Evening News

The Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard Committee is trying to name a portland street after Chavez. has been holding hearings aboutn renaming Grand St, Broadway, and Thirty Ninth Avenue. This week City council held a hearing about the possibility of renaming Broadway. Grand and Thirt... Read more

The spotted owl’s need for old-growth forest has been at the center of long-standing battles about logging in the Northwest. Now there’s a new development in the controversy. The Obama administration has decided not to defend the Bush administration's decision to cut protect... Read more

A national group advocating for healthcare reform says U.S. Census numbers don’t tell the whole story about those who are uninsured. Families USA is releasing more specific data by state of how many people (under age 65) have gone without health insurance for at least part o... Read more

Today marks the birthday of Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farmworkers in the U-S. In Portland, several groups have come together to mark the occasion with teach-ins, workshops and a march through downtown Portland today. Read more

A February, United States Supreme Court Ruling has sent rumbles through Indian Country. The ruling in Carcieri v. Salazar handed down by the Roberts court throws into dispute the sovereignty of land recovered by tribes not recognized before the 1934 enactment of The Indian ... Read more

Friday, March 13, 2009 Tomorrow is the anniversary of China’s crackdown on peaceful protesters in Tibet. Portland’s chapter of the Tibetan Youth Congress is marking the day with a Hunger strike and vigil at Pioneer square. Tibetan Youth Congress chapters across North America... Read more

 On his second day in Office, President Obama issued an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. As part of that order he gave Secretary of Defense Gates thirty days to conduct a thorough review of the prisoners held there and the conditions of their confinement.... Read more

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