Who Killed Mac Dre?Show your support to our ongoing efforts to catalogue the best music writing on the internet by subscribing to the Passion of the Weiss Patreon. Donald Morrison read through thousands of pages of documents provided by the Kansas City Police… May 11 21May 11, 2021Article at Passion of the Weiss
Community courts and the homeless: Do these programs make a difference?By Gina Scalpone, Zack Demars and Donny Morrison Jourdan Horton made her way from Minnesota to Oregon two years ago on the promise of working on a farm near Eugene, a liberal university town in the state’s Willamette Valley. The job fell through, she… Jun 29 20June 29, 2020Article at CNS Homeless
Free From Fines — For NowLaura Mills sits in the shade atop a thin piece of mattress padding outside of her blue tent. She’s nursing an Eagle cigarette and staring into a series of trees blocking the sun. She has no plans of moving. It’s May 20, and Mills first rolled her… Jun 18 20June 18, 2020Article at Eugene Weekly
Painful PastThis is not the first time Portland lawyer Shenoa Payne has come forward about her alleged 2005 sexual assault. She brings the painful story up again now because the man she alleges was her assailant is now in a race to become Lane County’s top… May 07 20May 07, 2020Article at Eugene Weekly
Begin ModelingHe promised that everything would be paid for. The flight. The hotel. The food and transportation. He also promised that the work wouldn’t take more than a few hours and she’d earn $2,000. She could keep her panties on and it would just be… Mar 05 20March 05, 2020Article at Eugene Weekly
From Hi-Fi to Sessions: Renovations to the venue put a new twist on a music legacyThe music venue once known as the Hi-Fi Music Hall in downtown Eugene has been ripped apart. Renovations are messy and some areas have been torn down to the studs, revealing graffiti tags behind unfinished wood frames. In its current state, the back… Jul 08 19July 08, 2019Article at Daily Emerald