Abe Asher

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

[Ben Ehrenreich @BenEhrenreich]

Late last year, @Harpers 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. https://t.co/HCa2b5Uiuu

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

Four big questions (still very much) facing the 2025 Portland Timbers. #RCTID https://t.co/E4YvO781wX

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

Know your rights. https://t.co/gPl3RiYEYK

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

Tenants are organizing a building in NE Portland — and have an eye on the upcoming election.

Reporting for the @portlandmercury. https://t.co/rQLaMfgMOC

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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 @portlandmercury. https://t.co/vCeQ44fmLS

[Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas]

It appears there was a lot of inaccurate correlative reporting on this topic over the past 3-4 years, according to medical research.

https://t.co/glOFC91eKk

[Tarik Endale | ታሪክ እንዳለ @Tarik_Endale]

Rashid Khalidi is retiring from @Columbia

“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”
https://t.co/MeUaukuq1R

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

Jim & Patty's has been a fixture in Portland for decades. Now, it's struggling to survive.

Reporting for the @portlandmercury. https://t.co/ByWEjeospv

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

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.

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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 @portlandmercury. https://t.co/gtOLmDoktK

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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. https://t.co/PkPTpSl8sC

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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 @portlandmercury. https://t.co/OKePFDrnAz

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

For @jacobin, a look at the record of Gov. Josh Shapiro. https://t.co/AhU6IPmVf3

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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 @portlandmercury. https://t.co/NhkRO6S6io

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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. https://t.co/fpQCKJ6Nv4

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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 @portlandmercury. https://t.co/BxMJnZ6FGZ

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

Bidding the fondest of farewells to the great Dairon Asprilla. #RCTID https://t.co/NHEVdGogdU

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

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 @portlandmercury. https://t.co/boLKcvstfV

[Abe Asher @abe_asher]

3,000 Providence nurses across the state remain on strike today.

Reporting for the @portlandmercury. https://t.co/So2NlqZyb1