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'Isako Isako': No punches pulled when confronting internment
Mia Ayumi Malhotra's collection of poetry, "Isako Isako," is a carefully controlled whirlwind of ideas and impressions that reminds us that the scars laid down today will still be visible generations from now
'Oh, konnichiwa': U.S. interior secretary's remark to lawmaker of Japanese descent draws fire
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke came under fire this week for what critics said was a "flippant" and "juvenile" use of a Japanese greeting when responding to a question from a congresswoman of Japanese descent during a House committee hearing. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, of Hawaii, ...
Trump immigration policies deja vu for descendants of WWII internees
Seventy-five years ago an executive order issued by then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt uprooted the families of Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry, or Nikkei, who were removed from Western coastal regions in the U.S. and taken to remote, guarded camps. Sunday will mark the ...
Arizona holds ceremony to memorialize Gila River WWII internment camp
A city in Arizona memorialized a WWII internment camp for Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans on Saturday by unveiling a series of panels with information about the area's wartime history. "I felt desperate after I was taken to the camp at 15, but baseball was my ...
Japanese internment set for short shrift in class
Don't count on the controversial internment of loyal Japanese Americans during World War II to receive full coverage in future American high school history classes.
Nisei renew call for society free of all discrimination
A leading group of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent, including some who suffered internment during World War II, are using their community's experiences to campaign for a society free of discrimination and prejudice. The Japanese American Citizens League renewed its call for the protection of ...
Korematsu highlights danger of waiving constitutional rights
The 1944 U.S. Supreme Court affirmation of the wartime power to intern "enemy" racial groups provides a sober reminder after the Boston bombings.
