Evening News

The United States Social Forum kicked off today in Detroit, Michigan. The theme of the forum is "Another world is possible, another US is necessary, and another Detroit is underway."  Tens of thousands of participants arrived from all over the world to take part in the large... Read more

On Saturday about seventy-five to one-hundred protestors and anarchists marched from the westside waterfront throughout downtown Portland. The protestors then marched to the Justice Center to show support for Portland activists who were arrested yesterday. Read more

Faced with the worst environmental disaster in US history, many people in the Gulf region have adopted a fatalistic attitude. But community organizer Malik Rahim, who pulled together relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, says this is no time for despair. Instead, he has co... Read more

There was a Queer Patrol meeting held at the Q Center located at 4115 N. Mississippi Avenue in response to a recent number of gay bashings.  Members of the queer community and friends gathered to do something about by organinzing a Queer Patrol.  The meetings are on-going a... Read more

Normal 0 More than five hundred summer meal sites across Oregon serve neighborhoods where at least half the families have incomes below the federal poverty level and this summer, with a record number of Oregonians receiving public assistance, they expect to be busy. Summ... Read more

Normal 0 The story of the ‘big bad wolf’ is being re-thought in Oregon and several other states, where new research has shown that wolves and other predators are essential to a healthy ecosystem. The comeback of the wolf population was hotly debated at a federal court ... Read more

Normal 0 In the last few weeks, Arizona has been making most of the immigration-related headlines, but a protest yesterday in downtown Portland brought concerns over Oregon’s treatment of immigrants into the public spotlight. KBOO’s Evan Tenenbaum reports….    Read more

Normal 0   The Portland City Council passed an ordinance this morning challenging the Arizona immigration law SB 1070, which allows for the racial profiling of immigrants. Although the Portland ordinance is not as strongly worded as similar rules passed in Seattle ... Read more

Normal 0 The Service Employees International Union held a rally in Portland today to commemorate twenty years of the Justice for Janitors campaign. KBOO’s Isobel Charlay was there, and brings us a sampling of today’s rally, in which union members challenge the recent de... Read more

There was an action event held on Thursday, June 10th to stop the annual slaughtering on dolphins.  There were petitions to be signed which will be sent to the government in Japan, the United States government, and the International Whaling Commission.  With the legislation... Read more