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the war on our minds

Rape a woman, go to jail.  The woman goes to jail, that is.  Turn to the foreign press to find out what it means for Uncle Sam to be in charge in Afghanistan: The Independent/ Terri Judd/Afghanistan"....Two-thirds of the women in Lashkar Gah's medieval-looking jail have be... Read more

QDoc: Portland's Queer Documentary Film Festival

KBOO is a proud co-sponsor of QDoc: Portland's Queer Documentary Film Festival When: June 3-6th, 2010 Where: Clinton Street Theatre - 2522 SE Clinton St Website: www.queerdocfest.org   About the Festival: QDoc is the first and only festival in the United States - and o... Read more

British Invasion IPA

KBOO is proud to partner with Hopworks Urban Brewery to introduce the British Invasion IPA, on tap now at both locations!  $.50 of every pint sold will be donated to the station. 2944 SE Powell &  3947 N. Williams In addition to brewing up this special fundrais... Read more

Examining Zionism: The next topic for ONE LAND, MANY VOICES, this Friday at 9:00AM on KBOO!

Join us this Friday at 9:00AM on KBOO Community radio for the next edition of ONE LAND, MANY VOICES. This week Hala Gores and William Seaman welcome New York University Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and History, Zachary Lockman, to the program for a discussion of Zio... Read more

Grandma Aggie

Well, my feet are just about back on the ground after having Grandmother Aggie on Osiyo. She is WONDERFUL and I hope we can get interest up in supporting her and the Council of Indigneous Grandmothers... It costs 250K for the Grandmothers to meet every six months and our own... Read more

Sat 11/15 National Rally against Prop 8 - Oregon details

Message from the Democratic Party of Oregon, LGBTQ caucus: November 4th election night has come and passed.  As Democrats, as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Oregonians and Americans we have much to celebrate. We elected the first African-American President of the United... Read more

Strategic Planning November Meeting

Here's the notes for our meeting on November 8th. Normal 0 Summary of November 8th, 2010 Strategic Planning Meeting     Attending: Bill Flood – Facilitator, Heidi Peterson – PARC Resources, Kurt Lauer, Thomas Phillips, Sun Lee, Joe Azavedo, S.W. Conser, Dave Mazza... Read more

militarized policing in Ferguson and beyond

For the 18 August 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour. There's been much attention of late to what's described as the militarization of the police. As Tamara K. Nopper & Mariame Kaba note in Jacobin, "discussions about America’s militarized police forces" seem to have suddenly beco... Read more

Livability or Big Brother: Portland Police's Secret List

The Portland Police Bureau is keeping a list of people arrested most often downtown. The police say that the list, which has grown from 35 to nearly 400, is part of a coordinated strategy to improve livability in Old Town and surrounding neighborhoods by arresting chronic o... Read more

Press**Watch: bomb the gusher?

Last week I mentioned using Navy depth charges to seal the BP well.  It is worth noting that the US armed forces have giant non-nuclear devices like the MOAB which run to thousands of pounds and approach the force of a nuclear device.  I do NOT recommend the use of a nuke t... Read more