Activist Alert
Lane County strike and intervenors against LNG
As we go to press, Lane County workers with AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees planned to strike beginning Wednesday, Oct. 18. Continue reading
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Letters to the Editor – 2017-10-19
ADDRESSING RAPE Your “The Freshman Survival Guide” (Oct. 12) states: “The first half of your first term of college is known as the ‘Red Zone,’ … Continue reading
Lane County Area Spray Information
Siuslaw River, Lorane and Pengra Road
Mason Bruce & Girard, 541-973-1951, plans to hire Rye Tree Service Inc., 541-999-0295, to place Rozol pellets to kill mountain beavers during tree planting operations … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-10-12
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT I enjoyed David Turner’s Along the Long Tom River: Observations from the Past and Present, and Blake Andrews’ interview with David … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Fracking, judges and police chiefs
• The city of Eugene is hosting a series of community forums in October “to discuss what type of police chief the city should seek.” … Continue reading
Slant
Kesey Square, protests and wildfires
• Who could have imagined that professional football players would be leading the way with a profound free speech statement about racial justice and human … Continue reading
Slant
Mass shootings and Sen. Jeff Merkley for president
• What links the largest mass shootings in the U.S in the past 30 years? The common denominator is guns. We can talk about mental … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-10-05
YOU CAN CUT IT WITH A STICK Thursday’s Eugene Weekly (Sept. 21) brought a much-needed update on Scobert Park. We learned that a lot of … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Know your rights, yoga and a forestry tour
• On Saturday, Oct. 14, you can attend a four hour intensive training from the Civil Liberties Defense Center. The training will impart knowledge and … Continue reading
Taking a Knee
Even “rich white girls” get to express political opinions
By Amy Samson Sheldon High School is a world away from the streets of Ferguson, Cleveland, Baltimore or Tulsa. But when soccer players from South … Continue reading