Civil Liberties

Howard Zinn – Second Thoughts on the First Amendment

Airs at: Tue, 06/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Howard Zinn was perhaps this country's premier radical historian. He was an active figure in the civil rights movement and a principled opponent of imperialism and militarism. He was an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience. He spoke and marched against the U.S. ... Read more

Guantanamo Prisoner, Teachers Strike in Chiapas and the Election Fraud Bulletin with Greg Palast

Airs at: Thu, 06/16/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Today on Flashpoints: After nine years, a little known Guantanamo prisoner is finally given a limited chance to plead his case. Teachers on strike in Chiapas! We'll feature a live report from the ground. And we feature our weekly Election Fraud Bulletin with Greg Pala... Read more

Angelica Pray~A Song for My Brother

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Mindi Griffiths interviews Angelica Pray, a singer/songwriter from Portland, Oregon, whose unique style is described as “musique for self-governed gelfling-gangster hybrids”. She is also a non-violent communications teacher with Oregon Prison Project at Coffee Creek Corr... 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

White Man Said Walk

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2016 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm

Democracy Here presents: White Man Said Walk: The disorderly conduct trial of Teressa Raiford Portland Police arrested Ms Raiford on August 9, 2015 at an event marking one-year since the Ferguson Police death of Michael Brown. Her trial ran four days, ending Apr... Read more

Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Row DNA Exoneree

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Row DNA Exoneree In 1985, Kirk Noble Bloodsworth was sentenced to die in a Maryland penitentiary for the brutal rape and murder of 9 year old Dawn Hamilton. A crime he did not commit. He had witnesses who could place him at home at the time of th... Read more

A DIFFERENT NATURE salutes ORNETTE COLEMAN tonight at 8pm

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

Join the A DIFFERENT NATURE Collective tonight for a kind of radio primer on Ornette Coleman, as some of us share what recordings we still have of his most pivotal and radical music from our collections and reflect on the life and turbulent times of one of modern music's... Read more

Curtis, Kraft, and Shaw Speak with KBOO's Joe Meyer on the Raiford Trial

On April 21, 2016 Teressa Raiford was found not guilty of disorderly condunct in the second degree. Why such a hubbub over standing in the street for a few mintes? Daily audience members of the trial, Tiffany Kraft, Kyle Curtis and Pete Shaw, share their impressions with... Read more

Teressa Raiford's Attorney Matt McHenry Speaks with KBOO's Joe Meyer

Teressa Raiford's Attorney Matt McHenry Speaks with KBOO's Joe Meyer. On April 21st, Ms Raiford was found non-guilty of disorderly conduct. Today, McHenry and Meyer review the trial including: the several motions to dismiss; inconsistency of police testimony; selective p... Read more

KBOO and the Center for Intercultural Organizing Criminalization Podcast

The Center for Intercultural Organizing and KBOO Community Radio, with support from Oregon Humanities, has created a podcast that focuses on addressing the questions of how our communities define “crime” and “criminals”, the effects of labeling communities as “criminal”,... Read more