Internment Camps

WWII Vet Honored With Bronze Star Almost 70 Years Later

Rosemont Patch | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Kevin Miyasaki, Minoru Miyasaki, California National Guard Headquarters, Wwii, Internment Camps, Bronze Star, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Lilly Miyasaki, WWII Veterans, Veterans, David S. Baldwin, Impact News

War veterans often don't come home bragging of their exploits abroad, and in that tradition U.S. Army Pfc. Minoru Miyasaki didn't talk much about his ...

Read Whole Story

Let's Not Repeat the Mistakes of History

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Japanese Internment Camps, Intolerance, Internment Camps, Politics News
Abraham H. Foxman

This week we commemorate the 70th anniversary of a shameful and dark chapter in American history: the forced relocation and incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent -- the vast majority of whom were citizens.

Read Post

Albania's New Pavilion Sheds Light On Communist Abuses

AP | LLAZAR SEMINI | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: National Museum, Communism, Repressive Regime, Albania, Internment Camps, Enver Hoxha, Anti-Communism, Art Museums, Arts News

TIRANA, Albania — Albania's National Museum opened a new wing Monday on the abuses of the former communist regime, timing the dedication to the ...

Read Whole Story

Jason Linkins

Bachmann Compares Census To WWII Internment Camps

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Census, Conspiracy Theories, Re-Education Camps, Video, Bachmann-Census, Michele Bachmann, Acorn, Internment Camps, Japanese Internment, Eat the Press, Politics News

You know, with each passing day, I grow worried that future generations will walk this earth completely unaware of the delicate and brilliant grasp of...

Read Whole Story

Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jews, Nisei Generation, Second World War, Bar Mitzvah, The Audacity of Hope, Woody Allen, Multicultural, Kimono, Culture, Russian- Jewish, Neurotic, Shikseh Princess, Latino, Democratic Convention, The Purple Heart Batallion, Internment Camps, Asian, Multiracial, Melting Pot, Oy Veh, Barack Obama, Jewish Soul, Nisht Geferlech, Martin Luther King, University High School, Inclusion, Japanese Jew, Interfaith, Identity, Punahoe High School, Buddhism, 442nd Infantry, Japanese-Jewish Woman, Knish, Japanese-Hawaiian, Chuppah, Healthy Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.

Read Post

Muslims "Off" a Plane

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Muslim Family Airplane, Airtran, Tsa, Colin Powell, Obama Muslim, wwII Internment Camps, War on Terror, Internment Camps, Gallup Polls, Atif Irfan, Fbi, Airport Security, Who Speaks for Islam?, Flying After 9/11, TSA Security, Air Travel, Racial Profiling, Arab Americans, Al Qaeda, Inayet Sahin, Airport Security Water Bottles, Muslim Prejudice, Patriot Act, American Muslims, Fear-Mongering, Muslims and Air Travel, Transportation Security Administration, Extrajudicial Detention, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

We in the US are currently engaged in a "war on terror," but this does not give a democratic and free country license to be overwhelmed by fear of its own Muslim and Middle Eastern citizens.

Read Post