President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order for the removal of Japanese Americans on the west coast into ...

The same logic that justified incarcerating Japanese Americans — that rights can be suspended in moments of perceived crisis — undergirds today’s system.

This, too, was a date that should live in infamy. On this day in 1942, Franklin Roosevelt, arguably America’s most beloved (certainly most elected) president, signed an executive order that was among ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on this day in 1942, authorizing the removal of Japanese ...