Abe Asher

In March of 2022, the Oregon Secretary of State’s office released an advisory report that functioned as a call to action. It was titled “Oregon Can Do More to Mitigate the Alarming Risk of Domestic Terrorism and Violent Extremist Attacks.” The report noted that, despite its modest size, Oregon saw the sixth highest number of […]

The parent of students at Faubion School says a school bus driver was recorded asking students to “scream Hallelujah” and sing along to hymns, in violation of federal laws prohibiting religious activities in public schools.

On a Monday in mid-March, a group of operational employees at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) sent an email to the museum’s senior leaders asking for a pay raise. “Presently, the floor staff at OMSI are struggling to meet living expenses in Portland,” the email read. “Our dedication to the museum does […]

In late January, news came out of the Portland branch of the NAACP that raised eyebrows around the Portland political scene: the chapter’s newly-elected president, James Posey, was attempting to appoint Vadim Mozyrsky as chair of the branch’s Political Affairs committee.  Less than a year earlier, Mozyrsky, whose family came to the United States as […]

Wren Raggio had been working at the Starbucks at Pioneer Courthouse Square for nearly ten months when she stepped up to serve as an observer during the location’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union election in early March.  It was a proud day for Raggio and her fellow workers, who voted overwhelmingly to unionize their […]

During the many extreme weather events the Portland area has faced over the last several years, from heat domes to snowstorms, Multnomah County’s emergency weather shelters have been a lifeline for the area’s housing insecure population.  In late February, when the region was blanketed in snow, the county and the City of Portland opened and […]