JACL honors veterans at its D.C. gala; Tak Toyoshima’s comic strip turns 10
JACL’s Gala Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. led the news. Irene Mori reported on the Sept. 17 event, which honored…
Category: Issue archive
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The 2009 youth issue: DREAM Act, Wong Fu and JACL scholars
Young Asian Americans took the lead in this 16-page youth issue. Nalea J. Ko reported on undocumented students who support…
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Kooskia camp research, the Heart Mountain center and Sen. Kennedy
Remembering the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through this issue. Nalea J. Ko reported on archaeologists hoping…
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Wakamatsu Colony, Filipino veterans and Topaz: the August 21, 2009 issue
Preservation of Japanese American history ran through this 16-page issue. Sen. Barbara Boxer introduced the Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Act to save…
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Redress checks 20 years on, Obon, and a Tule Lake pilgrimage
Twenty years after Japanese Americans received their $20,000 Redress checks, Nalea J. Ko and Leslie K. Tamura looked at what…
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The Gilroy hot springs, the ‘no-nos’ and a Tule Lake pilgrimage
A resort that welcomed Japanese American families after the war was the subject of the front-page story. Leslie K. Tamura…
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JACL in Washington, the DREAM Act and the Voting Rights Act
JACL’s place in national policy ran through the 16 pages of this issue. National Director Floyd Mori wrote about the…
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JACL and the sentencing of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee
The sentencing of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp led…
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Surviving hard times, and honoring Nisei soldiers and students
An in-depth feature by Lynda Lin set the tone for this 16-page issue: Asian Pacific American survivors of the Great…
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Women warriors of World War II and a push for civil rights
Asian Pacific American women who served in World War II were the subject of the main feature, by Lynda Lin,…
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Arboga assembly center, Minidoka memorials and a push to support the paper
Memory of the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through this issue. Caroline Aoyagi-Stom wrote about efforts to…
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The stamp campaign for Nisei veterans, and camp preservation
A two-year grassroots campaign to honor Japanese American World War II veterans with a postage stamp had still not succeeded,…
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Same-sex marriage, census challenges and Japanese Latin American testimony
Marriage equality and the state-by-state debate over it ran through the news pages. Hawaii lawmakers killed a civil union bill,…
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Saving Riverside’s Chinatown and funding for camp sites
The fight to save the artifacts of Riverside’s historic Chinatown from development led this issue, with Lynda Lin reporting on…
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Buy American and the fear of anti-Asian sentiment: March 6, 2009
A recession-era return of “Buy American” rhetoric led the news. Lynda Lin asked whether anti-Asian sentiment could follow, as civil…
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Toyo’s Camera and Japanese American history, February 2009
Photographer Toyo Miyatake and the documentary Toyo’s Camera led this 16-page issue. Lynda Lin wrote about filmmaker Junichi Suzuki, who…
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A plaza for Pinedale, plus Obama’s inauguration and the paper’s 80 years
The ruins of the World War II Pinedale Assembly Center were to be memorialized with a Remembrance Plaza, to be…
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The 80th anniversary and New Year’s issue: JACL leaders look ahead to 2009
As the Pacific Citizen marked its 80th anniversary, this New Year’s issue gave JACL’s national officers and district governors space…