News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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This week marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. The broad-daylight public killing of Floyd — an unarmed Black man, handcuffed and held down with a knee on his neck for over nine minutes — spurred demonstrations around the world. Here in Sisters, people were on the streets every day after the killing, sometimes marching through town, often congregating at the corner of Cascade Avenue and Larch Street. These spontaneous demonstrations evolved into a weekly Sa... Full story
I appreciate the recent editorials and letters about immigrants in The Nugget. I write today as the grandchild of immigrants, as a concerned American, Oregonian, and neighbor here in Sisters Country. Honestly, I'm frightened by what I see. When the President refers to immigrants as "animals," he is using the language of racism and genocide. Words matter. Hitler referred to Jewish people as "rats" - a way to make them seem less human, so that other Germans would feel better about exterminating them. My grandparents survived... Full story
