The 2011 holiday issue: The Camps, from assembly centers to pilgrimage
The camps were the subject of the 2011 holiday issue, in a theme Executive Editor Caroline Aoyagi-Stom titled “Liberty Lost…
Print Issue: 2011
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Congressional Gold Medal honors Japanese American WWII veterans
Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service…
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Congressional Gold Medal for Japanese American WWII veterans
Japanese American veterans of World War II received the Congressional Gold Medal at a Washington, D.C. ceremony on Nov. 2,…
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Heart Mountain photos, citizenship drives and tiger parenting
Frank and George Hirahara’s photographs of Heart Mountain were the front-page story of this 16-page issue. Nalea J. Ko wrote…
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Student struggles and the E-Verify debate, with a sports gala
Money and opportunity ran through the news pages. Nalea J. Ko reported on the Legal Workforce Act, which would require…
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The 2011 youth issue: DREAM Act and JACL scholarship winners
Young Asian Americans were the subject of this 16-page issue. The cover took up Asian Americans and the DREAM Act,…
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Sept. 11 ten years on, the Heart Mountain museum and Sei Fujii on film
Ten years after Sept. 11, JACL’s friendship with Muslim American communities was the subject of an In-Depth story by Christine…
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Heart Mountain’s new center opens, and readers debate camp terminology
The opening of the Heart Mountain interpretive learning center in Wyoming led the news, with a grand opening set for…
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The Power of Words debate and the 2011 JACL convention
The words used to describe the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through this issue. Celia Sekijima wrote…
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The 2011 JACL national convention: Power of Words and a budget deficit
The 2011 JACL national convention filled most of this 16-page issue. The national council voted 55-17 on an emergency resolution…
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JACL’s future and the words we use for the WWII camps
Questions about the JACL’s own future ran through this issue. Patricia Takayama wrote an open letter asking whether staff departures…
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A school’s namesake, the Power of Words debate and a federal admission
Emily Isakari, 14, led a project to teach students at George Y. Komure Elementary School about the Nisei veteran for…
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JACL’s Top Chefs: food, family and chapter kitchens
Food was the subject of this 16-page issue, which carried the cover line “JACL’s Top Chefs.” Nalea J. Ko profiled…
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JACL budget, taiko, and the Pacific Citizen’s future
The national board’s vote to cover a $106,426 deficit from 2010 by drawing $100,000 from National Endowment Fund earnings led…
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The 2011 ‘Extraordinary APAs’ issue: profiles of 18 community leaders
Profiles of extraordinary Asian Pacific Americans filled this special issue. Executive editor Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom explained how the P.C. editorial…
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Japan relief, organic farming and a question of wartime loyalty
Relief for Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ran through this 16-page issue. JACL and Direct Relief International…