The city of Portland has recently implemented a youth commission to advise the city on matters important to youth.KBOO’s Eoin (Owen) Bastable went to City Hall to find out more:
The Portland City Council voted this morning to undo renaming 4th Avenue to Cesar Chavez Avenue.They also reset the renaming of any other streets back to square one.
Another edition of the locally produced environmental series, Our Backyard, with KBOO's Edison Carder. This edition: Buy Nothing Day - idealistic gesture or is it something more?
Hosted by Tom Becker, today's Old Mole features a conversation between Bill Resnick and anthropologist Kamran Asdar Ali about the recent history and current situation in Pakistan. Jan Haaken interviews Portland State Psychology student David Hall about his work on Native American concepts of sustainability. Thabiti Lewis shows us how little we learn about American gangsters from the film "American Gangster." Tom Becker reads what Bob Dylan's retelling of the story of Joe Hill. And Bill Resnick interviews members of the Custodians and Food Service Workers Union who are fighting for a just wage and benefits with the Portland Schools.
Responding to the rash of recent bike collisions and injuries Portland’s bike community stood in solidarity underneath the Hawthorne bridge this past Saturday.
KBOO’s Michael Ianello spoke with Jonathan Maus from Bike Portland.org about the rally and what Portlanders can do to increase respect on the cities roads.
On Saturday the United nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released it’s new report on Global Warming.
The UN panel, which shared the Nobel Peace prize with Al Gore , said there is no doubt, Global warming is happening andpeople all over the earth are feeling it’s effects.