Kiasia Baggenstos
In June, following her freshman year in the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, Portland native Kiasia Baggenstos was named the first-ever winner … Continue reading
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Who Can Feed the Hungry?
Homeless outreach group Breakfast Brigade resists the city’s efforts to stop its members from feeding the hungry at Washington Jefferson Park
On Thursday, June 29, Lisa Levsen spent her morning the same way she always does five days of the week: feeding the hungry at Washington … Continue reading
Locked Down for Old-Growth Forests
Cascadia Forest Defenders protest Sierra Pacific Industries
On the morning of July 5, dozens of community members and organizers from Cascadia Forest Defenders protested outside of Sierra Pacific Industries (formerly Seneca timber) … Continue reading
This Land is My Land
Out-of-state landlords and renters go head to head in the face of eviction
Candice King and her children live in an older red house just minutes away from downtown Eugene. The house is lived in: There’s artwork scattered … Continue reading
Protesters and EPD Standoff Over Eviction
Update: Candice King fights for the right to keep her house
At 9 am on July 5, officers with the Eugene Police Department and Lane County Sheriff’s Office burst through Candice King’s window to evict her … Continue reading
Planning For the Next Fire
Rural Lane County residents are clearing brush, forming groups and renting fire equipment as climate change promises another severe fire season
Dave Brink has been president of Brink Fire Resources near Creswell for nearly 20 years. His business has routinely rented out fire suppression trailers, with … Continue reading
Enviro Law in Egypt
Egypt's only public interest environmental lawyer visits Eugene
Egypt’s only public interest environmental lawyer visits Eugene By Alicia Santiago Raised as the son of a lawyer, Ahmed Elseidi grew up surrounded by legal … Continue reading
Ranked or STARred
Alternative voting systems in play in the race to find a better voting system for Oregon.
On Sunday, June 25 the Oregon Legislature passed the House Bill 2004, which proposes ranked-choice voting in upcoming federal and statewide elections. The ballot measure … Continue reading
Fear, Intimidation and Justice
Cases allege racial discrimination by the Springfield Police Department
In July 2020, Ashley Carr and her friend Kinaya Haug were sitting in Haug’s car in front of Carr’s home in Springfield when they were … Continue reading
Lessons From Bull Street
Half a century ago I worked at a state mental hospital. It wasn’t as bad a place as 'Cuckoo’s Nest' would have you believe.
When I was 17 years old, I lied about my age to get my first full-time job — as an orderly making $1.30 an hour … Continue reading