Evening News

          Citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington and the national security archive reached a final settlement of their lawsuit challenging the failure of the bush white house and the national archives and records administration to take action to provide millio... Read more

With temperatures on the rise again after last week’s cold spell, warming shelters that were opened for the homeless in Portland have been closed. But the winter is far from over, and advocates for the homeless warn that if nothing is done, people are sure to die on the st... Read more

Dr. Don Thieman, a former medical director at Regence Bluecross Blueshield of Oregon says people have nothing to fear in the current push to reform healthcare. By and large those in government have our interests at heart much more than people in the insurance industry, he s... Read more

Normal 0 This weekend brings a new television adaptation of Howard Zinn's revolutionary book, A People’s History of the United States.The show is called “The People Speak,” and it features dramatic readings of the letters, diaries and speeches of ordinary Americans. I... Read more

A group of climate activists in Copenhagen are on the 33rd day of a hunger strike for climate justice. They are demanding a binding agreement to fund climate adaptation and mitigation activities in developing nations with at least one hundred ninety five billion dollars per... Read more

Homeless activists in Portland have reported an alarming trend in the last week: homeless women being raped while sleeping alone on the street. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Laura, who is herself homeless, and has helped organize a campaign called ‘Right to Survive’.  Y... Read more

Long-time forest activist Tre Arrow was released today after serving a six and a half year prison term. He was convicted of taking part in two arsons related to logging of old growth forests. Tre Arrow stopped by the KBOO studio just after his release. Read more

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The Hanford nuclear site: Still Radioactive after all these yearsJoin KBOO's Chris Andreae and David Rosenfeld as they take you on a virtual tour of the world's first large-scale nuclear reactor, located just four hours from Portland, in Richland Washington.  Then hear a ta... Read more

This is Part 1 of a two-part special.  You can listen to Part 2 here. Join KBOO's Chris Andreae and David Rosenfeld as they take you on a virtual tour of the world's first large-scale nuclear reactor, located just four hours from Portland, in Richland Washington.  Then hear ... Read more