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Social justice
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 days ago

George Takei says anti-immigrant policies are repeating one of America's darkest chapters - LGBTQ Nation

George Takei compares the Trump administration's immigrant detention and mass deportation tactics to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans, citing his family's experience.
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Business
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

The SoCal Fast-Food Founder Who Cooked 2 Million Chickens, Bought A Town, And Opened A McDonald's Museum - Tasting Table

Albert Okura built Juan Pollo, cooked millions of chickens, revitalized an abandoned Route 66 California town, and upheld his family's pursuit of the American dream.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

14 Best Century-Old Restaurants In The US - Tasting Table

Some U.S. restaurants have operated for more than a century, preserving history and continuing to earn high customer acclaim.
History
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

New book 'Together in Manzanar' reveals life inside WWII Japanese internment camp

Elaine Buchman Yoneda decided to go to a concentration camp with her son, leaving her daughter behind during WWII.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

How Joseph Kurihara Lost His Faith in America

Residents of Terminal Island were forcibly evacuated following Executive Order 9066, targeting individuals of Japanese ancestry based on unfounded suspicions.
from48 hills
3 months ago

Trump wants to censor US history at national parks - 48 hills

The new executive order aims to erase narratives of injustice, like the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, threatening the preservation of their voices.
US politics
fromSFGATE
4 months ago

Signs to police 'negative' history went up at Manzanar. Historians are nervous.

These signs encourage visitors to report any depictions of U.S. history that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living" or fail to highlight the "beauty, abundance or grandeur" of the landscape.
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