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Whatever Trump may say, we are not the enemy
• We are not the enemy. On Aug. 16, more than 350 newspapers across the United States, led by The Boston Globe, have signed on … Continue reading
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• 420 is upon us; do you know what that means? No, really, do you? 420 is not the police code for marijuana. As the … Continue reading
Chasing Banks
Activists rally in national day of action against JPMorgan Chase
The crowd of 20 organized under drizzly skies on Wednesday afternoon, April 10, their backs turned on the Willamette Street traffic. Their signs, paintings of … Continue reading
Urban Design
Making Eugene great again
Suddenly it’s springtime in Eugene for city design with new projects popping up all over. We have new murals, a reborn Civic Alliance Park for … Continue reading
Climate Laws
When it comes to Clean Energy Jobs, tired myths die hard
By Lucy Vinis and Kitty Piercy Oregon is on the verge of the biggest climate protection legislation in state history: the Clean Energy Jobs bill … Continue reading
Women, Tech and STEM
Navigating today’s dynamic, ever-changing job market
By Lauren Jerome and Kim Dearborn As entrepreneurs and technology specialists, our Eugene connections naturally brought us together. We, the writers, come from different backgrounds. … Continue reading
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• Oregon Women’s Basketball is off to Tampa, Florida, to compete in the Final Four, the first time in program history after beating Mississippi State … Continue reading
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• In 2014 Joshua Hunt wrote in The New York Times about rape allegations against three University of Oregon basketball players. Now he has an … Continue reading
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Dissing the RG redesign, racist graffiti and more
• The newly arrived Eugene Voters’ Pamphlet is overwhelming, and it’s hard to imagine anyone plowing through all the arguments regarding elected vs. appointed auditors. … Continue reading
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• A new analysis by MuckRock, a nonprofit that helps people file public records requests, ranked Oregon as the worst state in the nation in … Continue reading
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• In the March 4 edition of Editor and Publisher magazine, Eugene Weekly was recognized as an honorable mention in the newspaper industry journal’s list … Continue reading
Up Against the Machine
Bills in Salem fight the education combine
by Roscoe Caron and Larry Lewin “You had a choice: You could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in … Continue reading
Blackface
History and reform
I was looking at my high school yearbook, where I appeared as student body president, in my natural blackface — an actual eight-inch Afro, denim … Continue reading
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• The snow was pretty the first couple hours it fell last week. Then tree limbs fell, roofs collapsed, power lines went down and the … Continue reading
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• When it snows in Eugene and Lane County, it brings out a little bit of everything. Sure, Eugene’s non-bare pavement policy means we have … Continue reading