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Voices from the Edge

This Thursday on Voices from the Edge: Should reparations be paid to close the racial wealth gap caused by housing and lending discrimination? An interview with OSU's Jonathan Kaplan. Historic housing and lending discrimination against black Americans has created a sign... Read more

KBOO’s month long experiment in ‘embedded journalism’ at Occupy Portland

When the Occupy Portland encampment began on October 6th, we at KBOO knew that we would be very involved in reporting on the movement – the issues, the constituency involved, and the bottom-up civic activism displayed by the camp’s ad-hoc organizers all spoke directly to... Read more

Crow Creek Supporters..... Pilamaya! THANK YOU!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT "GARY BUNTING" Garry Bunting January 22 at 1:43am Reply Dear friends and supporters , Amnesty International USA made contact with me this morning , They recieved our letter of complaint on behalf of the residents of Crow Creek .. Their res... Read more

Pedal with Pride this weekend!

Thursday Starfucker and Lifesavas @ Cleveland High School (music in schools benefit) Soul Nite @ Rotture (monthly soul and r&b dance party) PUFF V @ Clinton St. Theater (5th Annual PDX Underground Film Festival) Telepathe, Nite Jewel, Felshtone, Linger & Quiet @ Holocene (disc... Read more

2nd annual beekeeping edition December 11, 2013

We talked about a lot of beekeeping on The Dirtbag 12/11/13, and here is some follow-up information: Portland Urban Beekeepers: http://portlandurbanbeekeepers.org/ Glen's beekeeping classes: Instructor and Northeast Portland beekeeper Glen Andresen will take you through ... Read more

mother's day for peace

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and by some counts it was the one-hundredth anniversary of Mother’s Day in the US . In 1870, social activist Julia Ward Howe wrote her Mother's Day Proclamation as a call for peace and disarmament, a call to unite women to organize against w... Read more

Cards and letters for John Talley

John Talley is now over at Menlo Park Health Care, 745 NE 122nd Ave. Rm 141, PDX 97005. Cards and letters are welcomed. Read more

Hiatus

Hey friends, I am off to the Middle East and will be having some guests cover for me. Enjoy! I'll be back in February with some hot new jams.-the Seamstress Read more

KBOO Benefit with David Barsamian - Host of Alternative Radio

KBOO is excited to announce "An Evening with David Barsamian" This is a fundraiser for KBOO Community Radio. Barsamian will be speaking on "Elections & War" as well as a Q & A with audience members. When: Friday November 5th, 2010 @ 7:30PM Doors at 7PM Where: First Unita... Read more

Come on Down to KBOO for the Winter Membership Drive

Do you want to get more involved with KBOO? This is your time! KBOO’s Winter Membership Drive begins Thursday, February 6th through Saturday, February 15th. KBOO’s existence depends on on-air membership drives as more than 80% of our funding comes from our lis... Read more