A City in Need of a Solution
On any given day, more than 1,600 people wander Eugene without a permanent place to live. The ongoing crisis of homelessness here has tested city … Continue reading
Catalyst Journalism Project Archive
Seeking Accountability
City officials respond to the facts about Eugene’s Community Court
By Morgan Theophil and Taylor Perse The city of Eugene’s leaders have been stonily silent since Eugene Weekly first reported on the track record of … Continue reading
Unequal Penalties
Local schools suspend and expel special education students at twice the rate of their peers. One district is trying to change that.
By Brandon Taylor and Asia Zeller In 2014, Frieda Bikele could count on getting a routine phone call from the Eugene School District 4J’s Camas … Continue reading
An Unsuccessful Solution
City officials claim Community Court has brought about big changes in the way Eugene treats the homeless. The court's own numbers tell a very different story.
By Taylor Perse and Morgan Theophil Two years ago the city of Eugene, with much fanfare, announced it would do more to help the homeless … Continue reading
Sharps Kits, Syringes and Solidarity
HIV Alliance and Trans*Ponder provide clean needles to people who inject hormones
On the last Wednesday of every month, in the back corner of Falling Sky Pour House and Delicatessen in Eugene, members of Trans*Ponder — an … Continue reading
Enterprise Zone Update
Councilor Betty Taylor is a critic of enterprise zones
For a Nov. 21 article, following up on EW’s investigation into enterprise zones, “Big Corporate Handouts with Little Oversight,” EW reached out to members of … Continue reading
Zones of Silence
Local officials still won’t discuss poor oversight of enterprise zones
Money talks, or so the saying goes. But when asked about the lack of oversight in Lane County’s economic development incentive known as an enterprise … Continue reading
Big Corporate Handouts with Little Oversight
Enterprise zones give nearly unsupervised tax breaks to Lane County businesses
In 2009, Seneca Sustainable Energy went looking for a handout from Lane County taxpayers. The company promised to build a cogeneration facility near Eugene Airport … Continue reading
Rod Adams’ Crime: Homelessness
‘You’re asking somebody to agree to something that feels like a human rights violation.’
On Dec. 20, a small crowd of supporters once again followed Rod Adams to the Eugene Municipal Court as he faced sentencing for criminal trespass … Continue reading
The (Second) Trial of Rod Adams
Homelessness again plays no role in verdict in criminal trespass case
On Feb. 26, Rod Adams was awakened by a Eugene police officer, arrested for trespass and taken to jail. This incident was nothing new for … Continue reading