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  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more

---- Join KBOO throughout the month of February to hear programs from Black creatives, artists, activists, revolutionaries, KBOO hosts, musicians and more! These specials aim to celebrate all aspects of the Black lived experience - from contemporary political and socia... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll enjoy some exciting new music from Joe Newberry & April Verch, mandolin player Jesse Appelman, Hana Zara, Thomm Jutz, and others.  We'll also hear favorites from The Chatham Rabbits, Molly Tuttle, Salt House... Read more

Mona Bowen drops in to discuss the new film, How to Make a Killing, and Jeff Godsil revisits Marty Supreme.  Read more

  "Something inside me just won't let unjust things go unchallenged." KBOO's Dajeon Reich-Brown interviews activist, mentor and longtime KBOO DJ, Celeste Carey.  A text version of this interview was featured in the KBOO Zine "Boo Beat Vol. 2."  Listen to Carey's weekly... Read more

Another visit from a free-flowing line up of country musicians is coming your way Saturday morning February 21st from 6 till 9 on KBOO's Swing’n’Country.  Tom T. Hall will set the stage for the entire program so you don’t want to miss "Country Is" at the start. There’s a... Read more

  At 4pm, we welcome four amazing contributors to Portland, Oregon, and Multnomah County, civic and community life. They will tackle the prevailing turbulent discourse, and narrative: Immigration and Federal ICE Agents; the impact, the chaos, and a runway towards re... Read more

Recognizing life’s paradoxical nature is essential for our emotional health and personal growth. In "Embracing Paradox," author Prashanthi Amarnath shows how the contrasting elements that color our lives are an invitation to accept the seamless flow of existence. Prasha... Read more

Join me, Diane Hunt, on February 23rd, from 5:30 to 7:00am when we dive into the rich trove of music from Black folk musicians.  The first set of the show will be a nod to the FisherPoets Gathering, but the rest of the show will feature Black artists in honor of Black Hi... Read more

  The struggle for labor across the color line has often been credited to white activists. However, as sociologist Cedric de Leon argues, the black labor movement, independently organized outside of the official union movement, propelled such efforts. He discusses the ... Read more

As data centers continue to pop up like noxious weeds, a growing movement is coming together to stop their spread. Like oil and gas pipelines before them, data centers are uniting people of diverse backgrounds and political views in a burgeoning movement of opposition to... Read more

Adam Carpinelli interviews Jalil Muntaqim, former Political Prisoner, co-founder of The Jericho Movement and Spirit of Mandela.  Discussion focuses on the legacy of struggle for Black and Brown people, self-determination and new form of governance.  Muntaqim launches his... Read more

  In this retrospective, Grassroot News NW's LaNita Duke and Nia Gray remember two Black leaders we lost in recent weeks, Oregon State Sen. Avel Gordly and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Would you like to share your memories with us? Call and leave us a message at 971-801-1396, w... Read more