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More than 70 Asian American groups urge Biden to create Black reparations commission
NextShark via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA force of 76 Japanese American and Asian American organizations has demanded President Joe Biden to...
The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA 1945 photograph of detainees at the Honouliuli Internment Camp. courtesy of National Park...
Letters to the Editor: Manzanar is close by. Go see it and understand what racism has done
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTo the editor: Thank you very much for the article, "'There's our family name': Sacred book honors Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII." I recently visited the Manzanar National Historic ...
D.C.’s Enslavers Got Reparations. Freed People Got Nothing.
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen we hear “emancipation” we think “Juneteenth” — the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas, the last Confederate state with institutional slavery, received word they ...
Franklin Odo, renowned Japanese American scholar, historian and activist dies at 83
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 7—Franklin Odo, a third-generation Japanese American, renowned scholar, historian, activist and pioneer of Asian American studies, died Sept. 28. Odo, 83, was the first Kaimuki High School ...
Where did the 'submarine sandwich' name come from? Some say it originated in Paterson
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe story of the sandwich is well known, dating back to 1762 England and the fourth earl of...
After an artist's studio was damaged in a Russian missile strike, he found a new medium: war debris
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis Ukrainian artist was known for whimsical sculptures. Now, amid Russia's war on Ukraine, he...