Ms. Freeman Goes to Salem
Testifying in the Senate to prevent book bans
By Martha Freeman The hero of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a newbie U.S. senator who speaks on the Senate floor for 25 hours … Continue reading
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Fire Service Fee and More in Letters to the Editor!
Keep the Fee With new threats to democracy emerging daily on the national level, it’s easy to lose sight of the ongoing need to protect … Continue reading
Slant — Sew Much?
By EW editorial staff • Eugene City Manager Sarah Medary quietly announced on March 11 that after 30 years with the city she plans to … Continue reading
Eugene SOS (Save Our Services)
Don’t cut the public services that let this community thrive
By Kitty Piercy and Dan Bryant A core principle of social justice is this: Budgets are moral documents. Whether city, county, state or federal, government … Continue reading
Supporting the Fire Service Fee
Once the cuts are made, it’s not easy to bring services back
By Lucy Vinis, Jennifer Yeh, Lyndsie Leech and Eliza Kashinsky The city of Eugene’s Fire Service Fee is a prudent action that enables the city … Continue reading
From Comics to Concerns in Letters
Give us ‘This Modern World’ I couldn’t care less about the F-word, but I’d gladly trade in a Savage Love for the occasional This Modern … Continue reading
Slant — Suits & Strikes
• Kudos to the Eugene 4J School District, which announced Feb. 26 that it was the first public K-12 district to join a federal lawsuit … Continue reading
Murder-Mystery Satire
Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound is light but fun at Very Little Theatre
The Real Inspector Hound, by Tom Stoppard, the acclaimed Czech-born British playwright, can now be seen at the Very Little Theatre’s intimate Stage Left. The … Continue reading
Inmate Mail
A new Oregon Department of Corrections rule on inmate mail has negative impacts
By Hunter Briggs In July 2024, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) filed a “notice of proposed rulemaking” that outlined changes for incoming mail sent … Continue reading
From F-bombs to Bigfoot in Letters
A Fuck Too Far I’ve been unhappy about the routine appearance of four letter words in print in your publication for some time. Your Love … Continue reading