Government/Politics

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KairosPDX on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 08/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  KairosPDX is the only school in Oregon that has shown success in educating African American kids -- now Portland Public Schools is pushing the charter school out of their building even though the district admits it has no immediate plans to use it. Join Lisa Loving and o... Read more

America: The Farewell Tour -- A Conversation with Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/28/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  In his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America's decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America sinks further into poverty and despotism, and as corporations and the military-industrial-media complex pirate the remainin... Read more

Stopping Fascism: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
​ One dictionary defines fascism as, “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism.” The first fascist party was founded by Mussolini in Ital... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 27th 2018

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of The Old Mole, which includes these segments:   Bill Resnick talks with Hannah Holleman about capitalist agriculture and the destruction of land with chemical treatments to boost production. They also discuss mainstream alternatives... Read more

Peace, Sovereignty, Reconciliation and Reunification of Korea: Christine Hong

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Professor Christine Hong joins Linda Olson-Osterlund on More Talk Radio to discuss the latest events around the peace movement on the Korean Peninsula.  Call (503)231-8187 to join the conversation. from peoplesworld.org Family separation was one theme for Christine Hong... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Thu, 08/23/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss new developments in the court battle surrounding the Keystone XL Pipeline, the election of Mia Mottley in Barbados and the tragic killing of Frederick Taft, a Black man who was murdered in a Long Beach public park by a white man. On ... Read more

Mercy Corps' Deputy Country Director for the DRC Discusses Ebola Outbreak

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A recent outbreak of the ebola virus in North Kivu, a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has claimed fifty lives as of August 20, and may have affected nearly two thousand people in a region that is home to around 400,000 people. Part of the international... Read more

Tech Giants Censoring Speech

Airs at: Wed, 08/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Mickey, Chase and their guests discuss how internet titans like Facebook and Youtube are censoring what users can post, and what the response to such censorship might be. David Pakman is the host of the David Pakman Show, available on radio, TV and Youtube. Andrew Austin... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 20, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear the following: 1. Bill Resnick and Portland educator Maika Yeigh discuss the importance of literacy and some obstacles to teaching it well in public schools today. 2. Desiree Hellegers interviews fossil fuel activi... Read more

Report from Colombia

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Long time Old Mole contributor Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond. Alex has been teaching in Colombia for the past several years. Until recently, he was living in a remote community, long an area of struggle between guerrillas, paramilitaries, and the government. Alex has... Read more