Eugene Weekly

Good article on the plight of Dungeness crabs (“Feeling Crabby,” 9/5). One footnote I would add is that Captain Cook noticed dead zones off of … Continue reading →

On almost every continent in the world (except North America), the experience of “general strike” is in people’s bones. In India, Europe and South America, … Continue reading →

For way too many years, true progressives in Eugene have had to be “resigned” to City Manager Jon Ruiz playing our faux-gressive mayors, Kitty Piercy … Continue reading →

In her Aug. 29 letter, Deb McGee laments that Peter DeFazio isn’t more environmentally progressive in opposing the Jordan Cove pipeline. We might further ask why … Continue reading →

I find it disingenuous of state Sen. James Manning to write that, “Our representative democracy only works with mutual trust” (“The Legislature’s Unfinished Business on Climate,” 8/29). … Continue reading →

Currently, the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to gut key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act to dramatically increase logging, mining and fossil fuel … Continue reading →

Monday morning, Aug. 26, an unhoused woman was killed in her sleeping bag just trying to rest. Here in our town, on our watch, a … Continue reading →

The Global Climate Strike entreaties us all to walk out of our workplaces or homes and join school strikers on the streets to demand an … Continue reading →

I agree with Willie Dickerson (Letters, “A New Peace,” 8/1) when he commented, “peace begins when hunger ends.” Our food banks are certainly in demand, … Continue reading →

At Rep. Peter DeFazio’s most recent Eugene town hall, speaking on the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), he said, “Unfortunately Trump has voided that agreement and … Continue reading →