Reflections – Pacific Citizen

Columnists Reflections

Kenji Kuramitsu I last wrote to you in January 2024, as Gaza lay under a genocidal siege sponsored by our…

GarrettOctober 17, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Yerin Lee History is written by the victors. The stories of the conquered are buried beneath their monuments. Columbus is…

GarrettSeptember 19, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Katie Masano Hill On July 27, 1942, Toshio Kobata and Hirota Isomura were murdered by a U.S. Army guard while…

GarrettSeptember 5, 2025

Columnists Reflections

‘The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe.’ — James Baldwin Maya Tali Japanese…

GarrettAugust 22, 2025

Columnists Reflections

David Miyoshi In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the Nisei Week Foundation recently…

GarrettAugust 22, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Gregory Suko JACL New Mexico Chapter As many traveled from planes, trains and automobiles to the Land of Enchantment, we…

GarrettAugust 8, 2025

Columnists JACL President Reflections

Larry Oda The Japanese American Citizens League, the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, was founded in…

GarrettJuly 18, 2025

Columnists JACL Politics Reflections

By Bill Staples Jr., Donna Cheung and Kathy Nakagawa In recent weeks, the Arizona chapter of the Japanese American Citizens…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Katie Masano Hill On June 10, 2025, in the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee in…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Nancy Ukai You may have seen the Oscar-winning 2022 absurdist comedy set in an Asian American immigrant laundry that slips…

GarrettJune 6, 2025