KBOO's Saed Bannoura brings us an interview with Fouad Khoffash on the issue of Palestinian political detainees.  Special thanks to Waddah Sofan for help with voicing.

 As US policy worldwide results in thousands of refugees being displaced from their homes, many of those refugees end up trying to come here. 

KBOO's Stephanie Potter spoke with Kayse Jama of the Center for Intercultural Organizing in Portland about the issues faced by immigrants and refugees when they arrive here in Oregon.

Much of what is said about responding to climate change and the coming climate crisis puts the responsibility on the consumer, on the individual.  We're told to buy fluorescent light bulbs, or hybrid cars, or recycled paper, or other products - and that's supposed to somehow save us from massive species extinction.  Or we hear about 'carbon trading', a system that will allow the largest polluters to keep polluting at the same level.