Abe Asher, Author at Sahan Journal

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Student loan payments restart this month. Here’s what you need to know about paying your debt.

by Abe Asher October 2, 2023September 29, 2023

Americans collectively owe $1.77 trillion in student loan debt, and must start paying it back this month after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan.

CHANGING MINNESOTA

U.S. Census Bureau’s classification of Asian ethnic groups is harmful, warn Minnesota lawmakers

by Abe Asher July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Minnesota air quality to improve in coming days; officials fear more smoke-filled skies in future

by Abe Asher June 15, 2023June 16, 2023

Young Minnesotans join fight to keep their peers away from addictive vaping

by Abe Asher May 2, 2023April 28, 2023

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

From St. Paul’s East Side to the stage, Kao Kalia Yang’s ‘The Song Poet’ is first Hmong story adapted to opera

by Abe Asher March 8, 2023March 9, 2023

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Minneapolis mosque’s packed event leads to fainting, partial evacuation

by Alfonzo Galvan, Katelyn Vue, Abe Asher and Abdirahman Mohamed February 3, 2023February 4, 2023

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Minnesotans, U.S. sepak takraw team win gold at international competition

by Abe Asher December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Non-binary, Ojibwe, Mexican: Representative-elect Alicia Kozlowski brings life experiences to Legislature.

by Abe Asher November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Minnesota voters sweep in the state’s most diverse Legislature after historic wins at the polls.

by Becky Z. Dernbach and Abe Asher November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

St. Paul artist Marlena Myles celebrates Indigenous narratives in her Google Doodle and a new exhibit.

by Abe Asher November 3, 2022November 4, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Mercado Central demands that gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen remove its image from his ads.

by Abe Asher September 29, 2022September 30, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Minneapolis city employees accuse Mayor Jacob Frey of retaliation.

by Abe Asher July 7, 2022July 8, 2022

CHANGING MINNESOTA

Imam Abdirahman Aden Kariye was buckled into his airplane seat Sunday ready to fly home. Then TSA agents ordered him off, causing him to miss Eid at his Bloomington mosque.

by Abe Asher May 4, 2022May 5, 2022

CHANGING MINNESOTA

This week, Minnesotan KaYing Yang joins President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans. One searing experience she’ll bring to the job: Watching her Hmong parents work against daunting obstacles to build a new life in America.

by Abe Asher February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

CHANGING MINNESOTA

Nine years ago, Zinet Kemal boarded a flight to Minnesota and a country she’d never seen. Today, she’s a mother of four, an IT professional seeking an advanced degree—and now, a children’s author.

by Abe Asher December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

POLICING & JUSTICE

Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor re-sentenced to 57 months in prison for the 2017 killing of Justine Ruszczyk.

by Abe Asher October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

Race

Hmong Cultural Center moves forward after vandals attack

by Abe Asher September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

Brooklyn Park mayoral recount tilts toward Lisa Jacobson

by Abe Asher August 13, 2021August 20, 2021

Race

Cute folk art or nostalgia for Jim Crow: St. Paul auction items raise questions about the market for racist memorabilia.

by Abe Asher August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

After a long wait, Somalis with Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. gain an 18-month extension.

by Abe Asher July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

Arts

Arts groups led by people of color often get little in foundation grants. Now some groups in the Twin Cities and beyond are in line for a major boost in funding.

by Abe Asher May 18, 2021May 18, 2021

POLICING & JUSTICE

In anxious times, Twin Cities residents say the whir of helicopters and the buzz of drones make matters worse.

by Abe Asher April 21, 2021September 30, 2021