Evening News

In the South Pacific earlier this year, Tongan youth rioted when their legislature failed to enact democratic reforms.KBOO’s Michael Gene Horowitz recently traveled to Tonga, and brings us this update:  Read more

AND NOW, THIS WEEK’S STREET ROOTS REPORT, BROUGHT TO US BY JOANNE ZUHL Read more

As President Pervez Musharraf steps down as the head of the military in Pakistan, KBOO took the opportunity to speak with Professor Stephen Zunes about what this means:  Read more

Just over a week ago a major operating manual for the United States Military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay was leaked and posted on the internet.This manual reveals that the military had an official policy of putting some new prisoners in isolation to break them down psy... Read more

 Vice President Dick Cheney was behind a controversial decision to block California’s attempt to impose tough emission standards on car manufacturers.KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has more.  Read more

On Hawaii’s Big Island, U-S Air Force planes are dropping unarmed bombs the size of a small automobile.The first fear was of a bomb missing its target and hitting a school or hospital.But now, as we reported yesterday on KBOO News, the army base where the practice bombs ... Read more

As George Bush hastily made his entrance and exit at a one-day Israel-Palestine peace talk in Annapolis Maryland yesterday, others in the area were organizing events to bring attention to issues that weren’t addressed in the summit.Phil Karoum is with the Annapolis Frien... Read more

 Bolivia is recovering from a violent weekend of protests in Sucre . 4 people were killed and hundreds were injured as groups protested a constitutional assembly being held to reform Bolivia’s founding document. KBOO's Eoin Bastable spoke earlier today with Evan Cuthbert... Read more

This past Friday was declared ‘Fur Free Friday’ by animal rights activists nationwide. Here in Portland, a march was held by the group ‘In Defense of Animals’. Matt Rosell is a representative of that group.  He spoke to KBOO about Friday’s protest Read more

This past Friday was declared ‘Fur Free Friday’ by animal rights activists nationwide.  Here in Portland, a march was held by the group ‘In Defense of Animals’. Matt Rosell is a representative of that group.  He spoke to KBOO about Friday’s protest:  Read more