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Decriminalizing Addiction

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On tonight's edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay speaks with Rick Lines, executive director of Harm Reduction International, about the need to decriminalize drug use and addiction in order to better deal with problematic drug use, to prevent the transmission of dise... Read more

News In-Depth: Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A group of Portlanders is hoping to draw attention to racial injustice and police violence in the Portland area with a bold public project. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke last Friday with several members of Portland Equity in Action (PEA), joined by Alicia Johnson, the m... Read more

Onward and Upward

Airs at: Sun, 12/31/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk with comedian and journalist Ngaio Bealum about the past year, and we take a look ahead to 2018. Read more

Cannabis, Spirituality, and Racism (ENCORE)

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Stephen Gray is the author of Cannabis and Spirituality:  An Explorer’s Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally.  On October 1st, 2015, Oregon joined Washington and Colorado as the third state to legalize recreational use of cannabis.     Now that it is easy as going to on... Read more

Nina Lopez: the Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work

Airs at: Wed, 12/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our hour-long special with women's rights activist Nina Lopez. Lopez, London-based and Argentina-born, is with Legal Action for Women and the English Collective of Prostitutes. Mothers and grandmothers have spearheaded a movement that is successful at... Read more

Parenting From Prison

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inmates and families like FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program, encourage r... Read more

1985 MOVE Bombing: Ramona Africa

Airs at: Wed, 12/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we rebroadcast our historic one-hour special with Ramona Africa. She is the sole survivor of the catastrophic residential bombing of the MOVE house by Philadelphia police in May 1985. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 11 people, including five children. Ramona... Read more

Happy Holidays Incarcerated America!: Holidaze Special

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Adam Carpinelli wishes everyone "happy holidaze" to incarcerated America featuring some special shout outs to friends, family members and comrades.  Program will include special guests and Political Prisoner updates.    Read more

Decriminalizing Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, recently completed a visit to the United States. His report was a damning indictment of the growing class divide within the US.... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 5, Legal and Enforcement Issues

Airs at: Tue, 11/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is Episode 5 in KBOO's ten-part series on the business of sex in Portland, Oregon.  In this issue we discuss enforcement issues with local law and police:  Agent Denise Biehen of tghe FBI, Attorney Scott Kieren of the US Dept. of Justice and Undercover Agent "A" and Of... Read more