Kooskia camp dig, Norman Mineta’s portrait and the Pacific Citizen’s future
An archaeological dig at the former Kooskia camp in Idaho, where 265 Japanese immigrant men worked from 1943 to 1945,…
Category: Issue archive
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Special national convention issue: JACL meets in Chicago, 2010
The JACL’s 41st Biennial National Convention in Chicago filled this special issue. David Kawamoto was elected national president, and delegates…
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Civil rights then and now, plus Arizona’s immigration law
Civil rights ran through this 16-page issue. Nalea J. Ko profiled Ed Nakawatase, who left Rutgers at 20 to join…
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Nisei graduates honored and the future of the P.C.
Honorary degrees for Nisei students whose schooling was cut short by the World War II incarceration (often called internment) filled…
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Vashon Island’s Mukai Farm, SB 1070 and the 442nd on film
The historic Mukai farmhouse and barreling plant on Vashon Island, built by Issei B.D. Mukai in 1928, was for sale…
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UCLA honors Nisei students whose studies the war interrupted
UCLA’s honorary degrees for Japanese American students whose education was interrupted by the World War II incarceration (often called internment)…
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Arizona’s immigration law, the paper’s future and JACL’s candidates
Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law led the news, as Asian Pacific American groups joined the fight against it and JACL…
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Debate over moving the P.C. to San Francisco, April 2010
The future of the Pacific Citizen itself was the main subject of this 16-page issue. The JACL national board voted…
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Texas textbooks, the Census and the JACL convention in Chicago
A new Texas social studies curriculum drew sharp criticism from JACL leaders, who said it diluted the history of the…
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Print or all-digital: readers weigh in on the future of the P.C.
Whether the Pacific Citizen should stay in print dominated this issue. Readers wrote in to say they wanted to keep…
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Print or digital? The Pacific Citizen asks its readers, March 2010
The future of the Pacific Citizen itself was the lead subject. Executive Editor Caroline Aoyagi-Stom asked JACL members and subscribers…
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Nisei veterans stamp campaign, Toyota lawsuit and camp preservation
A campaign to honor Nisei veterans with a commemorative stamp, and what happens after the Postal Service’s advisory committee turned…
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Census outreach, ethnic media and a special youth issue
Immigrants and the 2010 Census were the main concern of the front page, where a report found gaps in outreach…
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The 2010 New Year’s issue: JACL leaders look back and ahead
JACL leaders took stock of 2009 and set out their hopes for the new decade in this 16-page New Year’s…
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The 2009 holiday issue: 80 years of the Pacific Citizen
The Pacific Citizen’s 80th anniversary shaped this December 2009 issue. Executive Editor Caroline Aoyagi-Stom reflected on the paper’s role, and…
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Honorary degrees for Nisei students and a JACL budget gap
Nisei students from the University of California, whose studies were cut short by the World War II incarceration (often called…
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Nisei veterans of the 442nd and the Lost Battalion rescue
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Japanese American veterans of World War II filled this November 2009 issue. Nalea…
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Poston restoration, Nihonmachi and Little Tokyo preservation
Preserving places that tell the Japanese American story ran through this issue. Christine McFadden reported on the Poston Restoration Project,…