KSER News

Democracy Now! is a daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated news hour that airs on more than 1,250 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks around the globe. Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host. Heard at 5am, 7am and 5pm.

Like Democracy Now, this program looks at the news and issues of the day from a progressive perspective. The show is all about returning to a people centered democracy.  

Popular public radio hosts, past and present, read short eulogies of some of the tens of thousands lost to the coronavirus pandemic in the last several months. Produced by public radio veteran producer Paul Ingles and featuring the voices of Susan Stamberg, Noah Adams, Liane Hansen, Maria Martin, Al Letson, Neal Conan, Glynn Washington and others. Plus music excerpts from Robbie Robertson, Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, U2 and John Prine.

In Part 2 of this special report, KSER'S Color Commentary looks at the mental and physical effects of basic human rights being denied to the men, women and youth arrested by ICE and placed at either the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma, WA or Cowlitz County's Youth Detention Center, Longview, WA. Lack of sanitary living and toileting areas, lack of edible foods on a regular basis, lack of clean clothing, lack of clean air to breathe and health care as well as the access to legal representation, leaves people to languish in the facility.

The 4th Monday of each month, Mary Ellen Wood talks with local people who are working as individuals or within groups to make our community a better place to live.