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Angry APA Minute: Vani Natarajan "Spirit of the Staircase"

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Writer Vani Natarajan reads her poem, "Spirit of the Staircase," protesting the September execution of Troy Davis. She read her work at the annual literary festival of the South Asian Women's Creative Collective at Revolutionary Books in New York City. Read more

Vivek Shandas

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Kushlani de Soyza talks with PSU Urban Studies professor Vivek Shandas about environmental and climate justice, and the work of Portland State's Sustaining Urban Places Research (SUPR) lab. You can find out more about the SUPR lab at http://web.pdx.edu/~vshandas/. Read more

Out Loud for Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Normal 0 This episode of Out Loud features: Normal 0 Michelle Maher, who is an instructor of Counseling Psychology at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling.  Michelle is here to speak about a day-long conference that’s coming up on Decemb... Read more

Dr. John Carlos and Dave Zirin discuss their new book, "The John Carlos Story"

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  It Takes A Village
Host Shaheed Haamid speaks with Dr. John Carlos and Dave Zirin. Dave Zirin is the sportswriter for The Nation magazine, and Dr. John Carlos was one of two athletes who raised a Black Power salute during a medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. They collabo... Read more

Pachucas, Pachucos and their Culture

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Carlos Chavez interviews Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Gerardo "Lalo" Licon. Lalo studied history at the University of Southern California and wrote his dissertation on the Pachuco Culture. Many recognize the Pachucos as the so ... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/14/11

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Cecil Prescod speaks with Kevin Williams, writer, director and editor of the film "FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN: Does the Republican Party Really Want More African Americans?" From the Civil War to FDR, the GOP was the party for African-Americans. Today, less than 10% ... Read more

Voices from the Edge 11-10-11 Our families: A look at Oregon's LGBT communities of color

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Our families: A look at Oregon's LGBT communities of color  LGBT people of color in Oregon face the challenge of overcoming discrimination for their sexual identity and the color of their skin. As former state senator Avel Gordley observed about her son: "This ... Read more

Diane Farr on interracial love: "Kissing Outside the Lines"

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Actress Diane Farr speaks frankly about multicultural and mutiracial love in today's America.  In this interview with APA Compass's Andrew Yeh, Diane tells us how she fell in love with an American from a different cultural background, how the relatives learned to accept the... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11-03-11 Civil Liberties Ten Years After 9/11

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Civil Liberties Ten Years After 9/11: Can We Be Safe and Free?   Ten years and two administrations after 9/11, the U.S. government continues to use torture, targeted killings, extraordinary rendition, military commissions, political surveillance and religious discriminat... Read more

Alan Hipólito and Marcelo Bonta tell us about Portland's new EcoDistrict

Airs at: Wed, 11/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Lisa Loving asks" What is an "ecodistrict," and how can it fuel the local economies in communities of color--and the wider society? Her guests are Marcelo Bonta, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Diversity and the Environment and Alan Hipólito, Executive... Read more