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The Environmenal Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is asking for the public's help writing emails and advocating for freeing Eduardo Arturo Mosqueda Sánchez, a young human rights and environmental lawyer who has been imprisoned without bail in Mexico. The full call to action is below. Continue reading
The dust hasn't settled from UO settling for $800,00 the Title IX lawsuit filed by the young woman who alleges three UO Ducks basketball players raped her, but notices of more lawsuits have appeared. This is just in from The Oregonian's higher education reporter, Richard Read: Continue reading
It doees smell like smoke today in Lane County. Earlier this week it was thanks to fires in southern Oregon, but as of yesterday a fire off Territorial Hwy., near Lorane is making our local air quality not-so-fresh. Continue reading
The next general meeting of the Eugene/Springfield NAACP is 11 am, Aug. 15, at 101 W. 10th, 2nd floor, room 209. Get involved and find out how you can help move the conversation forward. Special guest: Our Oregon and the Better Oregon Coalition. Continue reading
After two years at Lansing Community College, close to her family home in suburban Holt, Michigan, Jamie Walsh and a couple of friends moved to Los Angeles to establish California residency and decide where to go to school. “I didn’t like L.A. at all,” says Walsh, who headed north to study art history at Humboldt State in Arcata. “It’s small, and nature is everywhere,” she says of that much-smaller California town. Continue reading
Eleven youths from Oregon have joined with 10 other kids from across the country and with future generations of children to file a lawsuit that attorney Julia Olson says will challenge the U.S. government and ask the federal court system to make a decision as important as Brown v. Board of Education (racial equality) or Obergefell v. Hodges (marriage equality). Continue reading
Shawala Point at Riverfront Commemorative Park in Corvallis has a new play structure, one that memorializes the life of a young boy and honors the traditions of local indigenous people. The 50 or so people who came to the Aug. 4 dedication joined Nigel Rose Weber’s parents to watch as a Grand Ronde canoe family paddled up to Shawala Point on the hot August afternoon. Grand Ronde tribal members later drummed and sang. Native American activist and writer Winona LaDuke participated in the dedication, as did singer-songwriter Amy Ray. Continue reading
Oregon native bees now have a special day of their own. Gov. Kate Brown, at the urging of local nonprofit Beyond Toxics, has declared Aug. 15, 2015, as Oregon Native Bees Conservation Awareness Day. People should care about the welfare of bees, says Beyond Toxics Executive Director Lisa Arkin. Without bees, crops would have to be pollinated by hand, she says. Continue reading
After working on The Beer Bible for nearly two years, author and beer writer Jeff Alworth says he gained a newfound appreciation for all kinds of beers, not just his old favorites. “I had definite preferences before I started the book, but by the time I finished, it felt like they were my children, and I loved them equally,” he says, laughing. Alworth is visiting Eugene on Aug. 15 to promote The Beer Bible, a dizzyingly comprehensive guide to all things beer. Continue reading
Eugene plays host to endless wine tastings and brew fests — now it’s time for distilleries to take the spotlight. The Hard Times Distillery Expo, featuring 17 Oregon distillers, takes place Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Hult Center. Continue reading