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U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan leads the National Archives, which oversees billions of government documents, photos, & records. But instead of educating the public about WWII incarceration & other dark chapters of American history, Shogan has spent the last year erasing history.

conta.cc/49wdhZu…Featuring interviews with Sean Baker, Mike Leigh, Walter Salles and much, much more!

#NEWonDN Mid-century California congressman George Outland supported the rights of Japanese Americans during World War II—to an extent. Read part 2 of Outland's story by Jonathan van Harmelen: discovernikkei.org/en/journal/202…

Proud to have contributed an article on director Marcel Ophuls and his childhood experiences in Los Angeles for the latest issue of Cineaste Magazine. Check it out!

#OTD in 1944, the United States Supreme Court held unanimously in Ex Parte Mitsuye Endo that the federal government could not indefinitely confine U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry who were “concededly loyal” in War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps.

Had the great pleasure earlier this month of writing this piece on the 9th circuit court for the The New Republic.

Des opposants à Jean-Marie Le Pen se rassemblent à travers la France pour célébrer son décès : « Ce sale raciste est mort » lemonde.fr/politique/arti…

Remember when people got upset that a tiny number of climate activists were doing minor, easily repairable, damage to a handful of paintings. Will those people now acknowledge that climate change is itself a far bigger threat to the cultural inheritance of humanity?

Check out my latest for Discover Nikkei ! I wrote about Frank Nobuo Hirosawa, a Japanese American chemist who studied the guayule shrub at Manzanar. He later worked with Cal Tech’s Arie Jan Haagen-Smit on studying LA’s smog. discovernikkei.org/en/journal/202…

"Catastrophic" - The CSU leaders decry proposed state budget cut, saying it would cripple the mission of nation's largest 4-year university system to help students climb up social & economic ladder. bit.ly/40WeVRH

Today is #FredKorematsu Day, honoring the civil rights hero best known for his fight against the mass removal of Japanese Americans that resulted in a landmark Supreme Court case.

This is not normal.

Check out my latest for The New Republic on private bills and immigration.

Proud to have worked with historian Greg Robinson on the cover story of LMU Magazine’s latest issue in the causes of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Had a great time working with Joseph Wakelee-Lynch and faculty/staff at LMU on this piece. Check it out!

How Trump’s Tariffs Promote Hate at Home trib.al/JrBFJLI

My latest for The New Republic