Citizen Smith

Once again Portland and Oregon citizens and businesses are allowed to live a more normal life as the governor changes directions again on the opening up of businesses. China's reckless behavior continues unabated and must be held accountable for its abuse of Uygur women and Xinjiang muslims.

She raps, she sings, she's a mom. An interview with Rekka to talk about her rising musical career and get an exclusive listen to her new release "Kid don't play" featuring Portland rappers ScooterRogers and BrenBoy.

After a lawsuit was filed against Governor Kate Brown of Oregon and risk levels for the coronavirus have slid downward, she has once again backtracked and is now allowing limited capacity of indoor dining and occupancy of gyms and other businesses. Also, birth rates are down in America, a trend that has been ongoing since the recession of 2008.

Restaurants are closed to indoor dining, sports stadiums remain empty as the Gov. Brown shuts down most counties for the next three weeks. Is this decision rational and science-based?

The pandemic curtailed many things in our lives, including our routines like going to the hairstylist. But this has produced some unexpected positive results and allowed us to look at ourselves in a more natural way. Stylist Austin Kuasinoff of Chelsea Salon offers his observations.

Oregon heads back into lockdown mode with 15 counties cited as high risk, including Multnomah. The Covid pandemic has citizens running from city life and relocating to homes in the suburbs. And the U.S. is pressing WHO to investigate the origin of the coronavirus -- starting with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The Oscars had a strong representation of people of color this year, but it wasn't a very entertaining show. Covid is on the upswing in Oregon and the governor is threatening to push communities into lockdown mode -- again.

More and more Portlanders are getting vaccinated as the city moves toward herd immunity against the coronavirus. America leads the way in Mars research with more breakthroughs by the new rover and a second successful flight of the Mars helicopter. And this year may be a great time for Americans to travel abroad with our Covid immunization certificate in hand.

Jubilee Johanna talks openly about her life as a stripper and other topics on sex and intimacy. She's traveled the world, lived in Thailand during the pandemic, and now settled down in Portland, Oregon.

The Covid vaccine roll out has begun for all adults in Multnomah County and all of Oregon, but getting on the schedule is a free-for-all. Mass shootings continue to spiral out of control -- is this the most violent time for America? Podcaster Ray Lane joins the show to address these issues and more.