6 May, 2021
Battling Xenophobia
A little more than a year ago, as the pandemic tightened its lethal grip on the nation, a 43-year-old agricultural worker named Nancy Silva received a letter from her employer.
6 May, 2021
8 Apr, 2021
Trapped at the border: Their fate is our fate
You’d think that the “border crisis” begins and ends as a problem for Americans. Oh, what to do, what to do?
3 Jan, 2020
Immigration and the Prison Industrial Complex
“In the past year, the struggle over immigration rights continued along a broad array of fronts. There were significant setbacks,...
15 Sep, 2019
Altruists of the world unite!
“The biggest joke on the planet may be the phrase “national security.”…” Author: Robert C. Koehler Published in: North Ogden...
26 Jun, 2019
Revisiting morality in the Age of Dishonesty
“If Donald Trump actually follows through on his recently tweeted promise that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “will begin deporting...
27 Feb, 2019
The Squirming Buddha
“The world hemorrhages. Refugees flow from its wounds. Is there a way to be innocent of this?…” Robert C. Koehler...
8 Nov, 2018
Myths on Race and Invasion of the ‘Caravan Horde’
“Now comes the mid-term elections. Perhaps what is most astonishing for me, as both an anthropologist and educator, is the...
28 Sep, 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...
2 Aug, 2018
‘The Cummington Story
“The little red house in the hilltown of Cummington, Mass. (pop. 800) sits not far along Main Street from the...
10 May, 2018
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...
2 Feb, 2018
Donald, Donald, Donald, we told you a million times not to exaggerate
“I am reaching back, searching my memory for another speech so rife with shallow, meaningless platitudes…” Tom H. Hastings Published...
31 Jan, 2018
A Treacherous Crossing
“On January 23rd an overcrowded smuggling boat capsized off the coast of Aden in Southern Yemen. Smugglers packed 152 passengers...
25 Jul, 2017
What is Adelanto?
“If you take Interstate 15 about two hours north from Los Angeles, heading into the high desert of San Bernardino...
15 Jun, 2016
Bridges, Not Walls, Foster Peace and Security as Refugees Arrive
“The mass shooting in Orlando this week reignited the battle over immigration of Muslims, despite the fact that the perpetrator...
27 Apr, 2016
Can we feel the heat?
“I am travelling as a peace witness in Iraqi Kurdistan. We visited a sheikh whom I had met in Fallujah...