Evening News

          Mayday protests took place all across the world on Saturday, in honor of the rights of workers. This year’s May Day protests saw some of the largest turnouts in history, as the protests came on the heels of Arizona’s restrictive new anti-Immigrant law. In Portland... Read more

Kinder weather offered some respite Monday to Louisiana's coastal communities from a giant oil spill looming off shore. But it could still take months to cap the leaking well. Weekend storms grounded aerial drops of dispersants and prevented skimming vessels from mopping up ... Read more

Normal 0 Workers rights marches will be held all over the world tomorrow in honor of Mayday, the international worker’s holiday. Here in Portland, a rally and march will be held at noon in the south park blocks at southwest Park and Salmon streets. The march will f... Read more

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Friday, April 23rd, Reed College invited DAM, Palestinian rappers from Lyd, Israel, to appear for a Q&A after a screening of the documentary Slingshot HipHop along with the documentary's director, Jackie Reem Salloum.  Here are selections from the interviews with Suhell Naf... Read more

The recent immigration law passed in Arizona has ignited protests around the country. One history professor looks at an early twentieth century labor rights activist, Mother Jones, for present day lessons. Simon Cordery is the author of Mother Jones: Raising Cain and Consc... Read more

Two convicted rapists are free in Vancouver Washington today, after new DNA evidence presented by The Innocence Project Northwest proved that neither man committed the crime.   Both men served 17 years for a rape that occurred in 1993 near LaCentre, WA.   Kboo’s Jack Lewis h... Read more

Two Palestinian residents of Israel have been forcibly removed to Gaza. Palestinians across Israel and the West Bank warn that these removals are just a precursor of what is to come. A recent Israeli military order will strip the residency of over seventy thousand Palestinia... Read more

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  Last night in Portland, Professor Cornel Pewewardy spoke to a packed house about ‘Fightin Whities versus Noble Savages’, a topic referring to the use of native Americans as sport mascots. Here’s a clip of last night’s talk. Read more