Abe Asher
@abe_asher
Writer. Bylines @thenation, @VICE, @portlandmercury, etc. @themacweekly alum. he/him. Portlander 🌹.
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27-04-2012 02:24:14
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3,000 Providence nurses across the state remain on strike today. Reporting for the Portland Mercury 🗞. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/06/2…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…