The 2005 holiday issue: P.C.’s Top Ten List
Top ten lists were the theme of this 120-page holiday issue, and writers took the format in every direction. Naomi…
Print Issue: 2005
-
-
Exchange student safety, a move to Little Tokyo and APA candidates
A Japanese exchange student’s placement in the Florida home of a convicted felon led the news, as Caroline Aoyagi-Stom reported…
-
Halloween costumes, Korematsu’s school and protecting camp sites
Offensive Halloween costumes led the news. APAs criticized Halloweenmart.com for geisha and samurai outfits with demeaning phrases, and Caroline Aoyagi-Stom…
-
Language schools, Jose Padilla and a school for Fred Korematsu
Asian language schools and Asian sports leagues were the subject of the front-page feature by Lynda Lin, which asked whether…
-
Sept. 11 remembrance: Muslim American voices, and the redress strategy
Four American Muslims, Mashood Khawar, Nazeef Ebrahim, Nure Elatari and Aladdin Elaasar, wrote about how the Sept. 11 attacks changed…
-
The Samurai Bears, Ben Kuroki and Yuki Llewellyn’s return to Manzanar
Baseball and a wartime story shared the front page. Caroline Aoyagi followed the Samurai Bears, an all-Japanese professional team playing…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…