Naomi Hirahara

Apr 9, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Naomi Hirahara |Chris Newell |Jonah Winter |Jeanette Winter

Hirahara starts by discussing how college students Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee coined the term Asian American in 1968; she also defines the phrase Pacific Islanders but notes that the book doesn’t cover those with Central and Western Asian heritage. She goes on to explore various identities within the AAPI communities, as well as U.S. cities with large populations of each group, such as Springdale, Arkansas, home to half of the U.S.’s Marshallese population.

Dec 22, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Bob Kustra |Naomi Hirahara |David Neiwert

Note: This is the second half of a two-part interview. In 1960, the Congo was set free from Belgium, one of seventeen countries to gain independence from ruling European powers. It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. But chaos was soon to follow, in the form of a mutiny, a coup, and a bevy of foreign interference. Within a year, everything would unravel. In his new book, , Stuart A.

Dec 15, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Bob Kustra |Naomi Hirahara |David Neiwert |Sean Carberry

Note: This is the first half of a two-part interview. In 1960, the Congo was set free from Belgium, one of seventeen countries to gain independence from ruling European powers. It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. But chaos was soon to follow, in the form of a mutiny, a coup, and a bevy of foreign interference. Within a year, everything would unravel. In his new book, , Stuart A.

Dec 11, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Naomi Hirahara |James Dawson

The use of student ID cards at the polls may have another chance at life in Idaho, though some of the state’s top justices openly questioned a lawsuit aimed at reviving them. Two voter advocacy groups argued before the state supreme court Monday afternoon to overturn recent laws barring their use during elections. Babe Vote and the League of Women Voters of Idaho immediately filed suit after the bills were signed this past March.

Dec 11, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Selena Simmons Duffin |Naomi Hirahara

Kate Cox, a pregnant woman from the Dallas area who had sued Texas for access to an abortion, has left the state for one instead. The fast-moving case was pending before the state Supreme Court. Copyright 2023 NPR