Activism

Death Penalty in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Aliza Kaplan, Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic, shares her expertise about the history of the death penalty in Oregon, recent changes, and the current status of the law. This was one in a series of programs in 2021by the Beaverton City Library’s One Book, O... Read more

Finding the Mother Tree

Airs at: Mon, 06/28/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program was originall broadcast on May 3, 2021 Is it possible that trees are sentient beings, rather than simply the source of timber and pulp? For decades forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has been exploring the complicated, interdependent communities that are fore... Read more

Celebrating the Thin Green Line

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program first aired on April 19, 2021 For nearly two decades communities across the Pacific Northwest have been fighting off multiple efforts to turn the region into a fossil fuel export hub. Today we’ll look back at the successes of what Eric de Place with Sigh... Read more

Portland's Industrial Sacrifice Zone

Airs at: Mon, 06/14/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on March 29, 2021 Before European settlers transformed the north reach of the Willamette River, near its confluence with the Columbia, it was a braided river of shallow channels and islands rich in biodiversity. Today the area is design... Read more

Beaver Taught Salmon To Jump

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on March 15, 2021 Beavers have been called “Nature’s Engineers.” In fact, the Army of Corps of Engineers could learn a lot from beavers. Instead of re-engineering nature to serve narrow human interests, beavers engineer the natural envir... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 31st 2021

Airs at: Mon, 05/31/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Densie Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Biden American Jobs Plan. Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, director of the large and influential Institute for Policy Studies for 20 years. A Washington insider, Cavanagh wrote 12 important books a... Read more

George Floyd: A Year Later

Airs at: Thu, 05/27/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Special Programming: Public Affairs

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd took his last labored breaths, while Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck. What happened that night reverberated around the world. One year later, we reflect on how George Floyd’s death galvanized a racial justice mo... Read more

Abolition and Political Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 05/31/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Saudia Durrant with the Abolitionist Law Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Saudia Durrant is a racial justice organizer with the Abolitionist Law Center. For more information: https://abolitionistlawcenter.org Read more

Youth climate activism: from the courts to direct action

Airs at: Wed, 05/26/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

(No call-ins today, sorry! All the studio lines will be occupied by the host and guests. For questions and comments to the host, go to KBOO Wednesday Talk Radio on Facebook) Before Covid hit us, youths like Greta Thunberg, plaintiffs in a number of landbark youth cli... Read more

Thousands march in downtown Portland in support of Palestinians

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

On Saturday, Portland joined with cities all over the world to rally in support of Palestinians. Last week Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, halting the eleven days of attacks that have killed at least 248 people in Gaza, including 66 children. Twelve people in ... Read more