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Josh Moon

Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and columnist. You can reach him at [email protected].

The people have always been more important than the monuments

Two participation trophies fell in Alabama on Monday night. No tears were shed. On the same day that the state “celebrated” Confederate Memorial Day — which is somehow still a state holiday some 150 years after the traitorous South surrendered in its quest to make legal the ownership of other human beings — a large … Continued

Josh Moon

June 2, 2020

Opinion

How can any of this be a surprise?

I am a “race-baiter.” I have “white guilt.” I’m a “n—– lover.” I’m a “traitor to my race.” Over the course of my 20 years doing this job, and writing my opinions on the state of race and equality in Alabama, I’ve heard it all. I’ve been called it all, and I have the emails … Continued

Josh Moon

June 1, 2020

Opinion

Merrill’s opinions on vote by mail not supported by facts

Voting by mail does not lead to fraud. We know this because voting by absentee ballot is essentially the same thing as voting by mail. And it is so safe that millions of people, including the U.S. military, the current president, most of his family, a good chunk of Alabama legislators and about half of … Continued

Josh Moon

May 29, 2020

Opinion

It should be clear by now: Kaepernick was right

A lot of people owe Colin Kaepernick an apology. If nothing else, surely the last few weeks of horrible, horrible racial incidents have left even the most adamant Kap haters reconsidering their positions. Maybe, just maybe, they’re thinking the man has a point: That justice in this country isn’t color blind. And that the promises … Continued

Josh Moon

May 27, 2020

DOJ defends Alabama absentee voting law

The U.S. Department of Justice isn’t using its vast powers to ensure the country’s most vulnerable people can exercise their right to vote, but is instead focusing its efforts on defending laws that clearly violate the spirit of the Voting Rights Act, an attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center said Tuesday. The comments, from … Continued

Josh Moon

May 27, 2020

Opinion

Gov. Kay Ivey moved the football again

I understand how Charlie Brown must have felt. The disappointment and surprise when Lucy moved that football one more time. The betrayal. The embarrassment. The anger. I know those feelings, because far too often I’ve experienced them with Alabama politicians. I want so badly to believe that our elected lawmakers are good and smart people … Continued

Josh Moon

May 22, 2020

APR’s Chip Brownlee graduates

One of APR’s most recognized names, Chip Brownlee, on Wednesday, earned his Master of Arts in Journalism from the prestigious Columbia University. Brownlee has been with APR for much of the last four years, and most recently led the news site’s highly-praised coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak in Alabama. Brownlee is a 2019 Auburn University … Continued

Josh Moon

May 21, 2020

Opinion

Alabama’s long-overdue prison bill

Although scientists haven’t yet confirmed it, there is a cure for COVID-19: Incarceration in an Alabama prison. It’s amazing, really. If you work in the prisons or visit an Alabama prison, you get the coronavirus. If you’re an inmate who leaves an Alabama prison for a short period of time, you also get the virus. … Continued

Josh Moon

May 21, 2020

Opinion

The corruption case that didn’t matter

It was late 2014, early 2015 and the race to be the next president of the United States was just starting to heat up when word of nefarious actions at the Clinton Foundation started to circulate. The FBI was looking into the allegations, and from all outward appearances it seemed as if the Clintons were … Continued

Josh Moon

May 19, 2020

ASU’s Ross: Coronavirus has exposed longstanding inequities in college funding

Traditionally underfunded and serving an economically challenged student population, America’s historically black colleges are particularly vulnerable to the challenges of COVID-19 and many are facing bankruptcy, Alabama State University President Quinton Ross told CNN on Monday evening. Ross was interviewed by CNN as part of the network’s coverage of how coronavirus shutdowns of college campuses … Continued

Josh Moon

May 19, 2020