TIME
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A college group pioneered the dirty tricks that led to Watergate. Fifty years later, the tactics still poison politics.
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The Sacramento Bee
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California Reps. Buffy Wicks and Steve Glazer have introduced bills to tax big tech companies like Google and Meta to help save local journalism.
Overlooked No More: Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History
The New York Times
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He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper.
A Blueprint From History for Tackling Homelessness
TIME
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During the New Deal, the U.S. knew that economic recovery depended upon housing.
Jonathan Van Harmelen: Japanese who moved to Chicago after internment found an advocate in Sidney...
Chicago Tribune
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Sunday marks the annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese Americans nationwide. The remembrance and associated events commemorate President Franklin Roosevelt's Feb. 19, 1942, signing of Executive Order 9066, under whose authority the Army forcibly removed 120,000 Japanese American men, women and children from the West Coast and confined them in 10 incarceration camps in the [...]
One of the Supreme Court's Most Infamous Cases Is As Relevant as Ever
The Nation
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Eighty years ago, Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that decision are still with us today.
The Court Where the Rule of Law Still Lives-for Now
The New Republic
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During Trump's first term, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was a rare oasis of judicial sobriety. It will face an even sterner test the next time around.