Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors In Guam May Receive Payments In 2020
Guam lifted its statute of limitations for child sexual abuses in 2016, paving the way for claims to be filed.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Report: Battling Discrimination Against Micronesians Requires Policy Changes
The Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission says these migrants should receive access to Medicaid and other benefits they are now denied.
Cpl. A. J. Van Fredenberg, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit
The US Military Is Pouring Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Into Tiny Wake Island
The historic World War II site is on the front lines again as part of an expanded U.S. missile defense system.
Jessica Terrell/Civil Beat/2018
Crackdown On Illegal Marshallese Adoptions Comes After More Than A Decade Of Inaction
After the charging of a prominent Arizona adoption attorney in three states for multiple offenses, authorities say more actions are coming.
maricopa.gov
Major Player In Black Market Marshallese Adoptions Faces Criminal Charges
Paul Petersen, an Arizona attorney who was the focus of a Honolulu Civil Beat investigation, is the target of a multi-state investigation.
Sarah Holm/Civil Beat
Feds Charge Arkansas Fixer With Luring Marshallese Women To US For Illegal Adoptions
Maki Takehisa, identified as a fixer in a Civil Beat investigation last year, worked with an Arizona attorney to arrange black market adoptions.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016
Guam Military Funding Likely Diverted To Pay For Trump’s Border Wall
The president plans to pay for his wall with Mexico in part by deferring eight projects already approved for Guam.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Trump Administration Backs Off From Restricting Driver’s Licenses For Micronesians
Update: The Consul General of the Federated States of Micronesia in Honolulu said that policy had created “tremendous hardship” for Pacific Islanders in Hawaii.
Screenshot: Manhattan Project Beer Co.
Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Bikini Atoll Beer Is An Offensive Misappropriation Of Culture
Sadly, Manhattan Project Beer Co. is only the latest in a string of companies that have wrongly taken cultural identity for their own profit.
Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat
The US Military Wants To Coordinate Health Care Solutions In Pacific Islands
The Indo-Pacific Command is partnering with the University of Hawaii to improve health care outcomes in the Pacific islands.