February 19, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order for the removal of Japanese Americans on the west coast into internment camps on February 19, 1942. While the order did ...

Something significant is missing from the recent official apology by the office of the California attorney general for culpability in the World War II Japanese-American internment. The wording leaves ...

How can a U.S. president change the country without Congress voting on a new law? This video explains how executive orders work, why they carry the force of law, and how presidents have used them to ...

In her new novel, Karen Tei Yamashita challenges readers to join her in deciphering a shameful moment from the nation’s past.

Jim Tanimoto’s voice strained with emotion as he recounted his time spent in a Japanese internment camp. After eight decades, ...