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…
Print Issue: 2009
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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,…
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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…
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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,…