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Normal 0 Cab Drivers in Portland are rebelling against so-called oppressive conditions and starting a new, driver-owned company. KBOO Labor reporter Jamie Partridge has the story. Normal 0 Read more

Normal 0 In North Carolina, the Racial Justice Act addresses the blatant racial discrepancies in state judicial sentencing.  The act allows death row inmates and defendants facing the death penalty to use statistics and other evidence to argue that racial bias played a r... Read more

Normal 0 Massive demonstrations continue in Cairo's Tahrir Square, while some banks and other businesses are beginning to reopen after two weeks of closures.  Vice President Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with opposition leaders, including representatives from the Mu... Read more

Normal 0 Giant Leatherback Sea Turtles are endangered and conservation groups say the National Marine Fisheries Service isn't doing enough to help them survive. Three of these groups are threatening a lawsuit to the federal organization to finalize critical habitat r... Read more

Normal 0 On Wednesday, a group of concerned parents and doctors presented a petition to the owner of 14 McDonalds restaurants in the Portland area.  The group is demanding that McDonalds stop targeting children in its aggressive marketing campaign to sell junk food. KBOO... Read more

Protesting Ronald McDonald This is a volunteer powered and produced broadcast.  Please click the link to enjoy the newscast! Read more

Normal 0 As an unprecedented popular uprising sweeps through Egypt, some have begun to talk about another famous middle eastern revolution: the Iranian revolution of 1979. In 1978 Iran, opposition to the repressive US backed Shah who had ruled for nearly four decades bec... Read more

Egypt v The Iranian Revolution This is a volunteer powered and produced radio.  Please click the link to enjoy the newscast! Read more

Normal 0 For many people climate change is not an ambiguous threat looming in the distant future, but a reality they are forced to face every day.  On Monday night, a member of the Portland Central American Solidarity Committee spoke to a packed room about her expirence ... Read more

Normal 0 A Forum was held last night in Northeast Portland regarding a campaign to form an Oregon State Bank. KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge spoke with Steve Hughes from the Working Families Party about the new campaign. Read more