlin

Airs at: Thu, 01/10/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Jason Lutes is a dogged comics storyteller.  His previous graphic novel Jar of Fools was serialized for years in Seattle's Stranger newspaper before being collected in book form.  Now comes the 600-page magnum opus Berlin, a sprawling tale of urban struggle in Germany... Read more