Editors note: This article has been updated to reflect new information. On Sept. 4, the message was made clear that The Church at Planned Parenthood is not welcome in Lane County. The […]
Eugene’s Antifascists Show Up for Reproductive Rights
James Croxton
“Afghanistan, we hear you:” Community Holds Rally for Afghans Caught in Crisis
“This gives me hope for the future.” That’s what one man at the Lane County Farmers Market said as the Rally for Afghanistan marched and chanted past him through the vendor-lined street. […]
Black Unity, CLDC Amend Their Lawsuit Against Springfield Police, Alleging Surveillance and Arbitrary “Unlawful Assembly” Proclamations
According to the CLDC and BU, the lawsuit has been amended to “include claims of unlawful spying and viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment and a little used Oregon Law, ORS 181A.250.”
EDITORIAL: You Can Do Better, Eugene Pride. Here’s How.
Let Eugene Pride be another example for kink acceptance – and it doesn’t have to be a Folsom Street Fair-type event.
EDITORIAL: How to Make Pride for Straight People
I’m going to be frank — what the fuck?!
Black Unity Returns to Thurston
On Aug. 3, Black Unity returned to Jesse Maine Memorial Park to protest the Springfield Police Department–and the so-called Springfield Neighborhood Watch–hosted “National Night Out in your Neighborhood Park.”
Wang & Christensen Contact the DoJ: 19-year-old Suspect is Arrested in Their Case
Maxwell Adam Lewis, age 19, was arrested and booked into the Lane County Jail around 12:45 p.m. on August 1 by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office on a single count of 3rd Degree Criminal Mischief.
Jermelle Madison, Jr. Died in the Custody of the Clackamas County Jail. His Family Still Doesn’t Have Answers.
“How the hell do you diagnose him in jail, put him on meds, keep him there for five months in that ward?”
A City’s Response Against Hate
After their home was targeted in another hate crime, Xia Wang and Ben Christensen received an outpouring of support and strength from the community. Over the course of two days, neighbors, friends, […]
A Community’s Response Against Hate
On Friday morning, the house of two local and outspoken civil rights advocates—Xia Wang and Ben Christensen— was vandalized, again. This was the fourth time it has been targeted according to the couple who believe that these are hate crimes.