At a Climate Crossroads: Nonviolence or Violence
“Sixty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King declared, “Today the choice is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.” Emboldened by the success…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Press Reader, The Sunburg News, West Side Gazette, Tri Country Sentry, The Journal Tribune, Redmond Reporter, Sierra County Prospect, The News International, […]
Undocumented Citizen
“When Jose Antonio Vargas was sixteen years old, he discovered that his green card was a fake. Unbeknownst to the grandparents with whom he was living in Mountain View…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Bainbridge Island Review, The Orange Leader, The Sunburg News, West Side Gazette, Sierra County Prospect, Gilmer Free Press Date: December 10,13,19,2018 […]
Abolish Immigration Detention
“If you visit a detainee at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center northeast of Los Angeles, you’ll turn off Highway 395 onto Rancho Road, travel a short distance, and pull into a parking lot squeezed…” Andrew Moss Published in: Bainbridge Island Review, Counterpunch, LA Progressive, The Sunburg News, Sentinel News, Justice Not Jails, Sierra County Prospect, […]
Chaos or Community in Immigration Policy
“If you scan the Internet for immigration-related news stories following the Trump administration’s May 7 announcement of its “zero tolerance” border policy, you’ll find the word “chaos” coming up…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Bainbridge Island Review, The Valley Chronicle, Sentinel News, The Sunburg News, The News International, Pagosa Daily Post Date: July 17,18,20,22,2018 847 […]
Of Time and Immigration
“There is a certain tyranny to the 24-hour news cycle, a certain grip on human awareness and attention. We have been rightly consumed by the Trump administration’s policy…” Andrew Moss Published in: Madison Press, Post Independent Citizen Telegram, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, South Coast Today, RICentral, Bainbridge Island Review, Cheney Free Press Date: June 25,27,28,29,30,July […]
Fear and Opportunity in Immigration Politics
“With each passing week, the battle of words over immigration intensifies, as Trump administration officials continue honing their favorite rhetorical weapon: fear…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Bainbridge Island Review, The Russophile, West Side Gazette, Gilmer Free Press, The News International Date: May 11,16,2018 799 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Post-Truth and the Dreamers
“”Post-truth is pre-fascism.” This statement closes one chapter of historian Timothy Snyder’s recent book…” Andrew Moss Published in: Donaldsonville Chief, Gonzalez Weekly Citizen, Madison Press Date: January 30,31,2018 783 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Truth-Telling in Immigration
“As we enter a new year, 800,000 Dreamers await news of their fate in this country. Thwarted by a president who will soon terminate the only program…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, RICentral, Truthout, The News International, Gilmer Free Press, KPC News, Lassen County Times, Herald News Date: January 3,4,8,9,February 9,March 6,2018 745 Words For […]
Democracy at Stake: Battle Lines over DACA and the Dream Act
“After ending President Obama’s DACA Program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) in September, Donald Trump announced earlier this month that any legislation affecting the 800,000 young…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Bainbridge Island Review Date: October 25,26,2017 908 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
What is Adelanto?
“If you take Interstate 15 about two hours north from Los Angeles, heading into the high desert of San Bernardino County…” Andrew Moss Published in: Truthout, Counterpunch, Shakopee Valley News, LA Progressive, Truthout, Sierra County Prospect, City Watch, Las Vegas Sun, The Portland Observer, The Daily Press, Gilmer Free Press Date: July 25,26,27,29, August 1,5,2017 […]
The Meaning of Trump’s Wall
“Though Donald Trump failed to get his wall funded when Congress passed a recent $1.1 trillion federal spending package, he did succeed in creating a wall of sorts…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Shakopee Valley News, The Sunburg News, Las Cruces Sun-News, Sierra County Prospect, Gilmer Free Press Date: May 25,29,31,June 3,2017 714 Words For […]
Resisting the Politics of Fear
“Some time ago I attended a “know your rights” workshop sponsored by an immigration rights organization near my home in Los Angeles…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Las Vegas Sun, The Johnstown Breeze, Bainbridge Island Review, Tacoma Weekly, The Sunburg News, Heritage Florida Jewish News, The Sunburg News Date: April 21, May […]
Why ICE Raids Imperil Us All
“A restaurant worker and father of four daughters in Southern California is arrested while dropping his youngest daughter off at school…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Common Dreams, Sojourner Truth Radio, Kitsap Scene, Bainbridge Island Review, Bennington Banner, The PeaceWorker, Gilmer Free Press, LA Progressive Date: March 28,29,30,April 10,2017 739 Words For […]
Reclaiming Our Democracy
“On Saturday, January 21, I joined somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000 people in downtown Los Angeles as the city made its own unique contribution…” Andrew Moss Published in: Counterpunch, South Coast Today, RICentral, Grassroots Press, The Sunburg News, Bill Moyers, The Peace Worker Date: January 27,28,29, February 1, April 10,2017 851 Words For the full […]
Where Democracy’s Still Alive and Well
“Amid the gloom, apprehension, and anger surrounding the election of Donald Trump, it’s easy to overlook those places in our society where democracy…” Andrew Moss Published in: Pagosa Daily Post, KPC News, The Daily Press, Gilmer Free Press Date: November 11,22,December 2,14,2016 809 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE