VOX POPULI: The Fukushima Disaster Is Far From Over
By TSUKURU FORS LAURITZEN On Saturday, March 9, the Art Share Auditorium in Little Tokyo/Art…
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THROUGH THE FIRE: Little Tokyo in the Movies
By BILL WATANABE She caught me by surprise — a beautiful young woman was waving…
THE WARREN REPORT: ‘Thee’ Facts
By WARREN FURUTANI The historic overturning of the Korematsu vs. the United States Supreme Court decision…
THE WARREN REPORT: Women Hold Up Half the Sky (and then some!)
By WARREN FURUTANI I was walking the halls of the State Capitol last week, working…
THAT LOOKS LIKE ME: Gemma Chan and Casting POC in Period Pieces
By TAYLOR WEIK When I went to the movies last weekend to see “Captain Marvel,”…
THROUGH THE FIRE: Crystal City Sparks Protest at South Texas Family Residential Center
By SHARON YAMATO Several months ago, a group of former descendants and supporters of the…
THROUGH THE FIRE: Another Test of Our Democracy
By BILL WATANABE In Abraham Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg Address, he stated that America was: “a…
THE WARREN REPORT: Brother Jeff Adachi
By WARREN FURUTANI In the late 1970s there was a civil rights case involving a…
THROUGH THE FIRE: Artistry Inspired by Heart Mountain
By SHARON YAMATO Even though my parents were incarcerated at Poston, Arizona, I’ve developed a…
An Unexpected Glimpse of Little Tokyo’s History
By J.K. YAMAMOTO My father, James Tsutomu Yamamoto, was in auto sales for decades, most…
EAST WIND: Breaking Silence and Breaking Boundaries
By MIYA IWATAKI “WE WILL GAMAN NO MORE!” — Yuji Ichioka, testifying at the Commission on…
VOX POPULI: California’s 100-plus API Judges: A Milestone in Our History
By DALE MINAMI The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) recently…