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Los Angeles Police profiling Muslims

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The use of racial profiling has long been a major source of criticism for police departments all over the country and Los Angeles is no exception. But with a new plan involving the second largest muslim population in the country the LAPD is now being accused of religious pro... Read more

Occupation of Alcatraz - Resources

Alcatraz Graffitti Slide Show http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/Indian/Grafitti/Goga-2438aSS.html Documents from Native Occupation of Alcatraz http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/Indian/documents/Goga-17604a2SS.html Photo Documentation http://... Read more

po lice

The Prologue to Dario Fo’s 1970 play Accidental Death of an Anarchist explains that in late 1969 there were a number of bomb incidents in Italian cities. Milan police arrested an anarchist and accused him of the crime. At a certain point in his interrogation, the anarchist ... Read more

Upcoming Topics

We reserve the right to change our minds, but just in case you're wondering, we are probably going to cover these topics in the next few months... and this is not in order by date or anything. --Grace Paley Birthday Celebration and Memorial Party --The Native American Occupa... Read more

Interview with local FBI about Hammerfest

Airs at: Thu, 10/04/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Hammerskin Nation, a neo-Nazi skinhead organization, aims to attract hundreds of hardcore racists to the group's twentieth-anniversary celebration, to be held from today until Sunday somewhere in the greater Portland area. The group has not publicized the location of th... Read more

Hammerskin Nation 2007

Airs at: Tue, 09/25/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Volksfront, a portland based white supremacist group will be joining with The Hammerskin Nation to celebrate an event known as hammerfest 2007.  The event will be held somewhere in the Portland area from October 5th to 7th. KBOO news reporter, Eoin (Owen) Bastable, spoke wit... Read more

Katrina's Real First Responders

Airs at: Tue, 08/28/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
It took days - often weeks - for governmental agencies and relief organizations to respond to the disaster in the Gulf. But residents - in the middle of the disaster - didn’t have a choice, and acted immediately.   While countless lives were saved by these first responders,... Read more

"Katrina, Two Years Later”

Tune in Wednesday, August 29th from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., as KBOO dedicates a full day of special programming to coincide with the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005. We will feature a diverse array of public affairs and music programs that focus on New Orlea... Read more

Arizona mosque attack

Airs at: Wed, 08/08/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A chemical bomb was tossed from a car at a mosque in Glendale Arizona late last night.  Local police are considering the incident a possible hate crime. The explosive device, made up of a swimming pool chemical and a reactant, was tossed by a passenger in a red car.  It lan... Read more

The Non-Profit, "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" Picnics at Woodlawn Park

Produced for:  Evening News
About a hundred friends and family members gathered at Woodlawn park on Saturday in solidarity with the local non-profit, “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren,” a group which is fighting to--amongst other things--get Kofie and C’Lynn out of the clutches of Oregon’s Departmen... Read more