- Ana del Rocío Valderrama joins us to share her perspective on the American Dream, as part of our series on how people's experiences inform their ideas about the American Dream, and how those ideas are changing.
- Protests about the city council vote on the Portland Police contract resulted in 10 arrests Wednesday. Teressa Raiford of Don't Shoot PDX and Pete Simpson, public information officer for Portland Police, join us to talk about what's next for protesters who disagree with the new police contract.
- Joe DiCarlo, vice president of programs for Tigard-based Medical Teams International tells us about relief efforts in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew.
- The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association and Oregon Association Chiefs of Police want to make possession of "user amounts" of drugs a misdemeanor, rather than a felony. Keizer Chief of Police John Teague and Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis join us to discuss the idea.
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