Law/Court/Crime

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Organizing to End Mass Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Public awareness and concern about over-criminalization and over-incarceration has grown significantly in recent years but much of that attention is focused in the wrong places. What happens at the national level tends to be in the spotlight much of the time, despite the fa... Read more

Cornel West: The Radical Democratic Tradition

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Recorded in Portland, OR on October 27, 1995. Throughout history there have been individuals who have challenged conventional wisdom and have stretched societal limits. Collectively they constitute the radical democratic tradition. A sterling example of this lineage is ... Read more

Think Globally, Act Locally

Airs at: Sun, 07/09/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: the Oregon Legislature has passed a bill to force law enforcement to begin addressing racial profiling, and which also reduces simple possession of some drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor; plus the Oregon Justice Resource Center has released a guide on organizi... Read more

Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The good citizen defends his castle.   Punks, thieves, thugs, and rapists don’t stand a chance against a 44 Magnum in the hands of the good guy who stands his ground.   That is the myth.  The reality is that America’s love affair with guns and lethal self-defense has not ma... Read more

Left & Law: Immigration Bans & Plans

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about border politics throuth the lens of the June 26th Supreme Court decision that partially upheld Trump's travel ban--and they discuss the psychological dynamics of various forms of anti-immigrant propoganda.    Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 3, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this week’s Old Mole Variety Hour, where Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss Trump's travel ban and the Supreme Court decision last week, federal proposed anti-immigration bills, and politics around barring refugees and asylum seekers; Bill Resnick... Read more

On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This packed show is all about resisting the normalization of war abroad and at home, resisting the idea that militarism, police terror and hate crimes will accepted as part of a new hyper reality. We hear voices from among the hundreds that gathered in DC for a vigil for... Read more

Pattern and Practice of Excessive Force in Portland Police

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
After an agreement with the city of Portland and the US Department of Justice following an COCL outcomes report, following the finding of pattern and practice of excessive force in Portland Police, Joanne Hardesty, a member of the AMA Steering Comittee and host of KBOO's "V... Read more

CRCI Reading Group Interviews Ibram X. Kendi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On June 21st, the Liberation Literacy reading group at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) interviewed National Book Award winner and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Liber... Read more

Pro-Immigrant responses to Trump's Homeland Crackdown

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Larry Kleinman, a co-founder of the farmworker union PCUN, and currently an advisor to immigrant rights organizations around the country. They discuss some of the history and recent developments in immigration law; some changes in the experience o... Read more