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Kajiko Yajima’s Contributions to U.S.-Japan Exchange through Women's Suffrage

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitut...
Aug 25, 2020VIEW
Politics

Political Polling 101

Politicians, media and research groups spend scads of money each election to poll the public about whom t...
Aug 21, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksPolitics

U.S. Laws Help People with Disabilities Vote

When Americans choose their representatives, polling places nationwide accommodate voters with disabiliti...
Aug 19, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

Want Peace and Security? Include Women in Leadership Roles.

Gender equality is a better predictor of a state’s peacefulness than gross domestic product, a recent Sta...
Aug 18, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

Partners for Progress: Disability Rights Group Gets a Hand from U.S. Consulate Nagoya

Almost 50 years ago, the world’s first independent living facility run by and for people with disabilitie...
Aug 12, 2020VIEW
Politics

A Monument to U.S. Women’s Right to Vote Turns 100

Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton dedicated their lives to the cause of women’s ...
Jul 31, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksPolitics

From Civil Rights Activist to Member of Congress: Remembering John Lewis

Civil rights hero and U.S. Representative John Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80. He had been battling ...
Jul 28, 2020VIEW
Science & Technology

NASA Engineers Develop a Ventilator for COVID-19 Patients

A meeting over coffee at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has led to a ventilator prototype for COV...
Jul 22, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

NASA Names a Building for a Pioneering African American

NASA has renamed its Washington headquarters to honor Mary W. Jackson, the first female African American ...
Jul 22, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksSocial Issues

Accessibility Is for Everyone: An Interview with Mark Bookman

University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. candidate Mark Bookman has studied in Japan several times, starting out ...
Jul 21, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksSocial Issues

Sign-Language-Friendly Businesses Take Off

To enter a shop and chat with the person behind the counter is a rare experience for deaf and hard of hea...
Jul 21, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

Juneteenth: Remembering the End of Slavery

Juneteenth, or June 19th, is an annual holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. ...
Jul 17, 2020VIEW
Politics

Understanding America’s Electoral College

When U.S. citizens cast their presidential election ballots, they’ll be voting for someone like Hagner Mi...
Jul 17, 2020VIEW
Politics

America’s First Black Marines: The Montford Pointers

The year was 1943 and Joseph Carpenter had just received orders to report to Camp Montford Point in Jacks...
Jul 17, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksScience & Technology

These Sea Turtles Face Peril

Sea turtles have been swimming the world’s oceans for more than 100 million years. Yet today the survival...
Jul 14, 2020VIEW
Arts & Culture

State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Restores Components of U.S. Embassy Tokyo

During National Preservation Month, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operation...
Jul 13, 2020VIEW
Politics

Once Interned in China, Uyghur American Fights for Religious Freedom

Nury Turkel was born in a reeducation camp during China’s Cultural Revolution. Today, he is fighting for ...
Jul 10, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

Refugees Who Made Their Mark as Americans

The United States leads the world in assisting refugees abroad until they can safely and voluntarily retu...
Jul 9, 2020VIEW

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