A ballot measure has passed in the Lincoln County May Special Election which
bans the aerial spraying of pesticides. It also includes language pre-empting
corporate rights in favor of community rights, and is the first such law to
be passed directly by voters in the nation....
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Today, we broadcast our one-hour special with Dr. Gerald Horne, "Sojourner
Truth" roundtable regular and professor of history and African American
Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne and Margaret Prescod discuss
his book, "Negro Comrades of the Crown: African...
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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...
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Today was the last day of the Vanport Mosaic Festival, celebrating the
history and impact of Vanport, once Oregon's second largest city before it
was destroyed by a flood and neglect in 1948. It was located in the area that
is now Delta Park. Shirley Minor's father was pres...
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On Saturday, June 3, a rally is scheduled in conjunction with other
gatherings across the country calling for a transparent, comprehensive
investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the
2016 presidential election.
Called the March for Truth, ...
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Bill Resnick talks with the editor of Foreign Policy in Focus, blogger,
writer, and author of the novel Splinterlands, John Feffer, about his
nightmare of the breakdown of the world system in the next half-century.
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Solidarity: global and local; past and present. How do we organize to
confront a crisis? We'll be talking with folks who have answered the call for
community-and-activism on issues of sexuality, safety, health, and
well-being.
In the first half of the hour, we'll be ta...
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This program was originally broadcast on March 20. 2017
In 2012 a massive fire ripped through the Chevron Richmond Refinery, sending
a towering plume of toxic smoke into the air over Richmond, California. For
over a hundred years, Richmond was a classic company town, whose...
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Disability Rights Oregon attorneys Bob Joondeph (Executive Director) and Joel
Greenberg join host Karen James to discuss DRO’s report “Behind the
Eleventh Door: One Year Later”, released in April 2017 that found the
Oregon State Penitentiary fell short of its goal to improv...
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Join Theresa Mitchel on the last day of KBOO's Spring Membership Drive as she
welcomes Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi and Democracy Now's Amy Goodman to make
a last minute pitch for new and renewing members.
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