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The Coach Who Sees What Others Miss: Natalie Nakase and the Valkyries’ Culture of Opportunity

Natalie Nakase's journey from overlooked player to historic WNBA coach mirrors the Valkyries' rise, proving opportunity, preparation, and belief can transform a franchise.

Majority of Americans Say Japanese Internment Was ‘Shameful’

A YouGov poll finds most Americans disapprove of the country's wartime internment of Japanese though remain divided on the question of reparations.

Biden Declares Japanese American Internment Shameful

President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned a 1942 executive order forcing all Japanese Americans to internment camps.

How Do We Reckon With Our Racial Past?

The Smithsonian's Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past initiative looks at how past racism informs present day inequalities.

In the Texas Desert, a WWII Era Internment Camp Unites Asians, Latinos

Survivors of the State Department operation called “Quiet Passages” returned to the grounds of this erstwhile concentration camp just 35 miles from the Mexican border.

Japanese American Artists Pay Homage to Ancestors Incarcerated at Internment Camps

Eighty years after the incarceration of 126,000 Japanese Americans at internment camps, Sansei Granddaughters, a group of women artists pay homage to their ancestors.

CA Senators Ask for $5 Million to Increase Pipeline of Asian Language Teachers

Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in CA, yet the state credentialed only 89 teachers who speak one of several Asian languages in the 2019-2020.
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County’s Safer at Work Program Saves L.A. Small Businesses Millions

In LA County, programs that have already saved small businesses millions during the pandemic are looking for ways to expand their outreach into underserved communities.

Housing, Hate, and Health Top Concerns for AAPI in LA

The agency will be translating all written materials into the 15 most-used languages in the state and adding more interpreters to its phone lines.