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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Metro Transportation Bond could be a step in the right direction for equity and sustainability, but some want to delay due to economic fears

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2020 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Measure 26-218 would allow the Metro Council to authorize a payroll tax to help fund transportation improvements in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties. 17 corridors were identified for improvement, and over 150 projects could be funded with the additional money... Read more

Tuition-free preschool measure would prioritize equity in preparing kids for school

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  A measure to bring tuition-free preschool to all three- and four-year-olds in Multnomah County is on the November ballot as Measure 26-214. This measure would prioritize kids from marginalized communities and give preschool teachers a living wage. The program would be f... Read more

Portland's police organizations systematically dump hazardous waste on city streets; an interview with Dr. Juniper Simonis on the effects

Airs at: Wed, 10/07/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Over the past four plus months, police organizations in Portland have been literally pouring hazardous waste into the city through tear gas, pepperballs, and other toxic munitions. KBOO's Nat Moon sat down with friendly expert, Dr. Juniper Simonis, to try to get a grasp... Read more

Elections 2020: A Conversation with Circuit Court Judge Candidate, Adrian Brown

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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  "What does the word 'court' mean? Is it the four corners of the courtroom? Or is it a process? -- It’s both, and one of the things it’s missing right now is that the court doesn’t see itself beyond those four corners." Adrian Brown is running for Multnomah County Circuit... Read more

Elections 2020: MultCo Circuit Court Judge Candidate Rima Ghandour

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  There’s an empty seat on the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Judge Gregory Silver is retiring, after serving since 2013. In the May primary elections, six candidates ran to replace him. Two of these candidates have advanced to the general election. They are Rima Ghandou... Read more

Yes for Police Accountability Campaign launch outlines benefits of new oversight system

Airs at: Wed, 09/23/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth, we listen in to the launch of the Yes for Police Accountability Campaign. The campaign is about 26-217, and if passed, the ballot measure would create a new police oversight body by amending the City Charter. The new oversight boar... Read more

Kevin Kumashiro on Trump's Latest Attack on Education

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
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Kevin Kumashiro is former dean, University of San Francisco School of Education. His books include Teaching toward Democracy. On Constitution Day, Sept. 17th, 2020, Trump attacked the work of Howard Zinn, whose books include A People's History of the United States. Kumashir... Read more

Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots by DJ Lee

Airs at: Wed, 09/16/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Our In Depth guest today is DJ Lee, author of Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots, published by Oregon State University Press. DJ is a Regents Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Washington State University, the Director of the Selway-Bitterroot Wildernes... Read more

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty on reducing police terror

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  "[It] depends on that officer's perception of the call that they're on. I also know that ... community members have been trained to make the calls sound as scary as possible to get a quicker police response." Before Jo Ann Hardesty was a Portland City Commissioner, she s... Read more

Right to Health Director Leslie Gregory campaigns for racism to be considered a public health issue

Airs at: Thu, 09/03/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  What does it mean for something to be a public health crisis? While the pandemic certainly qualifies, the CDC has certain criteria to decide what may be declared a public health crisis. The official label means that greater resources can be devoted to addressing the cris... Read more