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Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Media, Arts/Culture, Class, Race, Civil Rights/Human Rights
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Evening News
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Journalist Tuck Woodstock shares their experiences covering the Portland protests

Airs at: Thu, 07/30/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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KBOO's Nat Moon sits down with Tuck Woodstock, who has been on the ground at the Portland demonstrations nearly every night since late May providing a balanced, profound, and at times, heartening outlook on recent events. Tuck talks about the phased departure of federal f... Read more

Damon Motz-Storey of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility talks about the dangers of tear gas exposure

Airs at: Wed, 07/22/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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  As demonstrations against police brutality continue across Portland, the Portland Police Bureau and federal agents continue to indiscriminately tear gas large crowds of protesters. KBOO's Nat Moon sits down with Damon Motz-Storey to talk about the dangers of chronic ... Read more

Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union schedules planned action for July 25th

Airs at: Tue, 07/21/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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  Samantha Bryce of the Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union sits down with KBOO's Nat Moon to discuss better wages, hazard pay, worker security, and unionizing during a global pandemic. Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union has a picket scheduled for 1PM on Saturday, July 25th at th... Read more

Jacqueline Keeler on recent high-profile changes to racist sporting team mascots

Airs at: Tue, 07/21/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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Reveal investigation finds unregulated rehab facilities exploit patients for unpaid labor

Airs at: Thu, 07/16/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  During the current Black Lives Matter Movement, attention has been called to the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery -- except as punishment for a crime. Prison labor is both legal and prevalent in the U.S., which has led to a number of boycotts of companies who u... Read more

PPB's explanation of violence against protesters falls short, experts say

Airs at: Thu, 07/09/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  On July 8, Portland Police Deputy Chief Chris Davis spoke with members of the press about the escalation of violence at protests and emphasized that officers have been targeted by a small group of unlawful agitators. Many have come out criticizing the Portland Police a... Read more

Inmate says COVID outbreak at San Quentin Prison came from guards, not transfers

Airs at: Wed, 07/08/2020 at 5:30pm - Thu, 07/09/2020 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  There has been a massive outbreak of COVID-19 at the San Quentin Federal Prison in northern California. It has reached all parts of the prison, including death row, where many of the men are older prisoners with underlying health conditions. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg sp... Read more

Where Beaverton City Council lacks responsiveness to the community, Sunrise picks up the slack with open mic

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Protests for racial justice and police reform call on local governments to be on the forefront of change. The protests and their demands have persisted for over a month now. Some city governments are taking the demands more seriously than others. In Beaverton, local ... Read more

Educators line up to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  On Friday, June 26, educators and students came together in support of Black Lives Matter. On Stark Street, East County Educators lined up to show their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg was there to hear from educators about thei... Read more

Trump Administration's Navy deal with Saudi Arabia impacts Yemen's humanitarian crisis

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Kathy Kelly is co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and just wrote the piece "Battleground States." She writes: "On Thursday, June 25th, President Trump’s re-election efforts took him to the 'battleground' state of Wisconsin, where he toured the Fincantieri M... Read more