The Multnomah County Library celebrated the opening of new offerings in periodicals: independently produced magazines, better known as Zines.

Marc De Giere reports.

Senator Gordon Smith's office has become the target of peaceful sit-ins calling on him to defund the war.

Marc de Giere reports.

The Oregon Bureau of Land Management is considering the sale of 270 acres of public land to make up a budget shorfall. The shortfall is due to the federal government's decision to cut funding for the Rural Schools Act.

KBOO's Marc de Giere spoke to Katlin Hill, with the American Lands Alliance, a group opposed to the sale of public lands.

Antiwar protests at the Port of Tacoma have increased, with more arrests and injuries occuring over the weekend.

Marc de Giere reports.

Southeast Portland nonprofits and progressive businesses are vacating their current building sooner than expected.  KBOO’s  Marc de Giere Reports.

It took days - often weeks - for governmental agencies and relief organizations to respond to the disaster in the Gulf.

But residents - in the middle of the disaster - didn’t have a choice, and acted immediately.   While countless lives were saved by these first responders, their heroic actions were rarely reported by mainstream media.

 On Friday, the monthly bicycle ride known as critical mass stopped at the Portland International Auto Show.  Bicyclists made the visit in a festive statement of ending our dependence on oil.

KBOO’s Marc de Giere has the story.

A longer version of this story ran during our No Beginning Too Small special day of programming.

On Friday, the monthly bicycle ride known as critical mass stopped at the Portland International Auto Show.  Bicyclists made the visit in a festive statement of ending our dependence on oil.

KBOO’s Marc de Giere went along to find riders with renewed passion for the ride. 

This audio aired as part of the No Beginning Too Small special day of programming.  A shorter verison originally ran on the Friday Evening News.