Civil liberties after 9/11, and a Pentagon-bound Air Force officer
Civil liberties after 9/11 ran through this 12-page issue. Bill Yoshino wrote about JACL’s part in an ACLU lawsuit challenging…
Category: Issue archive
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Defeat of Prop. 54 and racial privacy, October 2003
California voters defeated Proposition 54, the Racial Privacy Initiative, by a nearly 2-1 margin in the Oct. 7 recall election,…
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Anti-recall campaigns and the Patriot Act, October 2003
California’s recall election and the Patriot Act shared the front page of this 12-page issue. The Coalition of Asian Pacific…
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Sept. 11 two years on, the JACL gala dinner and the Prop. 54 fight
Two years after Sept. 11, the news turned to its aftermath and to civil liberties. The front page told of…
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Bill Hosokawa honored, and JACL looks to a younger generation
Bill Hosokawa received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Asian American Journalists Association convention in San Diego, a story…
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Prop. 54, the Coble remarks and a Nikkei convention in Bolivia
California’s Proposition 54, the Racial Privacy Initiative, and Rep. Howard Coble’s remarks about the Japanese American incarceration (often called internment)…
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Tri-district conference and protests over FOX’s ‘Banzai’
A joint conference in Omaha and a protest over a television show shared the front page. The Mountain Plains, Midwest…
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Minidoka pilgrimage and Rep. Coble’s remarks on internment
A pilgrimage to Minidoka opened this 12-page issue. Members of the Intermountain and Pacific Northwest JACL districts held their bi-district…
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The 2003 JACL youth conference, plus the affirmative action ruling
The 2003 JACL National Youth/Student Conference was the lead story. About 100 people gathered at George Washington University, many of…
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Shinseki retires, and JACL weighs its finances and membership
Gen. Eric K. Shinseki’s retirement as Army chief of staff on June 11 led the front page, in an Associated…
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APA health data and JACL’s financial crisis
Two subjects ran through this 12-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported from an inaugural conference at UCLA on Asian Pacific American…
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Nisei broadcasters, Rep. Coble and the Calling Tokyo documentary
Nisei radio broadcasters of World War II were the subject of the front page. Martha Nakagawa reported on the documentary…
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The 2003 Manzanar Pilgrimage, and a Congressman’s internment remarks
The 34th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage opened this issue, with the Jerome and Poston camps recognized for the first time at…
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Hapa identity, affirmative action and a SARS scare
Multiracial Japanese Americans led the news. Martha Nakagawa reported on playwright Velina Hasu Houston’s talk at USC and on 2000…
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Activism and backlash fears as the Iraq war began
The start of the Iraq war shaped much of this 12-page issue. Caroline Aoyagi profiled Yuri Kochiyama, 81, who spoke…
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The beating of Rashid Alam and the call to remove Rep. Howard Coble
The beating of Rashid Alam, an 18-year-old Lebanese American attacked in Yorba Linda, California, led this 12-page issue. Martha Nakagawa…
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Rep. Howard Coble’s internment remarks and the JACL board meeting
Rep. Howard Coble’s remarks defending the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through this 12-page issue. The Democratic…
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Day of Remembrance 2003: Rep. Coble’s remarks and a new redress bill
Rep. Howard Coble’s remarks defending the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through this issue. Day of Remembrance…