Evening News

 Speedo may be the top-selling and best-known swimwear  brand in the world, and an official sponsor of the upcoming  2008 Olympic Games in China. But, according to a new report  by the National Labor Committee, workers in China producing  Speedo sporting goods are drowni... Read more

 Over a million Iraqi refugees have been displaced from their homes since the US invasion in 2003.Some of those refugees have made their way to Portland - but are having trouble getting the services they need.KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with one of the organizers of a v... Read more

 Since June, the population of Cedar Rapids Iowa has been trying to deal with the largest flood in 500 years. There, as in Mississippi and Louisiana in 2005, a network of volunteers affiliated with the Rainbow Family of Living Light have built outdoor kitchens to provid... Read more

 In China, an American artist  planned to use laser beams to flash ‘Free Tibet’ on buildings in downtown Beijing.  James Powderly, co-founder of New York’s Graffiti Research Lab,  was detained before dawn as he prepared to project the  Students for a Free Tibet message... Read more

Protesters and free trade proponets faced off today during a bus tour in North East Portland Read more

The residents of Jubilee Community's Redwoods housing unit allege they are being harrassed by the police, housing inspectors and members of the Bureau of Housing and Community Development.  Jacob Anderson-Minshall reports on the story, and interviews residents, the prope... Read more

 Environmental activist Tre Arrow was sentenced today in a Portland courtroom. Arrow was charged with burning a number of cement and logging trucks in North West oregon.  These actions took place in 2001, and were claimed as acts of protest by the radical environmenta... Read more

The first US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII concluded this past week with the sentencing of Salim Hamdan. Author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison, Andy Worthington talks about some of the lessons to take away from it. Read more

 Environmental activist Tre Arrow was sentenced today in a Portland courtroom. Arrow was charged with burning a number of cement and logging trucks in North West oregon.  These actions took place in 2001, and were claimed as acts of protest by the radical environmenta... Read more

The Guantanamo Tribunal of Salim Hamdan concluded. Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files;  The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison talks about what we learned. Read more