Althea Billings

  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea spend some time questioning Willamette Week's election endorsements. The criticism of Jo Ann Hardesty seems to boil down to that "she's mean," while the Willy excuses Rene Gonzalez's flouting of campaign finance law as a "stum... Read more

  'Conversion' is a documentary following the journey of 5 survivors of conversion therapy, across the United States and Canada, as they move through the mental and physical fallout of ending conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, broadly speaking, is any attempt to chang... Read more

  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea run through some local news items on the way to reconvening STRIKETOBER baby! Importantly, Measure 110, that decriminalized drug possession was analyzed and researchers didn't find evidence connecting the decriminalization to ... Read more

  In the latest edition of Street Roots, the paper asks four simple questions of the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Oregon State Legislature - House and Senate. They're focused in on the housing crisis, and homelessness, and their written answers provide a gl... Read more

  Oregonians will have the opportunity to remove a "slavery loophole" from the Oregon State Constitution at the midterm election ballot this November.  Measure 112 would remove slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime. It's language that's echoed in th... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea cover some recent news, national and local. We discuss Biden's federal marijuana reform, dyeing a waterfall for a gender reveal, and we go deep on Portland midterm election news. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has revealed his... Read more

  Portland City Commission Position 3 candidates Jo Ann Hardesty and Rene Gonzalez spoke to Street Roots about how they would like to address the affordable housing and homelessness crisis in Portland.  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks to K. Rambo, Editor-in-Chief at Street R... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Damon Motz-Storey, the Communications Manager for Portland United for Change, which is advocating for the passage of the Portland Charter Change measure, Measure 26-228.  We discuss the process that led to the ballot... Read more

  Tammy Habteyes and Althea Billings, live in-station.     Read more