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Abe Asher

@abe_asher

Writer. Bylines @thenation, @VICE, @portlandmercury, etc. @themacweekly alum. he/him. Portlander 🌹.

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Providence nurses remain on picket lines today as the union and hospital clash over implementation of the state's new nurse staffing law. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/06/2…

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New spending reports, internal polling provide more clarity on how AIPAC-aligned spending upended the race to replace Earl Blumenauer in Congress. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/07/1…

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Newspapers have been in decline across the country for decades. But in the fast-growing counties around Austin, there may be more to the story. Reporting for the @austinchronicle. austinchronicle.com/news/2024-07-2…

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As the mayoral race heats up, Rene Gonzalez has gone to significant lengths to promote his identity as a Democrat. Plenty of other Democrats aren't moved. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/07/3…

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Organizers have launched a push for a renters bill of rights in Portland — using a measure passed last year in Tacoma as its basis. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/08/0…

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More than one in ten Travis County residents are food insecure — with the county's growth patterns and lack of reliable public transit partially to blame. Reporting for the @austinchronicle. austinchronicle.com/news/2024-08-0…

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One of the country's most controversial police trainers is coming to Oregon this fall — raising new questions about the state's oversight of private law enforcement trainings. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/08/2…

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The first case of #Polio in more than 25 years, but no one will care because the baby is Palestinian. I'm so saddened and ashamed of our country looking away and pretending they are trying to stop this madness. We don't want your thoughts and prayers. We need action.

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Jim & Patty's has been a fixture in Portland for decades. Now, it's struggling to survive. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/10/0…

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Rashid Khalidi is retiring from Columbia University “I have been both disgusted and horrified by the way higher education has developed into a cash register… a money-making, MBA, lawyer-run, hedge fund-cum-real estate operation, with a minor sideline in education” theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

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It appears there was a lot of inaccurate correlative reporting on this topic over the past 3-4 years, according to medical research. wweek.com/news/state/202…

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Portland is finally getting its new police oversight board next year. Activists aren't sure it's been set up to succeed. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/09/2…

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Tenants are organizing a building in NE Portland — and have an eye on the upcoming election. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/10/2…

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Late last year, Harper's Magazine sent me to the West Bank to report on the state of the nonviolent resistance movement. Nothing I had seen over more than a decade of reporting there prepared me for the levels of fear and devastation I encountered. harpers.org/archive/2025/0…