Deport Trump
Donald Trump’s now infamous “Go Back Home!” racist rally took place in Greenville, North Carolina. I lived in Greenville for five years. Not everyone shares … Continue reading
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So Much For Good Manners
I was struck by the action of Donald Trump in requesting the Israeli government to ban two U.S. congresswomen from entering Israel — two congresswomen … Continue reading
Captain Cook’s Crabs
Good article on the plight of Dungeness crabs (“Feeling Crabby,” 9/5). One footnote I would add is that Captain Cook noticed dead zones off of … Continue reading
Global Climate Strike
On almost every continent in the world (except North America), the experience of “general strike” is in people’s bones. In India, Europe and South America, … Continue reading
Slant
• Annette Montero died on the streets of Eugene, run over by a truck as she slept. As our cover story shows this week, she … Continue reading
Good Riddance, Ruiz
For way too many years, true progressives in Eugene have had to be “resigned” to City Manager Jon Ruiz playing our faux-gressive mayors, Kitty Piercy … Continue reading
DeFazi-No
In her Aug. 29 letter, Deb McGee laments that Peter DeFazio isn’t more environmentally progressive in opposing the Jordan Cove pipeline. We might further ask why … Continue reading
Observing 9/11 at Guantanamo Bay
A Eugene lawyer defending an accused militant leader at Gitmo reflects on terrorism, torture and justice
By Rita Radostitz For the second year in a row, I spent the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. … Continue reading
Disingenuous Manning?
I find it disingenuous of state Sen. James Manning to write that, “Our representative democracy only works with mutual trust” (“The Legislature’s Unfinished Business on Climate,” 8/29). … Continue reading
Race For Extinction
Currently, the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to gut key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act to dramatically increase logging, mining and fossil fuel … Continue reading