Disability

Seeing Red by Lina Meruane

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

In Lina Meruane's Seeing Red, fiction and autobiography intertwine. An intense, visceral novel about the relation between the body, illness, and human relationship by one of Chile’s brightest young authors. “Lina Meruane’s prose has great literary force: it emerges fro... Read more

Let's Do Something Different!

Airs at: Fri, 05/06/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses collective members Cheryl, Julie and Delphine engage in a conversation about collaborations, collectives and cooperatives as we explore ways that we can do something different to reach our goal of a fair, and equitable world for all beings! They will share p... Read more

Book Mole: Lies and Other Acts of Love

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Is the complete, unvarnished truth always essential to happy/successful partnerships and families, or do small omissions and/or white lies sometimes play an essential role in even the best of families? This and other questions are taken up in Kristy Woodson Harvey’s lig... Read more

Community Coalition Demands Minority Input on Superfund Cleanup

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

The Portland Harbor community coalition led by Groudworks, a local agency working for environmental social justice delivered a letter to the city government today. The Coalition wants more effort on the city’s part to include marginalized communities when they write their ... Read more

East Portland Kids Call for Bus Passes

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Students in East Portland are missing classes because they can’t afford the bus. That’s the conclusion of a study by the Youth Environmental Justice Alliance and OPAL looking at how young people’s access to public transportation affects their ability to succeed at school an... Read more

Fire Consumes Tents Under I-5 Bridge

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

This afternoon a fire consumed at least one person’s tent in a houseless settlement under the I-5 bridge near OMSI and the Portland Fire Department location on the Willamette river. KBOO's Kristin Yount was on the scene. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 14, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews Mark Engler, co-author of "This Is an Uprising: How Non-Violent Revolt Is Shaping the 21st Century" Jan Haaken talks with documentary director on her new movie "Trapped," about attempts to clos... Read more

Book Mole: What She Left Behind

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Larry Bolden reviews What She Left Behind, the harrowing tale of an eighteen year old woman who finds herself committed to a state asylum due to her rebelling against her father’s choice of whom she will marry. The author, Ellen Marie Wiseman, did extensive research into how ... Read more

Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Takes Effect Tomorrow

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

On January first a law will go into place assigning certain protections and benefits to domestic workers in the State of Oregon, called the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. For more KBOO reporter Jared Dancler spoke with Tom Breedlove, an expert on household labor and taxe... Read more