PHOTOS: 2023 MLK March
On Jan. 16, the 2023 MLK March began at Autzen Stadium and made its way to the Hult Center where a celebration was underway.
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Old Nick’s Drag Event Successful Despite Nation-Wide Hate-Mongering, Local Intimidation
EDITOR’S NOTE: DSM collaborated on this article with Left Coast Right Watch, where it’s published simultaneously. You can support them on Patreon. This year, the far right launched an intensified effort across the United...
A Celebration of Life and Candlelight March for Midas Well
Two weeks after Midas Well’s passing, the Eugene community, their friends, and their family came together for a celebration of life and candlelight march to Curry Up!—what would’ve been their food cart—for a one...
Suspected Driver That Killed Houseless Woman, Critically Injured Another Pedestrian, Identified
Update: The deceased houseless victim has been identified as Amber Joanne Mark. On the afternoon of Sept. 8, the driver of an older model Toyota 4-Runner, 18-year-old Anthony Rodeen, drove over a tent on...
GUEST EDITORIAL: Eugene’s Ad Hoc Committee on Police Policy One Year On
Guest Authors: Rob Fisette, Eugene/Springfield SURJ; Ellen Rifkin, Eugene/Springfield SURJ In this article, we bring attention to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Police Policy (AHCPP), spotlighting the voices of committee members....
Fiesta Con Nuestros Vecinos: SAfER Celebrates 25 Years
On Sunday, Aug. 14, the Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect celebrated 25 years of working for social justice with a party for the entire community. A party with our neighbors, Fiesta Con Nuestros...
Eugene Pride Goes Big for 2022
It’s August and that means Eugene Pride! The event weekend kicked off on Friday with two pre-Pride parties—one at the Monkey’s Paw in Springfield at 8 p.m. and another at Cowfish Dance Club in...
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.”
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...
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...