Althea Billings

  Portland City Commissioner candidate Mingus Mapps has a unique perspective on city government. He has worked as a political science professor at Brandies University, and more recently worked for the Portland Office of Community and Civic Life. Mapps faces off against inc... Read more

On today's program KBOO's News Director, Althea Billings and Public Affairs Director, Tammy Habteyes will be joined by Marc Koller co chair of the Celsi Celebration to discuss the Multnomah County Democrats efforts to get younger people involved with the organization. We wi... Read more

  Washington County Commission Seat One has a challenger this year, Nafisa Fai. Fai is an expert in the field of public health, and she helped to found the Pan African Festival in Oregon. She's also a small business owner on the Portland Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list... Read more

  The 2020 Census is a present issue for people across the U.S., and the threat of an undercount of the population can have real consequences. Census dollars are tied to population, and an undercount can result in less federal funding for the state. There are a number of h... Read more

  On Saturday, February 22nd, Gentrification is WEIRD and Alberta Abbey will be presenting a night of short films, entitled Black, Camera, Action! The short documentary films focus on the past, present and future of Black communities in Portland, and the event will also fe... Read more

  In a twist on the tradition of “stand up comedy, ” Astoria-based artist and Vietnamese refugee Lâm Quãng is creating a new show. It’s entitled “A Stand Up tragedy, a fireside chat with Lâm Quãng.” KBOO’S Althea Billings spoke with Quãng about his upcoming fireside chat, ... Read more

  Over 150 protesters gathered at the Port of Vancouver Friday, Febrary 7, to rally against the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project (TMX) in Canada. Since the fall, materials for the pipeline’s construction have been shipped into the Port of Vancouver, drawing protes... Read more

  This weekend, the group Southeast Portland Renters in Action will present the results of their survey of renters in the Lents neighborhood. As Althea Billings reports, the results could become a tool for lawmakers to help low income renters from being priced out of their... Read more

  A decade is a lot of time to digest, so we’re biting off a more manageable chunks of time, three years, starting after the 2016 election. In this short hour, not everything can be covered, but with the benefit of hindsight we can look at the past and see some patterns em... Read more

  Artist Angela Pozzi's animal sculptures are as striking as they are colorful. Come a little closer though, and the skin of a shark or polar bear comes into focus. The sculptures are made of trash. Not just any trash either, trash collected from Oregon beaches by Pozzi's ... Read more