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Letters to the editor should be less than 250 words and sent to letters@eugeneweekly.com along with your address and phone number for our files. We … Continue reading
I’ve been following Congressman Peter DeFazio’s good work for a long time. His record of protecting our environment speaks for itself, and it’s clear we … Continue reading
It is beyond unjust that big corporate interests have more privilege to engage in harmful activities in our communities than we have to protect our … Continue reading
The urgency expressed by both Ericka Thessen and Martha Dragovich is real (Letters, 9/5), prompted by the catastrophes of a homeless woman’s death and the … Continue reading
Donald Trump’s now infamous “Go Back Home!” racist rally took place in Greenville, North Carolina. I lived in Greenville for five years. Not everyone shares … Continue reading
I was struck by the action of Donald Trump in requesting the Israeli government to ban two U.S. congresswomen from entering Israel — two congresswomen … Continue reading
Good article on the plight of Dungeness crabs (“Feeling Crabby,” 9/5). One footnote I would add is that Captain Cook noticed dead zones off of … Continue reading
The city of Eugene’s experiment with having the internet make municipal decisions will soon wrap up. The city asked community members to name three new … Continue reading
On almost every continent in the world (except North America), the experience of “general strike” is in people’s bones. In India, Europe and South America, … Continue reading
For way too many years, true progressives in Eugene have had to be “resigned” to City Manager Jon Ruiz playing our faux-gressive mayors, Kitty Piercy … Continue reading
In her Aug. 29 letter, Deb McGee laments that Peter DeFazio isn’t more environmentally progressive in opposing the Jordan Cove pipeline. We might further ask why … Continue reading
I find it disingenuous of state Sen. James Manning to write that, “Our representative democracy only works with mutual trust” (“The Legislature’s Unfinished Business on Climate,” 8/29). … Continue reading
Currently, the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to gut key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act to dramatically increase logging, mining and fossil fuel … Continue reading
Monday morning, Aug. 26, an unhoused woman was killed in her sleeping bag just trying to rest. Here in our town, on our watch, a … Continue reading