Below are eight opinion and analysis pieces that reflect my perspective on national and local politics and international affairs.
DALE, or Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement, is a national campaign sponsored by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network to get the word out that immigrant workers who report labor violations cannot be deported, according to 2022 orders by the Biden administration. Above, Rosa Romero of Hempstead protesting for workers’ rights in front of Nick’s Pizza in Rockville Centre in February 2023. // Photo by Scott A. Brinton/Long Island Advocate.In 1996, Paul Schmitt was a homeless squatter who scratched out a life for himself on a quarter acre of New York State-owned land in North Lawrence. A series of stories that I reported for Herald Community Newspapers with my colleague Jeff Lipton that year helped reconnect Schmitt with his family in Germany, who had been searching for him for years. // Photo by Scott A. Brinton/Herald Community Newspapers
LIHerald.com, 2011— An exploration of identity, belonging, and the lives of the unhoused.
LIHerald.com, 2011 — An examination of the debate over nuclear power, weighing its promise and risk while considering how public perception shapes our views of modern energy sources.
