Evening News

 A public forum was held last night in Portland on the issue of bringing liquefied natural gas operations into the state.  Representatives from local environmental groups joined Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Secretary of state candidate John Kroger.  All are s... Read more

 The recent Pentagon Propaganda story broken by the New York Times has been largely ignored by Commercial Broadcast  Outlets.A group of retired generals now referred to as Pentagon Pundits have been passing themselves off as unbiased experts while taking their talking point... Read more

 California's Supreme court has made an historic ruling today, in favor of the rights of gay people. KBOO's Jacob Anderson-Minshall has more:  Read more

The first ever national study of day labor worker centers found abuses of workers rights to be BUSINESS as usual for most day laborers. The director of the national day laborers organizing network was joined by the director of the center of urban studies from the university... Read more

 In this weeks 'Civil liberties Watch', Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund intervews Attorney Emi Maclean of the Center For Constitutional Rights.  Last week Maclean testified to congress about  the fifty Guantanamo prisoners who are refugees, and the need to find a safe ... Read more

    Fifty refugees held in solitary confinement at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp need the United States government to come up with safe places for them to be released to. Having committed no crimes, the men have been held for years despite the admission of the government t... Read more

  Over half of the people who will benefit from statewide Food Drives are families with at least one member who works full time according to sources at the Oregon Food Bank.  A large percentage of those recipients is children.  Today  Food Banks and Postal workers all a... Read more

 An event was held last night at Hollywood Theatre called ”Think Outside the Cardboard Box”.  The purpose of the event was to try to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness in the city of Portland. KBOO’s Crystal Elinski spoke with Ibrahim Ubarak, one of the founde... Read more

 Last week, the United States military bombed a house in a small village in Somalia.  KBOO's Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews Kasey Jama, originally from Somalia, and the Director of the Center for Intercultural Organizing, here in Portland. That was Kboo reporter Linda O... Read more

  One week after a plane crash outside Caracas, Venezuela,an air of  intrigue surrounds almost everything about the flight.  The mystery includes the plane's ownership, pilot, and two passengers, who were all killed in the crash.   One passenger was Jose Alfredo Anzola, a 3... Read more