Marc Yu, Clifford Uyeda and the JACL Bi-District Conference
A six-year-old cello and piano prodigy, Marc Yu, led the front page of this 12-page issue, with a profile by…
Category: Issue archive
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Supreme Court seat, a Texas road name, and redress history
A search for an Asian Pacific American on the U.S. Supreme Court led the July 15, 2005 issue. After Justice…
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A college’s 1942 archive and the Bainbridge Island memorial debate
Japanese American student life in 1942 led this issue. Caroline Aoyagi reported on Occidental College’s digital archive of its Japanese…
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Starbucks, the 49ers and Mexican American redress
Community pressure ran through the front page of this 12-page issue. Starbucks decided not to open at the former Japantown…
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Japantown’s fight over a Starbucks, and funding to restore camps
San Francisco’s Japantown was the lead story of this 12-page issue. Caroline Aoyagi reported on merchants like Carol Murata of…
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Blood types, Amboy, and young APAs on war and peace
Blood type and what it is said to reveal about character and marriageability led this issue, in a story by…
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Caring for aging parents: the sandwich generation
The sandwich generation was the main subject of this 12-page issue. Caroline Aoyagi reported on Japanese American families who care…
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Mental health, Fred Korematsu and a bridge between communities
Fred Korematsu’s death at age 86 and a push to protect Japanese American confinement sites ran alongside two longer reports.…
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Generation MIX, the JACL budget and a campaign for the P.C. online
Generation MIX led the April 1, 2005 issue. Caroline Aoyagi reported on five young adults who set out in a…
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Doris Matsui’s win and a Texas bill to remove a slur from road names
Doris Matsui’s win in the special election for her late husband Robert Matsui’s congressional seat led the news. Jim Wasserman…
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Doris Matsui’s House race, and the Hot 97 tsunami song
Politics and a radio controversy shared the front page of this 12-page issue. Jim Wasserman of the Associated Press reported…
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Fighting slurs on road names, and a tsunami parody that sparked protest
Anger over a racial slur ran through this issue. Lynda Lin reported that HOT 97 FM suspended its morning show…
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Remembering Robert Matsui and the race for his seat
The death of Congressman Robert T. Matsui shaped this 12-page issue. The staff and the Associated Press reported that he…
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The 2004 holiday issue: Passion
Passion was the theme of this 120-page holiday issue, and writers took it in many directions. Lynda Lin wrote about…
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Eric Shinseki and the Go For Broke dinner, plus the 2004 elections
Former Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki was the subject of the front page, after he spoke at the Go…
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A JACL budget deficit and the fight for Salt Lake’s Japantown
A projected budget deficit at JACL and a threat to Utah’s Japantown shared the front page. Lynda Lin reported that…
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Same-sex marriage, slurs and a Texas road: October 2004
Same-sex marriage and Asian Pacific American families led this 12-page issue. Lynda Lin’s cover feature followed LGBT couples who faced…
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Kristina Wong, Michelle Malkin’s book and the Jerome and Rohwer camps
A profile of performer Kristina Wong, creator of bigbadchinesemama.com, led the issue, written by Lynda Lin. Alongside it, JACL Executive…