Misleading Rhetoric
Affordable homeownership requires incentives for middle housing
By John Fischer, Tom Bowerman, Andrew Heben and Dylan Lamar As the investors and developers of the homes that make up the C Street Co-op … Continue reading
Opinion Archive
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We confess to missing the Saturday Register-Guard in our box after all these years. A daily newspaper should be on the street every day. Right? … Continue reading
Labeling Divorce
Responding to news of a friend’s breakup requires empathy
By Nicole Dahmen I got divorced last year. [Cue standard response: Awkward platitude combined with a head nod, a move made famous by Tom Selleck’s character, … Continue reading
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About 10 years ago, Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson visited Eugene when she was on the U. S. Sentencing Commission. Invited by Judge Ann … Continue reading
A Step Toward Justice
Middle housing recommendations support affordable and climate-responsive housing
As a Eugene resident, parent and legal scholar who focuses on housing and climate justice, I am deeply concerned about a local petition circulating under … Continue reading
The Meta… what?
Welcome to virtual everything
Facebook has been renamed Meta and is poised to roll out the metaverse. Simply put, this is where digital and virtual come together, aiming at … Continue reading
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The war in Ukraine drags tragically on with no reasonable end in sight. The city of Eugene sent $10,000 to relief efforts, as well as … Continue reading
The Oppression of Suffering
A COVID meditation on the pandemic and the system’s attacks on the body
A violent attack, PTSD, anxiety, oppression, COVID, depression — we, as a society, are entrenched in a myriad of suffering, experienced collectively, voluntarily or not. The byproduct … Continue reading
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Want to support Eugene Weekly and sport our “Local and Vocal” logo? Great, we do, too! So we started a fundraiser that runs for the … 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