Turn Out the Lights
Eugene has more light pollution than even Portland
By Misty Bowman We are destroying half the environment in our city every 24 hours — and most of us don’t know it. You may … Continue reading
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Black Identity
Looking back at Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl
By Eden Omari Half of white America lost its mind, incensed and outraged over Kendrick Lamar’s February Super Bowl half-time performance. Lamar’s first words were … Continue reading
‘Hidup Buruh!’
Rename Hayward Field after garment workers like me
By Leni Oktira Sari My name is Leni Oktira Sari, and I have spent the last 14 years making Nike shoes in an Indonesian factory. … Continue reading
Funding Human Services
More to St. Vinnie’s pricing than meets the eye
By Bethany Cartledge and Shannon Rockwell We at St. Vinnie’s applaud Eugene Weekly for the entertaining and altogether worthwhile thrifting edition published on May 8. … Continue reading
Local and Vocal
EW’s periodic opinion roundup ranges from renaming Hayward Field to keeping Oregon’s skies dark
A newspaper not only provides information to its community, it also provides a forum for community members to weigh in on issues that matter to … Continue reading
From Saturday Market to Shop Local in Letters
Eugene Has Codes Like Michele Miller and Joe Blakely (EW Letters, 5/22), I have endured the loud and aggressive evangelical haranguers and harassers at the … Continue reading
Slant — Second Thoughts
• A big thank you to all the folks who called and wrote to the Oregon governor’s office after Tina Kotek initially denied the extradition … Continue reading
Journalism Under Attack
An open letter to our journalism students and the University of Oregon community
By faculty and staff in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon Dear students, colleagues and our community, Journalism and freedom … Continue reading
Saturday Market Fracas and More in Letters to the Editor
Can We Shop in Peace? I am a long-time Saturday Market-Farmers Market shopper. Today (May 17) I was there and was appalled. On every corner … Continue reading
Slant — Celebrating!
By EW editorial staff • We weren’t the only ones excited to see Eugene Weekly pop up on Robert Irwin’s Instagram. The photographer and son … Continue reading