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JACL Dismayed After BLM
Greenlights Lava Ridge Wind Farm

By P.C. Staff Following the Bureau of Land Management’s recent issuance of its Record of Decision authorizing LS Power to…

P.C. EditorDecember 18, 2024

Community JACL News Obituaries

2nd JA West Point Grad
Glenn Matsumoto Dies at 95

By P.C. Staff Glenn Matsumoto(Photo: Courtesy of the Matsumoto Family) Retired Army Col. Glenn Kenge Matsumoto died at the Shell…

P.C. EditorNovember 14, 2024

JACL National News Politics

JACL Alarmed by WSJ’s Report on Nat’l Archives’ Shogan

Article reveals plans to ‘de-emphasize’ such historical events as Japanese American incarceration. By P.C. Staff The Japanese American Citizens League…

P.C. EditorNovember 4, 2024

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Twin Cities Chapter Reinstates Tradition to Honor Japanese American Veterans

Gen. Paul M. Nakasone (fifth from left) at Fort Snelling National Cemetery with program planning committee members (from left) Sally…

GarrettNovember 1, 2024

Community JACL News Politics

Watsonville-Santa Cruz Recognizes Tom Graves

By Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL member Tom Graves was recently awarded an honorary doctor of arts degree by his…

GarrettNovember 1, 2024

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JACL Cheers Biden’s Apology to Native Americans

By P.C. Staff The Japanese American Citizens League issued a statement in support of President Biden’s Friday visit to Arizona’s…

P.C. EditorOctober 25, 2024

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JACL to White House: Cease Funding Israel’s Military on Humanitarian Grounds

By P.C. Staff The JACL on Thursday issued a statement urging the White House to suspend American military funding to…

P.C. EditorOctober 25, 2024

JACL National News Obituaries Politics

Grant Ujifusa, JACL Redress Strategist, Dies at 82

Co-editor of ‘Almanac of American Politics’ helped guide redress bill to finish line. By P.C. Staff Grant Ujifusa Grant Ujifusa,…

P.C. EditorOctober 22, 2024

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JACL Rejects Comparison of Jan. 6 Berserkers to Incarcerated Japanese Americans

Ex-President downplays insurrection, questions why convicted rioters are ‘still being held’. The Japanese American Citizens League today refuted statements made…

P.C. EditorOctober 21, 2024

JACL National News Politics

JACL Issues Statement Condemning Trump’s ‘Operation Aurora’

Organization instead endorses Neighbors Not Enemies Act. The Japanese American Citizens League on Tuesday publicly denounced former President Trump’s recent…

P.C. EditorOctober 15, 2024