Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“What are the consequences when people refuse their roles and become disruptive? Perhaps disruption is not only born of desperation but is in fact a … Continue reading
Camilla Mortensen
Camilla Mortensen is the longtime local editor of Eugene Weekly, the area’s alternative newspaper. The paper, which has been in print since 1982 (originally as What’s Happening) continues to print more than 27,000 copies a week in addition to its popular email newsletters and website. Camilla has a masters degree in folklore and mythology from UCLA and a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Oregon. She has been a reporter and editor at EW since 2007 and teaches journalism at the UO in the mornings before heading to the Weekly’s office. She also teaches newswriting at Lane Community College and advises The Torch student newspaper.
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Video Suggests Feds had Hand in Broken Window
Broken windows at Eugene Federal Building turned an ICE protest into a ‘riot’
On Jan. 30, the Eugene Police Department declared the ICE Out protest at the downtown Eugene Federal Building a “riot” after someone broke a ground-floor … Continue reading
Crossfire
Federal agents fire pepper balls and tear gas into Eugene’s streets
Words Camilla Mortensen Video Eve Weston On Jan. 27, 30 and 31, federal agents at the Eugene Federal Building fired tear gas, pepper balls and … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.” — George Bernard Shaw Upcoming Protests, Rallies, Marches, … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.” — William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court justice … Continue reading
‘ICE Off Our Streets!’
The country is reeling from recent violence at the hands of the federal government yet the people remain Local and Vocal
The death of Renee Good at the hands of an ICE agent on Jan. 7 was stunning. In Lane County, there are protests against the … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank Upcoming Protests, Rallies, Marches, Talks … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis. And if solutions within the system are so impossible to find, then maybe we … Continue reading
2025’s Eugene Weekly Top 20
What did local readers click this year? Real estate!
Before the ball drops let’s count down the top 20 stories on the Eugene Weekly website! We took a look at the stories that got … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Without a direct action expression of it, nonviolence, to my mind, is meaningless.” — Mahatma Gandhi Upcoming Protests, Rallies, Marches, Talks, Gatherings and More • … Continue reading