Race

Growing Up Black in 'Lake No Negro'

Airs at: Wed, 03/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   'Lake Oswego High: Racist Tweets are Only Tip of the Iceberg.' Our guest is journalist Bruce Poinsette, author of a personal essay about growing up Black in Lake Oswego published in The Skanner News and the Oregonian. That's Wednesday, 8-9am on KB... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Mole, featuring a discussion of how oil prices are driven up by speculators, a commentary on the theft of education from the poor, a review of the politics of "The Lorax," and a report on attempts by wealthy liberal donors to buy a p... Read more

Stealing Education

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Well-read Red Frann Michel  discusses the case of Tanya McDowell, a homeless, Black single mother, sentenced to 12 years in prison in Connecticut for using her babysitter's address to enroll her son in a Norwalk school.  Frann details the many ways in which governments and... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 5th

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Joe talk with Josh Eidelson about the pitfalls of organizing and running unions like service-providing businesses Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Multnomah County D... Read more

Race Monologues: Goldann Salazar and Musa Ahmed

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Musa Ahmed and Goldann Salazar share their humorous, touching, and heartfelt stories in an excerpt from the dramatic performance piece, "The Race Monologues".  The Lewis and Clark students reflect upon issues of race, ethnicity, and personal identity.  Interviewed and produ... Read more

Labor, Socialism, Race, and Queer rights!

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tune in to this weeks show where we will discuss two exciting topics! The first is looking at the similarities between the Labor movement and the Queer movement with Dr. Joesph Zompetti (School of Communication at Illinois State University) and Sherry Wolf (Author of Sexua... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 03-01-12 Oregon lawmakers don't make the grade on racial equity

Airs at: Thu, 03/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Oregon lawmakers don't make the grade on racial equity Communities of color are the fastest growing communities in Oregon, more than doubling in size - 21.5 percent of the total population - in the last two decades. But racial disparity continues to run deep despite this ch... Read more

School to Prison Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carlos Chavez interviewed co-editor of Re-Thinking Schools, Jody Sokolower. Rethinking Schools is a progressive magazine put together by activist educators focused on a practical, but visionary approach to public education in the United States. Jody Sokolower put together m... Read more

Shafia Monroe on the International Center for Traditional Childbearing

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  It Takes A Village
  Host Shaheed Haamid interviews Shafia Monroe, Founder and President of International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) and community activist devoted to infant mortality prevention, breastfeeding promotion, and increasing the number of midwives of color. ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode of The Mole, featuring a discussion of desertification and music about water from Satori Men's Chorus, as well as an interview with the author of Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and t... Read more