Diabetes and cancer are rampant throughout Micronesia, largely thanks to the legacy of nuclear tests and Western culture. But most islands lack adequate medical facilities, making migration a necessity.

U.S. Senate and House leadership is urged to allow the people of Bikini to use resettlement funds to relocate outside of the Marshall Islands.

This “nuclear nomad” just wants to go home. Except home is a contaminated atoll 2,000 miles away.

Most Americans have never even heard of the Compact of Free Association, but that may change as federal aid runs out, raising urgent questions about our moral, financial and legal responsibility to Micronesians.

First we nuked their islands and then we took control of the whole region. In exchange, Micronesians can move to the U.S. without restriction. And they are coming  — by the tens of thousands — for health care, education and jobs.

The pilot project seeks to aid the Pacific Islanders by serving as a hub to link them with public services and other resources.

In Chinatown, a show of support for followers of Falung Gong and their legal action against persecution. Beside Kapalama Canal, a new law to clear out the homeless. And at the Capitol Auditorium, a public meeting on Micronesian immigration.

A federal advisory group is told about growing discrimination toward COFA citizens in housing, education, health care and employment.

The Associated Press says a Big Island case involving a Marshallese man highlights the need for language interpretation.

Some schools send students home frequently and some don’t, but data for the 2013-14 school year show significant discipline disparities based on ethnicities.