Race

Book Mole: Richard Wright, "The Outsider"

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden, in recognition of Black History Month, reviews Richard Wright's 1953 novel The Outsider about a man trying to come to terms with midcentury life with Marxism and existentialism.   Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02-23-12 Gwen Trice and a Forgotten African American Community

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Gwen Trice and a Forgotten African American Community You won't find African American loggers or Oregon's only segregated school in the public murals or other memorials to our state's history. It took a black woman from La Grande who was interested in her father's early yea... Read more

International Day in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Leonard Peltier of the Anishinabe A NISH IN ABE and Lakota Nations, is a long time Native Activist and member of the American Indian Movement.  He has spent over 35 years as a political prisoner.  Tonight on Circle A Radio, we talk about the International Day in Solidarity ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02-16-12 Exploring fear and loathing on the Populist Right with Arthur Goldwag

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Exploring fear and loathing on the Populist Right with Arthur Goldwag Its no surprise that the confluence of the internet and the 24-hour news cycle has enabled extreme groups once relegated to the fringe of American politics to enjoy unprecedented influence on political di... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 20th

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts today Old Mole and we hear about the war drums being beat over Iran, the kabuki theatrics of electoral politics, a cold war waged with drones, and about the African Film Festival.  Thanks to all you folks who called in to support KBOO and the Old Mole!  If... Read more

Jamal Tarhuni Comes Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Jamal Tarhuni, an Oregon resident prevented from returning to the United States after visiting Libya, finally came home yesterday. The Tigard Businessman and Libyan had been visiting the Post-Qaddafi nation to deliver humanitarian supplies with Medical Teams Int... Read more

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 101

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Who is ALEC and how do they purchase our democracy? Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is the venue through which global corporations and state politicians rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" re... Read more

AAPAM: What is My Race?

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Another Angry APA Minute by Sarika Mehta: Inspired by a blog post at Sepia Mutiny, she questions what her race is, why the English words never seem to fit, and why her "ambiguous ethnicity" doesn't help her out in the real world.  Read more

Book Mole: The Intuitionist

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale reviews Colson Whitehead's 1999 novel, "The Intuitionist." Set in a big city during a period of racial integration,Whitehead and Iven both explore the racial implications of the elevator as a metaphor for "social-uplift", the black female protagonist who is the fi... Read more

Bill Bigelow on banning Rethinking Columbus and critical pedagogy in Arizona

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with writer and Portland-area teacher, Bill Bigelow, about how his book "Rethinking Columbus" was removed from Tuscon-area schools because it violates Arizona Law concerning teaching ethnic studies in Public Schools. Bill Bigelow explains how the crack-do... Read more