Slant: Subscribing to Eugene Weekly, Thumbs up to Egan Volunteers, Black History and more
Did you know you can subscribe to Eugene Weekly and get our printed pages in your hot little hands each week? Just call the office … Continue reading
Opinion: Page 55
Public Health is for Everyone
A plea to fully fund public health modernization
By Bruce Tufts I was exercising in my basement, watching CNN, on Sept. 11, 2001, as two hijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Center. This … Continue reading
Online Extra Letters Feb. 23
DOWNTOWN SPACE FOR THE UNHOUSED Regarding City Council’s Urban Renewal Agency discussion on expanding the financial capacity of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan (“Bringing Back … Continue reading
Springfield Police Won’t Protect The Homeless
The Springfield police non-emergency personnel have no compassion or empathy for the homeless. Example: The other day while at Island Park in Springfield, I watched … Continue reading
Electric Feel
The science is clear. Emissions from burning fossil fuels are causing the earth to heat up rapidly and have led to the increasingly severe weather … Continue reading
Privileged Ignorance
White people need to stop pretending they aren’t the problem
Language is heavily symbolic. It is not only words, but facial and bodily expressions, energy, boundaries and silences. The meanings are contextual, cultural and latent … Continue reading
Roundabout Doubts
I am reading about the proposed changes to Franklin Boulevard that will impact access to Market of Choice and Hirons (“Going Roundabout,” Feb. 9). Wow. … Continue reading
Slant: Empty Red Boxes, Dana’s Cheesecake, and City Club
Our printer in Klamath Falls delivers 30,000 copies of Eugene Weekly early every Thursday morning to our location on Lincoln Street. Then our circulation crew … Continue reading
Zip It
Beltline underwent initial construction, expansion and maintenance in the ’60s and ’70s before control was transferred to the state in 1978. The length of several … Continue reading
Online Extra Letters Feb. 16
KEEP LAFER ON 4J I am writing to urge you to vote for Gordon Lafer for his re-election to the Eugene 4J School Board, which … Continue reading