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This past week, hundreds of Portland-area union workers and labor leaders gathered at Berkeley Park in Eastmoreland to call on Senator Ron Wyden to take a stand against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. For nearly two years, Israeli forces have been pounding Gaza with bombs ... Read more

How many National Guard deployments does it take to make everyone forget about the Epstein Files? In the long term, the answer might be unknowable -- but in the short term, Portland is facing its turn in the barrel. The president has ordered Oregon National Guard troops ... Read more

Good evening. I hope you will enjoy the surf, twang and other guitar based instrumentals I have selected for this bonus episode of "A Matter Of Public Records". Read more

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Justice As Healing. In Massachusetts, a coalition of advocacy organizations is working to oppose Governor Maura Healey's proposed $360 million prison complex at MCI-Framingham. They’re calling for an immediate action to stop construct... Read more

Sophia Jones of the University of Oregon Student Workers and Chris Sinclair of the United Academics of the U of O discuss the impending layoffs of faculty and other campus workers, the reasons behind these and other attacks on Oregon's universities and the union fightback. Read more

An eclectic mix of folk and singer-songwriter music. Read more

Until recently very few Portlanders spoke about, let along fretted over the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub along the North Reach of the Willamette River. But in the last couple years it has become more of a public concern because of the inherent danger of stori... Read more

In this week's show, hosted by Desiree Hellegers, we present the following segments:  Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It: We revisit a 2018 episode from the first Trump administration. Joe Clement talks with Shane Burley about fascist movements today and how th... Read more

Phil G here, Some of you may remember when KBOO Scooped the Wall Street Journal by interviewing Anthony Coscia about his journey to build smaller versions of the Wall of Sound (we're actually due for a follow-up, but I digress.  The Wall of Sound is both majestic and myt... Read more

Don’t miss this week’s episode of Swing 'n' Country where you'll hear the best in vintage country and western swing music! I'll be including a special feature on the Sons of the Pioneers, plus a set of Hank Williams songs to celebrate his 102nd birthday, and of course I'l... Read more