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Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is ‘tickled pink’ to inspire a Barbie doll
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 6 days agoMattel’s new “Inspiring Women Series” Barbie duplicates the barrier-shattering moment Kristi...
Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoFrom the time the first immigrants had arrived from Japan in the 1880s, people of Japanese ancestry in the U.S. – whether they were American citizens or not – faced decades of discrimination ...
Will the new Panasonic battery plant save this Kansas village or kill it?
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoOn the outskirts of De Soto, Kansas, 70-year-old Wanda Riedhart wrenched open the wobbly aluminum...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Cicada invasion
Chicago Tribune· 7 hours agoThree species of periodical cicadas, known as Brood XIII, are expected to emerge this month from their underground habitats. What makes these creatures...
This Filipina Spy Used Her Leprosy as a Cover to Thwart the Japanese During World War II
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoFor two days in February 1945, a petite, sickly Filipina woman—her body marked by leprous...
Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is ‘tickled pink’ to inspire a Barbie doll
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 6 days agoMattel’s new “Inspiring Women Series” Barbie duplicates the barrier-shattering moment Kristi...
Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is ‘tickled pink’ to inspire a Barbie doll
Greensboro News & Record· 6 days agoMattel’s new “Inspiring Women Series” Barbie duplicates the barrier-shattering moment Kristi...
Petition to honor Mitsuye Endo and her historic Supreme Court victory
KTVU via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoA campaign is underway to honor a California woman who sacrificed years of her life to fight for Americans' constitutional rights, and ended up winning a landmark case in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Most Decorated Battleship in U.S. History Gets an Overdue Face-Lift
Bennington Banner· 2 days agoThe most decorated battleship in the history of the United States is done with war. The engines of...
WWII hangar headed for demolition at Gateway
East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.) via Yahoo News· 2 days agoApr. 30—A World War II-era hangar next to the ticketing building at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is slated for demolition in the next three to four months. Hangar 24, as the war-time structure ...
