Immigration

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People Helping People: humanitarian aid for immigrants and ending border checkpoints

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken interviews Sophie Smith about the risks immigrants face crossing the border with Mexico and how people in Arivaca, Arizona are fighting back against the militarization of the border with the help of People Helping People. Sophie describes how southern borderland... Read more

APA Compass: Andrew Lam, author of Birds of Paradise Lost

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Award winning author and journalist Andrew Lam tells us why he cofounded New American Media, which is a coalition of thousands of ethnic media outlets.  His fiction and non-fiction writings, including "Birds of Paradise Lost", explore the interactions between the east and t... Read more

In Depth: Scrooge of the Year

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Jenka Soderberg interviews Marco Mejia of Jobs for Justice about their picks for Scrooge of the Year--the individual, corporation, or entity that has harmed working families in our community the most this year. God bless us, everyone! Read more

APA Compass on 10/4/2013: Congressional Gold Medal, Amy Uyeki, Vivek Bald, heart2heart

Airs at: Fri, 10/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Japanese-American World War II Nisei Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service were recently celebrated in Portland, Oregon.  This tribute included bringing together the honored veterans from Oregon and... Read more

News You're Not Supposed to Know

Airs at: Thu, 08/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
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Presswatch

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell discuss abortion, abortion protesting and aborthion rights Read more

Linda Tamura, author of "Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River"

Airs at: Fri, 07/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Professor Linda Tamura, author of "Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River" explains the national notoriety which Hood River, Oregon received after WWII, and how and why she broke the code of silence surrounding the situation.  Tamura's related exhibit... Read more

Ann Wetherell and the "Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945"

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Professor Ann Wetherell tells us why Portland had an unusually large number of Chinese-American pilots in the early 1900s. Professor Wetherell is the curator of “Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945″.Interviewed and produced by Andrew Yeh. Read more

Transportation Justice Special

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2013 at 12:00am
KBOO reporter Jennifer Kemp went out into the community talking to bus riders to see whether Tri Met was well serving low income people in Portland-or catering more to business people and tourists. In collaboration with Envrionmental Justice organization OPAL, the story exp... Read more

Jennifer Kemp interviews ACLU's Becky Strauss about ICE holds

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Jennifer Kemp spoke to ACLU's Becky Strauss about ACT network members trying bring an end to ICE holds in Multnomah County jails on December 19th 2012. ICE holds, requests from federal immigration departments to hold immigrants in jail until they are deported,... Read more