Evening News

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 univers... 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 sa... 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 al... 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 fou... 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 Lind... 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, ... Read more

 The homeless protest in front of city hall entered its thirteenth day today.Over 70 homeless people have taken up positions around the building, and they say they aren’t going to move until the city either repeals the sit/lie and anti-camping laws, or find them a perman... Read more

 Members of Homeless Liberation Front who are protesting outside of City hall spoke to the City Council.   One of those testifying was Princess H Mayor Tom Potter took time to responded to the protest and testimony Afterwards, Arthur Rios, one of the leaders of the prote... Read more

 At Pepsi Cola company's annual shareholders' meeting today, a number of water rights advocates demanded that Pepsi change the labeling on its Aquafina water product. KBOO's Crystal Leighty spoke with two of the activists involved in the action - Debra Lapidus, with the... Read more

 As Oregonians prepare to send in their ballots for the May 20th primary election, it's worth asking whether the votes will be counted fairly. In the 2004 election, there were numerous discrepancies and questionable results in many different districts and states. State... Read more