A Friend in Greta Thunberg
A Eugenean experiences the Climate Strike in NYC

The train to downtown Manhattan is filled with people holding signs. Many of these people are children, permitted to skip school for the day to … Continue reading
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The train to downtown Manhattan is filled with people holding signs. Many of these people are children, permitted to skip school for the day to … Continue reading
The key difference between democratic socialism and socialism is that democratic socialists don’t want the government to own the means of production and socialists do. … Continue reading
We should not let the liars in Washington and the corporate news media sucker us into another war in the Middle East. Remember the “weapons … Continue reading
STAR Voting lets you choose who you really believe in for public office — with no worries about “vote-splitting” — because it lets you show … Continue reading
Kudos to Willie Dickerson (Letters, 9/12) for beating the drum on what we can do about the challenges facing us as a community: Speak up, … Continue reading
I was three months pregnant with my first child on Sept. 11, 2001. I sat and watched in horror as the second plane hit the … Continue reading
The fall season is here, bringing with it the season of giving. We’ve lost a member of our homeless community and we don’t know how … Continue reading
I’m going to fill you guys in on a secret: There’s no crazy conspiracy. Conspiracy means “done in secret” and they are doing it right … Continue reading
Beautiful. Tragic. How thoughtful of Eugene Weekly to tell the life of Annette Montero. She could be our neighbor, friend or relative suddenly facing homelessness and … Continue reading
I was on Congressman Peter DeFazio’s first campaign way back when (was it the mid-’80s? the late ’80s?). I believe now, as then, we have the … Continue reading