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Only in America: Violence from Stanford to Orlando

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel comments on America's culture of violence, and in particular how it led to the Stanford Rape case of Brock Turner and the recent mass shooting in an Orlando Florida gay nightclub:   I had been planning to talk about the Stanford rape case—you know, the one i... Read more

Cornel West – On the Road to Freedom

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Cornel West has taught at Princeton, Harvard, Yale and the University of Paris. He is now teaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has been called "the preeminent African American intellectual of his generation." With his preacher-like cadences and passiona... Read more

The State of Policing in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Jo Ann Hardesty hosts a discussion about the state of policing in Portland. Call in with your questions or comments at 503 231-8187. Read more

Black Lives Matter to Jobs with Justice

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Dr. Melina Abdullah, Los Angeles based activist and academic, founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, addresses the Portland Jobs with Justice 25 year celebration, June 3, 2016 Read more

Prince Vs. Bowie Memorial Bike Ride

KBOO Community Radio is a proud Co-Sponsor of the Prince & David Bowie Memorial Bike Ride on Sat. June 11th @ 7pm   Come celebrate the lives & music of these INCREDIBLE icons as we pedal and dance the night away! "We don't cry because we knew them, we cry because they hel... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 5 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/05/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we speak with Shaleen Title, a business owner and activist who's on the board of directors of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, and with Ngaio Bealum, who's a journalist, comedian, activist, and also a member of the board of directors for the Minority Ca... Read more

Domestic Workers Protest, Activists Protest a Racist Textbook, and Cartoonist Lalo Alcala on his Work

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Domestic workers arrested in Sacramento, protesting for safer working conditions, Latino and Chicano activists speak out against a new racist textbook in Texas. And we'll feature an extended interview with celebrated Latino cartoonist and satirist, ... Read more

Water World

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
The EPA is supposed to release the proposed plan for the Superfund site at Porland Harbor on June 8th. Join me, Kristin Yount, at this time to review the long awaited proposed plan.  Guest TBA For now this is an Interview from Feburary 17, 2016 with  Rose Longoria from th... Read more

Margaret Ellen Tolbert: Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Before Margaret Ellen Tolbert, Ph.D., broke multiple racial barriers in the field of science, she first had to pull herself out of poverty. In her new book, “Resilience in the Face of Adversity,” she discusses her journey as an orphan in segregated Virginia to becoming the ... Read more

Jim Hill, author of The New N Word: The White Middle Class

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty interviews Jim Hill, former Oregon State Treasurer and author of the The New N Word: The White Middle Class. Read more