Activism

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Animal Rights March protests ill treatment of animals

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On October 12, at least 500 people gathered in downtown Portland to protest the ill treatment of animals in the meat, fashion, and science industry. KBOO’s Claire Rischiotto was on the scene last Saturday at the rally. (Photos by Claire Rischiotto) Read more

Burgerville union pickets for new contract

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Burgerville workers gathered outside the Montavilla Burgerville location on October 11, to protest a stalemate in their contract negotiations with the corporation. The Union said that if no deal can be reached by October 18, they intend to strike. KBOO’s SJ Oxendyne wa... Read more

"Close the Camps PDX" holds rally

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On October 14, the newly formed coalition “Close the Camps PDX” held a rally in downtown Portland today for No Deportations on Stolen Land. KBOO’s Jezaniah Hawthorne reporting. Read more

LIVE! From The 3rd Annual SNEAKER WEEK:BLOOM Beauty Collective Fashion Show!

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 9:00am - Thu, 10/31/2019 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
VVP had the stellar opportunity to interview and kick it with some of the greats here in pdx at the @sneakerweekpdx fashion show by @bloombeautycollective. Don’t sleep on these interviews now!!!! We have stunning artist and educator @latoya.lovely , the visionary himself @... Read more

Buscando America on 10/15/19

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Luego de 12 días de protestas en Ecuador se llegó a un acuerdo entre dirigentes indígenas y el presidente Lenin Moreno y se acordó la derogación del decreto que elimina subsidios a los combustibles. La migración en la frontera sur de México se ha convertido en una bomba de ... Read more

It Takes A Village To Learn ft. Erica Fuller

Airs at: Sat, 10/12/2019 at 9:00am - Thu, 10/31/2019 at 9:15am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
NEW EPISODE ALERT Ok y’all, here’s the deal. We’ve been working our ASSES off for this podcast that we love so dearly, but it’s mostly BTS shit that not many see or hear. Well aren’t your ears in for a fuckin treat because we are FINALLY releasing new content!!!! We’re rele... Read more

On Fire with Naomi Klein

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For more than twenty years, Naomi Klein has been the foremost chronicler of the economic war waged on both people and planet—and an unapologetic champion of a sweeping environmental agenda with justice at its center. In her latest book On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Gree... Read more

Lincoln County Community Rights fights back against pesticide ruling

Airs at: Thu, 10/10/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A court recently overturned Lincoln County’s “Freedom from Aerially-Sprayed Pesticides Ordinance,” ending a two-year ban on the practice. The group Lincoln County Community Rights (LCCR), an intervening defendant in the case and a driving force in its initial passage in... Read more

September 24, 2019: Looking Back at the Police Union's Use of Grievance Arbitration

Airs at: Tue, 09/24/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
      This show is shorter than normal due to KBOO's Fall Membership Drive.  As the city, its people, and its police union gear up to start negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement for rank-and-file officers and sergeants, we are taking a look back through h... Read more

Buscando America on 10/08/19

Airs at: Tue, 10/08/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En Ecuador Lenin Moreno anunció una serie de medidas y decretos conocidos como el paquetazo verde, lo cual desató un paro nacional. En esta emisión hablamos con el activista ambiental Paul Jarrin miembro del Colectivo guardianes del agua en Cuenca. En krónikas de viaje  un ... Read more