Slant
In our April 15 Slant column we wrote about a big new Eugene Police Department rig that looks like it came straight out of the … Continue reading
Year: 2021
Drag Queens and Vaccine! A vaccine clinic for our BIPOC and LGBTQIA++ Community featuring Moderna
Sometimes, you just have to have a socially safe party in a pandemic. The BIPOC and LGBTQIA++ communities come out in force this weekend for … Continue reading
Di Liberto For A Change At 4J
The upcoming 4J School Board election is about change. For more than 20 years, the overall model in 4J has been about continued centralization and … Continue reading
The Beauty of Ordinary Things
Phil Coleman brings life to flower photographs at The Arts Center in Corvallis
There’s an adage that knowing the explanation for something ruins the ability to appreciate that thing’s beauty. For retired physicist Phil Coleman, it’s the opposite. … Continue reading
Truth is the Only Currency
Does the Second Amendment protect guns over people?
I have written a number of articles about the arms industry’s distortion of the Second Amendment as it traffics in ever more lethal weaponry to … Continue reading
Endorsements!
It’s an educational election in May
As they say, all politics is local, and in Lane County, local politics gets heated when it’s school board elections. The issues are huge in … Continue reading
A Solution to Ending Homelessness Might Be in the Data
Data-driven approaches are eliminating homelessness in communities across the U.S. Is Eugene next?
On a dewy January morning, clipboard-toting volunteers met up in communities across the U.S., including Eugene, to walk through streets, parks, encampments, underpasses and woodland … Continue reading
The Right Kind of Change in Springfield
Springfield must consider who benefits from Glenwood development
By Tim Morris The people of Springfield will be impacted by an important decision that the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA) has to make and … Continue reading
County Risk Levels Explained
What does moving to 'extreme risk' mean?
Gov. Kate Brown announced April 27 that 15 counties, including Lane, are moving to extreme risk on April 30 due to the rapid spread of … Continue reading
Democracy on the Ropes
The events of Jan. 6 and the cries of “stolen election” evidence the need for passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
The events of Jan. 6 are fresh in our minds, as is the refusal of the Senate to hold the chief insurrectionist accountable for the … Continue reading