Beautification Lies, Unfounded Hype, and Business Decline: The 2022 World Athletics Championships
“I just wish the city hadn’t hyped us restaurant workers all up just to rip the rug out from under us.”
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Racism on Display at the 2022 Lane County Fair
Editor’s note: This article includes explicit descriptions of historical carnival games. The Lane County Fair is a go-to event here in Eugene. It was first established in 1859 — the same year that Oregon...
PHOTOS: The 5th Annual Art Car Fire Fest at North Douglas County Fair
This year marked the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the North Douglas County Fair — making it the oldest continuously run fair in Oregon. Over the three day festival, there is a...
Reflections from Black Unity’s Thurston Protest: An Interview with Claire Reyna
Editor’s Note: We have edited for grammar and punctuation. DSM: What have you been up to since the protest and subsequent lawsuit? CR: I finished getting my Masters of Science in Early Interventions/Early Childhood...
Beyond The Barricade: Black Unity’s Thurston Protest Two Years Later
Editor’s Note: DSM’s Robert Scherle is on Black Unity’s Board of Directors. He did not participate in this article in any capacity. Photos credited to him were taken prior to joining DSM. Two years...
Local Organizations Protest the World Athletics Championships On Its Penultimate Day
On July 23, Eugene Housing and Neighborhood Defense, the Eugene Revolutionary Study Group, the Revolutionary Women’s Committee, and Stop The Sweeps-Eugene held a protest to “denounce the non-consensual use of our city for colossal...
PHOTOS: Activists with 350 Eugene Fan The Flames During World Athletics Championships
“Hey world! There’s a climate climate emergency!” is what the email from 350 Eugene said announcing a protest on July 19. Due to the World Athletics Championships at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field,...
Stop The Sweeps Makes a Splash at World Athletics Championships
It’s no secret that the City of Eugene has a long-standing relationship with media attention. The more airtime, the better. And with the arrival of the World Athletics Championships hosted at the University of...
Eugene-Springfield NAACP Holds ‘March Against Fear’
In times of crisis people often turn to faith and, with the crisis that is mass shootings, elementary massacres, and domestic terrorism, it is to no one’s surprise that Eugenians and the organizations the...
Eugene Pro Roe Protests Face Car Attacks, Armed Stalkers, and Targeted Arrests
Editor’s Note: James Croxton is also a researcher for the Chemical Weapons Research Center located in Portland, Oregon. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on June 27 10:15 a.m. to reflect injuries sustained by...