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Bystander Intervention Training

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the aftermath of the 2016 general election debacle, peace activists in the Washington, DC area grew concerned over an increase in hate crimes and public incidents of racially and religiously motivated violence. In response, activists developed a training to help bystande... Read more

2 Killed in Hate Attack on MAX Train

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Our complete coverage from Monday, May 29, of the attack which occured at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday. There were five victims of the attack, which began when a man got on the train and almost immediately began verbally assaulting two teenage girls, one of whom i... Read more

Vox Pop: Hollywood Transit Center

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Three days after a vicious hate crime on a MAX train--in which two girls were targeted for the color of their skin and perceived religion, and three men who intervened were stabbed, killing two--Portlanders continue to stop by the Hollywood Transit Center to process what ha... Read more

Virginia Garcia Opens Hillsboro Clinic

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the face of deep cuts to health care programs, the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has expanded to open a new clinic in Hillsboro, Oregon, with community driven, integrated services focusing on OB care, family planning and general women’s wellness. Since it’s foun... Read more

Changes Afoot for Mental Health Treatment at OSP

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Karen James has this in-depth report on potential changes to the way prisoners with behavior health issues are treated at the Oregon State Penitentiary. She spoke with Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon. He wrote the report "Behind the Elev... Read more

Unbroken Brain

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning author and journalist who covers addiction and neuroscience. Her latest book, the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addictio... Read more

Lighthouse Lessons

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 10:00pm - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Lighthouse Sessions
  Lighthouse Lessons is the media-production arm of Lighthouse Art Collective, a community which exists to empower artists and neighbors to to engage with each other and the greater civic arena to facilitate growth, equality, abundance, and fortitude through access to the ... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carol Imani is a community college writing instructor who has also taught writing to adolescents in juvenile detention and incarcerated adults. In 2015 she led a series of writing workshops for family members of people in prison which was called With You on the Journey. The... Read more

The Spirituality of Pilgrimage

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Dr. Brett Webb-Mitchell is a pilgrim, speaker, writer, teacher, ordained Presbyterian pastor, parent, partner, and pet lover. In 1999 he came out as a gay man and it was a pilgrimage that enabled him to be honest with himself. Currently, Brett is a pastor serving St. Andre... Read more

Sin Bravely

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
This is the funniest book about the fear of hell you will ever read.  Actress and comedian, Maggie Rowe, producer and performer of Comedy Central's stage show sitnspin writes about her three month experience in an evangelical psychiatric institution.    Diagnosed with a for... Read more