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Catalyst Journalism Project Archive

Eugene Human Rights Commission Presses City on Rapid Eviction of Unhoused Campers

City has been giving unhoused campers in parks two hours to move,  dodging a state law requiring 72-hour notice.

News 2 years ago

A member of the Eugene Human Rights Commission pressed a city spokesman Tuesday night on why Eugene has abandoned its long-standing policy of giving unhoused campers … Continue reading →

Slashing Animal Services

Eugene’s animal shelter to lose 56 percent of its funding from the city

News 2 years ago

The only animal shelter serving Eugene/Springfield will lose 56 percent of its funding from the city of Eugene, according to a contract starting July 1. … Continue reading →

Fast and Furious

The city of Eugene has quietly given more than 1,300 unhoused campers only two hours’ notice to move instead of 72 hours

News 2 years ago

Kyrie Ackley leans out of her tent, six feet off the Fern Ridge Trail, not far from where Bailey Hill Road crosses Amazon Creek. The … Continue reading →

Union Pacific’s Trash Problem

Debris from homeless camps on Union Pacific property litters the Willamette. After years of delay, the city hits the company with big fines.

News 2 years ago

By Bentley Freeman, Evan Weston and Hannah Seibold The city of Eugene has hit Union Pacific Railroad with more than $216,000 in fines for failing … Continue reading →

Crisis Mode

A crisis stabilization center in Lane County could mean leaving behind a system riddled with gaps. But first, the county must address what isn’t working. 

News 2 years ago

By Anna Kaminski and Winter Wagner A scorching afternoon in Tucson in August 2020 had all the makings of a tragedy.  A local judge had ordered … Continue reading →

Oregon’s Climate Leader

16-year-old climate activist Adah Crandall says she ‘had a lot of hope for the future.’ Then Gov. Kate Brown ‘let us down.’

News 3 years ago

Adah Crandall started her fight for climate justice after attending Harriet Tubman Middle School, which is bordered by I-5 and scheduled for relocation due to … Continue reading →

Preventing Second Injury

The Trauma Intervention Program provides emotional support during sudden tragedies

News 3 years ago

In August 2008, Linda Wall returned from a brief trip out of town to find her husband dead in their home in Gresham, Oregon.  Wall … Continue reading →

The Forgotten Answer to the Affordable Housing Crisis

New zoning laws offer a unique opportunity to fill Lane County neighborhoods with affordable co-ops

News 3 years ago

Melissa McReynolds reclines in a fluffy black folding chair in her upstairs apartment at 10th and C streets in Springfield. Behind her, a mountain bike … Continue reading →

Skipping the Basics

Oregon has a considerable low income and unhoused population, so why isn’t it experimenting with universal basic income pilot programs like the rest of the U.S.? 

News 3 years ago

The idea of government-financed universal basic income (UBI) and guaranteed incomes (GI) programs is gaining popularity across the nation.  Recently popularized by Andrew Yang’s 2020 … Continue reading →

Failure to Care

Oregon Has Allowed Many Long-Term Care Centers To Escape Accountability For The Covid Deaths of Hundreds of Elderly Residents

News 3 years ago

By Jack Forrest, Sally Segar and Jassy McKinley Kathleen Escobar will never forget the day in November 2020 when COVID-19 hit the memory care center … Continue reading →

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