Print Issue: 2017

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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective: Let’s Talk About Taxes

By Staci Yamashita-Iida

October 20, 2017

By Staci Yamashita-Iida As a CPA and an estate planning attorney, respectively, my fiancé and I often find our dinner…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: ‘The Great Nisei Reunion III’

By Marsha Aizumi

October 20, 2017

By Marsha Aizumi One of the things that my work in the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) area has…
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Community

API Legislative Caucus Opposes Proposed Fence at Tulelake Municipal Airport

By P.C. Staff

October 20, 2017

Members of the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus submitted a letter to Modoc County Road Commissioner Mitch Crosby on…
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Community

Idaho Congress Members Back Commemorative Stamp

By Wayne Osako

October 6, 2017

The Stamp Our Story campaign continues its efforts to recognize Nisei veterans. By Wayne Osako, Contributor Idaho’s congressional delegation has…
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Community

Manzanar Committee Calls on Modoc County to Cease Efforts to Build Perimeter Fence at Tulelake Airport

October 6, 2017

LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee reiterated its opposition on Sept. 27 to Modoc County, Calif.’s, proposed construction of a perimeter…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Charlottesville and the Legacy of White Supremacy

By Rob Buscher

October 6, 2017

By Rob Buscher, Contributor In August at the weekend-long “Unite the Right” rally, white nationalists descended onto Charlottesville, Va., thrusting…
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Community

Remembering ‘Camp Harmony’

By Eileen Yamada Lamphere

October 6, 2017

Puyallup Valley JACL hosts the 75th remembrance of the Puyallup Assembly Center. (Photo: Puyallup Valley JACL) By Eileen Yamada Lamphere,…
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Incarceration & Redress

California Governor Signs Bill to
Give $3 Million in Education
Grants on WWII Japanese American Incarceration

October 6, 2017

The new law also links Japanese American incarceration and President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban. TORRANCE, Calif. — Gov. Edmund…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective: California’s Transfer on Death Deed: Is It Right for You?

By Staci Yamashita-Iida

October 6, 2017

By Staci Yamashita-Iida You may have heard the buzz about California’s newest real estate practice: the Transfer on Death (“TOD”)…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: Remembering Ross

By Marsha Aizumi

October 6, 2017

By Marsha Aizumi Recently, a dear friend passed away. It was unexpected, and it hit many of us very hard.…
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JACL

JACL Continues Opposition to Newly Issued Immigration Ban

By JACL National

October 6, 2017

The JACL continues to oppose the Muslim country travel ban. The addition of three more nations to the Muslim country…
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Commentary & Opinions

Youth Perspective: Were We All Immigrants?

By Kenji Kuramitsu

September 21, 2017

By Kenji Kuramitsu, NY/SC Representative I was proud to see the JACL recently issue a statement alongside coalition partners, condemning…
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Incarceration & Redress

Tule Lake Committee Seeks Public’s Help in Saving Portion of Tule Lake Site

By P.C. Staff

September 21, 2017

Tule Lake Committee is asking for the public’s help to save the historic Tule Lake concentration camp and segregation center…
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Community

FDR Presidential Library and Museum Set to Unveil Special Exhibit

By P.C. Staff

September 21, 2017

Photographs taken in Heart Mountain during World War II by George and Frank C. Hirahara are featured in the exhibit…
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Commentary & Opinions

A Yonsei Transplanted: ‘Show, Don’t Tell’

By Matthew Ormseth

September 21, 2017

By Matthew Ormseth The longer I work in journalism, the more I respect people of action who are less inclined…
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Community

JACL’s Kakehashi Program Now Accepting Applications for 2017-18

By P.C. Staff

September 20, 2017

WASHINGTON — The JACL is urging those interested in applying for its 2017-18 Kakehashi Program to do so now. Up to…
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