Evening News

In a effort to prevent racial profiling in Portland by police, local activist submitted a petition to Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer requesting the City renew its attention to the problem. Read more

The Pentagon and US Military have been waging a secret war against foreign Journalist including locking them up in Guantanamo without charges. In this segment of Civil Liberties watch reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund takes a closer look. Read more

And now KBOO's Linda Olsen Osterlund brings us another installment of Civil Liberties Watch to tell us about President Bush's secret war on journalists. Read more

             Asian death tolls continue to rise after the continent is rocked by natural disaster. KBOO’s Michael Ianello has the story.   Read more

 The recent Pentagon Propaganda story broken by the New York Times has been largely ignored by Commercial Broadcast  Outlets.A group of retired generals now referred to as Pentagon Pundits have been passing themselves off as unbiased experts while taking their talking point... Read more

 California's Supreme court has made an historic ruling today, in favor of the rights of gay people. KBOO's Jacob Anderson-Minshall has more:  Read more

 A public forum was held last night in Portland on the issue of bringing liquefied natural gas operations into the state.  Representatives from local environmental groups joined Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Secretary of state candidate John Kroger.  All are s... Read more

    Fifty refugees held in solitary confinement at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp need the United States government to come up with safe places for them to be released to. Having committed no crimes, the men have been held for years despite the admission of the government t... Read more

The first ever national study of day labor worker centers found abuses of workers rights to be BUSINESS as usual for most day laborers. The director of the national day laborers organizing network was joined by the director of the center of urban studies from the university... Read more

 In this weeks 'Civil liberties Watch', Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund intervews Attorney Emi Maclean of the Center For Constitutional Rights.  Last week Maclean testified to congress about  the fifty Guantanamo prisoners who are refugees, and the need to find a safe ... Read more