Protest Calls Attention to Sex Workers and Backpage
“Sex work is work, sex workers are people and no person is ever more safe when you eliminate their work options,” says Lia, a local … 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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Native American Activist Grabbed by Law Enforcement During Public Testimony
'The tactics used only escalate a situation and make it unsafe for tribal people to testify publicly'
As a Native American activist testified against a proposed gravel mine in Oakridge at an Oct. 12 Lane County Board of Commissioners meeting, a plainclothes … Continue reading
Public Records Keep the Government Transparent
Oregon’s Public Records and Public Meetings Laws have weakened over the years
Attorney Dave Bahr has a long worked on transparency issues and recently completed a term on the Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee of the federal Office of Government Information Services. Bahr advises those seeking public records to start with the most basic thing: “Pick up the phone and walk into an office and interact person to person.” Continue reading
Why Don‘t You Run for Office?
A lot of candidates run unopposed here in Lane County
While a couple local positions were hard-fought races in the primary election in May — the Eugene mayor’s race and the Ward 1 City Council seat, … Continue reading
Civics Lessons
This election year feels toxic. The current rhetoric and anger of the presidential race seems to be permeating everything. How did we wind up with … Continue reading
Why Care about the County Commission?
Votes by the five-member Board of Lane County Commissioners affect people in 12 cities and 4,620 square miles of land
The five member Lane County Commission administers the approximately $450 million that federal, state and local taxpayers provide to Lane County, South Lane Commissioner Pete … Continue reading
Reza Aslan to discuss Trumpism and Islam at the UO
'The problem isn’t Donald Trump, the problem is Trumpism'
“The problem isn’t Donald Trump, the problem is Trumpism,” Reza Aslan tells EW. Known for his book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of … Continue reading
Arrest of Racist Triggers Free Speech Debate
Many of those participating in a Stop Hate! rally in Springfield Sept. 29 were greeted by a loudspeaker blaring from the roof of the home of well-known racist and anti-Semite Jimmy Marr. Marr was blasting a speech proclaiming the wonders of hate. He was arrested for disorderly conduct in the second degree. Continue reading
Meteorologist Addresses Chemtrail Theories
Standing on the sidewalk, you look up in the sky and see a curious crosshatching of straight white streaks. These are airplane contrails — clouds formed when water vapor condenses and freezes around small particles that exist in aircraft exhaust, according to NASA. Continue reading
Local Racist and Anti-Semite Jimmy Marr Arrested in Wake of Stop Hate Rally
Many of those participating in a Stop Hate! rally in Springfield Sept. 29 were greeted by a loudspeaker, on the roof of the home of well known racist and anti-Semite Jimmy Marr, blasting offensive speech. Marr was arrested for disorderly conduct in the second degree, according to his booking at the Springfield Municipal Jail. Continue reading