Shortly after Franklin Roosevelt ordered the internment of Japanese Americans in 1942, the War Location Authority hired photographer Dorothea Lange to document the process. I strongly suspect that whoever made the decision knew little about her previous work, but learned that she had worked for the federal government and that she lived in California, where most of the internees … [Read more...] about Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of the Japanese American Internment by Linda Gordon
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It’s OK to snoop on Muslims on basis of religion, rules top court
Originally published in the Asahi ShimbunMuslims can still be monitored in Japan solely based on their religion, while in the United States courts are cracking down on granting such approval.An appeal by 17 Muslim plaintiffs accusing police of snooping on them was dismissed by the Japanese Supreme Court in late May, which upheld lower court decisions.The plaintiffs … [Read more...] about It’s OK to snoop on Muslims on basis of religion, rules top court