REGRESSIVE POLITICS
Recently, a local young woman of color and college community activist demanded that Lane County Commissioner candidate James Barber step aside after she discovered a … Continue reading
Year: 2018
Slant
• We were impressed by the turnout for the March for Our Lives — estimates of 5,000 people in Eugene alone. Last year we saw … Continue reading
WILDE AT HEART
Democratic state representative candidate Marty Wilde secured the primary endorsement of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters for his environmental integrity. I know it’s not an … Continue reading
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
The letter from Jonathan Guske (3/15) was a nice bit of retroactive justification. “Safe injection sites” for drug users already exist. They are the homes, … Continue reading
HELPING FERALS
Feral cats are not wildlife. They are the offspring of abandoned pets left to fend for themselves. In the last 20 years, this community has … Continue reading
TIME OUT OF JOINT
Ava DuVernay, the talented director of the just released movie version of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (see EW review 3/15), described the experience of … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Brian Babb, know your rights and Holocaust Memorial Week
• The Babb family invites family, friends and the community to honor and remember Capt. Brian Babb on the three-year anniversary of his death. The … Continue reading
Happening People
Diane McWhorter
Inspired by Woody Guthrie, who traveled the West as an itinerant sign painter during the Great Depression, Delaware native Diane McWhorter picked up a brush … Continue reading
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
I must say I was quite dismayed with Barbara Mossberg’s visions of waterfront development along the Willamette River (“Designing a Waterfront Town,” 3/8). She describes … Continue reading
Shining Geranium: the Sequel
Advice from an expert with personal experience
In response to my March column about the scourge of shining geranium, local resident Alan Van Zuuk has provided more detail on how to control … Continue reading