Finding The White Oaks
Walk outside. Chances are you won’t find Oregon’s native white oak in Eugene. Before colonization, white oaks lived all over the Willamette Valley. Today white … Continue reading
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A Tip To The Grocery Chains
Tip jars for checkers and baggers: an idea whose time has come, dontcha think? They’re essential workers. They deal with hundreds of us daily. They’re … Continue reading
Championing Mental Health Care
Lane County is establishing a crisis stabilization center for youth and adults
Every day, all over our county, we have friends, neighbors or even family members that may be facing a mental health crisis. Time and again … Continue reading
Slant
You know what’s punk rock? Helping people. Local punk bands Bad Luck Blackouts and Silence Mill are joined by Portland’s Old City for a benefit … Continue reading
Don’t Blame The Unhoused
The cities of Portland and Seattle are in the process of possibly passing bills to have their unhoused citizens moved off the streets and encampments … Continue reading
Eugene: An Emerald Of The West
With ever gloomy news out of the world, rapidly changing climate and the ever-worsening prophecies of the crumbling social peace of this land, I wanted … Continue reading
We Should Teach Real History
The ultimate example of white privilege is when parents and/or school boards claim that white people have a right to not acknowledge or teach history … Continue reading
Greenway For Sale?
Eugene citizens learned only recently about our city planners’ questionable management of our community resources. This time it pertains to the city’s proposal to effectively … Continue reading
Wilde Doesn’t Walk His Talk
In his opinion piece of Feb. 20 to The Oregonian (Slant, 2/24), state Rep. Marty Wilde slammed what goes on, especially among Democrats, in the … Continue reading
Slant
When most of the news is so gloomy, it’s a pleasure to read St. Vinnie’s Voice, the newsletter of St. Vincent de Paul and its … Continue reading