Althea Billings

  Reem Ghunaim is the Executive Director for Rotarian Action Group for Peace. Soon, she plans to travel to Geneva, Switzerland, to speak at Geneva Peace Week, a gathering of global peacebuilding groups and UN representatives. KBOO's Annette Newell and Althea Billings spoke... Read more

  Since Friday, social unrest has been mounting in Chile, with millions nationwide protesting in the streets. Last week, students started protesting fare hikes on the subway system, the second in two weeks. These demonstrations sparked more unrest, with unions across the ... Read more

  Rahab’s Sisters is a nonprofit which works to serve those marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence or substance use. Every Friday, they open their doors to women and people whose gender identity makes them vulnerable, offering a hot meal, a safe space a... Read more

  Activist have shut down the Port of Vancouver today to protest the import of Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion infrastructure through Washington State. The Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion would transport tar sands oil across Canada, from the Alberta Tar Sands to the sh... Read more

  Longtime Portland resident and Holocaust survivor Laureen Nussbaum has a new book, "Shedding our Stars, the story of Hans Calmeyer and how he saved thousands of families like mine," which details how a German bureaucrat saved over 3,700 Jews in Amsterdam from certain dea... Read more

Color Outside the Lines is a Portland non-profit dedicated to helping foster and at-risk youth connect with opportunities for creativity, with a focus on art and culture. On October12, Color Outside the Lines will be hosting a celebration of the unveiling of the Unity Proj... Read more

  A court recently overturned Lincoln County’s “Freedom from Aerially-Sprayed Pesticides Ordinance,” ending a two-year ban on the practice. The group Lincoln County Community Rights (LCCR), an intervening defendant in the case and a driving force in its initial passage in... Read more

  Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. He is also a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four books, translated into multiple languages. Thom has a new book, “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal ... Read more

  KBOO News Director Althea Billings takes a look at beavers and their contributions towards mitigating the climate crisis and how they help shape our wild landscapes.  Read more

Althea Billings talks to the director of the documentary film Fantastic Fungi "FANTASTIC FUNGI is a vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit - the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports l... Read more