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Abe Asher retweeted
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. harpers.org/archive/2025/05/…
Four big questions (still very much) facing the 2025 Portland Timbers. #RCTID portlandmercury.com/Sports/2…
Tenants are organizing a building in NE Portland — and have an eye on the upcoming election.
Reporting for the @portlandmercury. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
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. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
Abe Asher retweeted
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/2024/10…
Abe Asher retweeted
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”
theguardian.com/world/ng-int…
Jim & Patty's has been a fixture in Portland for decades. Now, it's struggling to survive.
Reporting for the @portlandmercury. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
Abe Asher retweeted
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.
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. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
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/202…
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. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
For @jacobin, a look at the record of Gov. Josh Shapiro. jacobin.com/2024/08/josh-sha…
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. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
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/202…
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. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
Bidding the fondest of farewells to the great Dairon Asprilla. #RCTID portlandmercury.com/timbers/…
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. portlandmercury.com/news/202…
3,000 Providence nurses across the state remain on strike today.
Reporting for the @portlandmercury. portlandmercury.com/news/202…