Category: people
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Nationwide Vigils June 3 for Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Detained in N. Korea
Vigils for Asian American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be held on Wed., June 3, throughout the country. The two employees of San Francisco-based Current TV – a media venture founded by former Vice President Al Gore – were arrested March 17 near the North Korean border while reporting on refugees living in […]
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Ron Takaki Passes Away at 70
UPDATE 5/29: Below is the text from an article by Yasmin Anwar of UC Berkeley Public Affairs. And a poignant commentary from Dale Minami here. Ronald Takaki, professor emeritus of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a preeminent scholar of U.S. race relations who taught the University of California’s first black history […]
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AAJA, UNITY Statement on Roxana Saberi
AAJA and UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc., jointly released the following statement on April 19 (cross-posted on FreeRoxana.net): We are deeply troubled by the news that American journalist Roxana Saberi has been found guilty of espionage by an Iranian court and sentenced to eight years in prison. We continue to believe in her innocence and […]
Keith Kamisugi 
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