The Aki Kurose Peace Garden at Laurelhurst Elementary will reopen after a significant renovation in early June.
101-year-old Bainbridge Island resident Fumiko Hayashida donates $101 to Inslee campaign
Fumiko Hayashida, a 101-year-old Japanese Seattle resident and part of the delegation who testified before Congress on behalf of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, visited the Jay Inslee […]
Judicial election’s far reaching implications for API voters
By Travis Quezon Northwest Asian Weekly A period of 41 years had passed before a U.S. District Court Judge in California overturned the conviction of Fred Korematsu, an Oakland shipyard […]
COMMENTARY: Support the right to marry
This fall, Washington voters will be asked to approve Referendum 74 to keep our state’s historic new law, which allows committed gay and lesbian couples to marry. As community leaders, […]
In memory of Gordon
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Gordon Hirabayashi died on Jan. 2 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he taught sociology at the University of Alberta (UA). He was 93 and […]
Japanese Americans silent no more, talk about internment
Japanese American Lillia Uri Matsuda (née Satow) was interned when she was a nursing student at Seattle University (SU) in 1942.
Feb. 20: Day of Remembrance 2011 Taiko Festival held at SU
The Day of Remembrance is an annual observance of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Editorial: There’s another cause for celebration: Fred Korematsu Day
Last year, on Sept. 20, California designated Jan. 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. It was the first time that a day was officially named
Editorial: Why is it important to learn history?
Many will say that we learn history so that we won’t repeat our missteps. It’s an easy statement to make but is hard to back up with action …
SU law center named for civil rights leader
When Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American welder, dared to challenge the constitutionality of his internment in 1942, his objections