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Normal 0 On Wednesday, a group of concerned parents and doctors presented a petition to the owner of 14 McDonalds restaurants in the Portland area.  The group is demanding that McDonalds stop targeting children in its aggressive marketing campaign to sell junk food. K... Read more

Protesting Ronald McDonald This is a volunteer powered and produced broadcast.  Please click the link to enjoy the newscast! Read more

Normal 0 As an unprecedented popular uprising sweeps through Egypt, some have begun to talk about another famous middle eastern revolution: the Iranian revolution of 1979. In 1978 Iran, opposition to the repressive US backed Shah who had ruled for nearly four decades ... Read more

Egypt v The Iranian Revolution This is a volunteer powered and produced radio.  Please click the link to enjoy the newscast! Read more

Normal 0 For many people climate change is not an ambiguous threat looming in the distant future, but a reality they are forced to face every day.  On Monday night, a member of the Portland Central American Solidarity Committee spoke to a packed room about her expiren... Read more

Normal 0 A Forum was held last night in Northeast Portland regarding a campaign to form an Oregon State Bank. KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge spoke with Steve Hughes from the Working Families Party about the new campaign. Read more

Iraq Veterans Against the War COP 16 Report Back to the People Oregon State Bank Campaign This is a volunteer powered and produced newscast.  Please click the link to enjoy! Read more

Normal 0 According to Iraw Veterans Against the War, 20-50% of American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq have been sent on second or third tours of duty despite severe psychologial problems. KBOO's Ben Renner spoke with the Oregon chapter president of Iraq Veterans Agai... Read more

Normal 0 An Oregon-basedtrucking company has begun hauling oil refining equipment through Idaho and onto barges on the Columbia River.  The equipment is headed to Tar Sands in northern Alberta.  Environmental activistsare opposing the project on several levels. KBOO's... Read more

Normal 0 Today was the first day of Oregon's new legislative session.  Amid the opening day bustle, Governor Kitzhaber has announced his new budget for 2011. KBOO reporter Cauley Powell has more on Oregon'sbudget, the cuts, and how Republicans have responded. Read more