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KBOO is a media sponsor for: Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer — and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class with co-author Paul Pierson When: Tuesday, November 30, 7PM Where: First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon (doors open at 6:30 PM) Cost: $5... Read more

 Hi, I'm Diane Karl from the morning "folk-strip".   I'd like to let you know about the MusicBox Project, a non-profit organization seeking to document American roots music.  The directors are Dyann & Rick Arthur from Mill Creek WA.  As part of their effort they have the... Read more

It's hard to be poor. People who are not poor often fail to understand this, and the attempts of social scientists to explain things are often less illuminating than the narratives of the poor or formerly poor. Recently, a number of sites have reposted a blog entry from L... Read more

KBOO is proud to announce that Jenka Soderberg has been chosen to be a 2011 John S Knight Fellow at Stanford.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KBOO’s PM News and Public Affairs Director is a Knight Journalism Fellow. Jenka Soderberg, KBOO’s PM News and Public Affairs Director,... Read more

JAZZ TRACKING 4-19-12 Scott Cowan                Jack’s Place                    Blujazz Daniel Ori                Emuna                        Blujazz Freddie Hubbard            Straight Life                    CTI Juliann Kuchocki            Broken Compass         ... Read more

Shutter IslandDirector: Martin ScorseseWith: Lenoardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, etc.(This will be a no-spoiler review.)I had the opportunity to interview Dennis Lehane when he toured through... Read more

A briefer version of this appears on the February 3, 2013 Old Mole Variety Hour. You may already know that No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top and Common Core have been detrimental to K through 12 education. You may know that the Portland Association of Teachers ha... Read more