Legislation

Yasmin Nair on the Trouble with Hate Crimes Law

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair of Against Equality about the ten years since the murder of Brandon Teena, and about how hate crimes legislation can result in increased surveillance and punishment of the very marginlized communities it is ostensibly meant to protec... Read more

Zapatista Resistance to neoliberalism

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-Read Red Frann Michel considers the twenty years of NAFTA and of Zapatista resistance to NAFTA and neoliberalism. You can read a longer version of this piece, with links to sources, here on her blog. Read more

Water District Proposal

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Genevieve McDaniel speaks with Kent Craford, a water ratepayer advocate and one of the chief petitioners working towards establishing a Portland Water District separate from City Council control. Read more

Kitzhaber's Federal Forest Plan

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday evening, the Oregon Board of Forestry unanimously approved a federal forest plan personally presented by Governor John Kitzhaber. The plan aims to direct the Board's actions in order to create a more favorable context for both commercial and stewardship activit... Read more

Drone Testing at Three Sites in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Federal Aviation Authority has named three sites in Oregon among the list of places to be used for testing drones. Robin Ryan speaks to Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink and author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, and Becky Strauss of the ACLU of Ore... Read more

Oregon Heritage Plan

Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
More than one thousand mostly small nonprofit groups work in local communities across Oregon to preserve their area's history. A new Oregon Heritage Plan, now up for public comment, is a way to prioritize and coordinate those effots statewide.  KBOO reporter Barbara Nels... Read more

Interview with IPR Director Constantin Severe

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Sam Bouman interviews Constantin Severe, Director of the Independent Police Review Division of the City Auditor's Office about the role of the IPR in police disciplinary procedures and the reforms to the IPR. The City Council was set to vote on the reforms yesterd... Read more

APA Compass: Simon Tam on The Slants' trademark case

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Musician Simon Tam describes his ongoing legal action to trademark his band's name, "The Slants."  The US Patent and Trademark Office denied his applications on the grounds that the word is offensive, though approved hundred of other trademarks containing the same word. ... Read more

Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Decrease Middle-Class Wages, Report Says

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Center for Economic and Policy Research released a report saying that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal between 18 Pacific Rim countries will likely lead to decreases in middle-class wages in the US. Genevieve McDaniel spoke to Mark Weisbrot of the Center today. Read more

Oregon Community Media

  Sporadically occurring collaborative effort of over 20 community radio stations in Oregon   Oregon Community Media: Independent community radio and media working in collaboration to better serve Oregon. OCM is composed of over 20 local and independent community br... Read more