Slant
• A University of Oregon alum, white and male, asked us why the Pioneer Mother statue was toppled and stored away along with the Pioneer Father … Continue reading
Opinion: Page 185
Rename The Whit
Across the country people are objecting to statues and place names that are tied to slavery and racial oppression. At the University of Oregon, the … Continue reading
What About All Those Other Counties?
Rename Deady Hall? Take down the pioneer statues? Where does it end? Are we going to rename 13 Oregon counties? Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and … Continue reading
Why They Had to Go
Statement on the fall of the Pioneer statues
By the faculty of the UO Native American Studies Program and the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies On June 13, protesters pulled down a … Continue reading
‘A Much Needed Beacon’
Ever since I moved to Eugene, I’ve been a regular reader of the alternative newspapers in this town, from the Willamette Valley Observer to What’s … Continue reading
Dismantle The Police
This is a moment of reckoning in Eugene. We must move beyond empty slogans and gestures, and towards lifting up, resourcing and supporting demands from … Continue reading
Don’t Wear Out Your Welcome
This is not France. Citizens of the U.S. have a short attention span. Americans have already moved on from still-raging COVID-19 to police reform, but … Continue reading
Renaming Lane County
A candidate name: Elijah Bristow, wife Susannah Gabbert Bristow. He built the first settler cabin in Lane County, near Pleasant Hill. Dick Ricketts Eugene
Part of the Solution
Attending protests is not enough to address pervasive racism
By Jailany Thiaw I didn’t go to the recent Black Lives Matter protests because it’s hard to march against police brutality with the same people who … Continue reading
Bring Back The KLCC Volunteers
It’s not easy keeping a nonprofit organization going in this “time of uncertainty.” I know. So, during this KLCC fundraising-month drive, I’m trying to understand … Continue reading