Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ‘greatest swindles’
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in the Americas
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...
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Actor and Activist George Takei Speaks About American Identity and History
There is perhaps nothing more American than the assertion that life is what you make of it. Such is the ideology underlying the proverbial American dream — that each of us is the master of our destiny ...
Trump Leans on WWII Japanese Incarceration Law to Deport Immigrants
The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.
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Reconnecting with my Japanese Heritage
Ezra at a family gravesite in Oahu in 2022 where several family members are buried. Ezra stands next to the headstone of his great great grandfather Kaju Hanzawa — the first family member to immigrate ...
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Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats
President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations has rekindled trauma ...
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The Benton Museum of Art opens new exhibit on the ceramics of UConn’s Minnie Negoro
On Jan. 21, 2025, the University of Connecticut’s William Benton Museum of Art opened two new displays: one showcasing the Digital Media and Design faculty’s creations and another focusing on ...
Commentary: Federal workers may soon face moral dilemmas. Here’s what they can learn from history
With radical policy shifts looming in Donald Trump’s new administration, many federal employees are surely debating a ...
Ichiro Becomes First Japanese Player Elected To MLB Hall Of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki, whose uncanny hitting talent made him a Seattle Mariners icon, became the first Japanese player elected to ...
Opinion: Internment camps destroyed lives, yet one local man still gave back to this country
If you called Jack Kubota happy go lucky, you’d be half right.  At age 95, Kubota is a happy man, but his luck ran out during ...
A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
If Trump issues his own order on Day 1, as he’s vowed, the first people could enter detention camps by February.
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Concert review: Artistic triumph of young American-Japanese violinist Keila Wakao
The enduring popularity of music by 20th-century American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981) rests on two works, and both were performed in re:Sound’s first concert of 2025. His Adagio For ...