Many thousands of Filipinos answered Roosevelt's call to join the U.S. forces fighting Japan in the Philippines, but had been denied the benefits they were promised until last month. When Obama's stimulus package passed, it contained a provision for a lump sum payment for these Filipino WWII veterans, which I wrote about as a "Victory for the Asian-American Community."
I later got messages from friends and fellow activists who have been working on the issue, deriding the provision...
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