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Northern Marianas Braces For Months Without Power, Running Water
UPDATED: Super typhoon Yutu killed at least one person, and many homes have been damaged or destroyed.
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Super Typhoon Yutu Hits Northern Marianas With 180-mph Winds
UPDATED: Saipan and Tinian will be unrecognizable after the strongest storm to hit any part of the U.S. this year, the National Weather Service said.
Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat
United Airlines Food Service Workers Vote To Unionize
Many of the workers in Honolulu are Pacific Islanders who rely on flight benefits to avoid paying for expensive trips back home to Micronesia.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Many Chuukese Immigrants Fear Losing Their Legal Status In The US
In a Pacific version of “Brexit,” residents of Chuuk plan to vote in March on seceding from the Federated States of Micronesia.
Caesar Hadley via The Fourth Branch Micronesia
Why Talking About Anti-Micronesian Hate Is Important
Shining a light on racial prejudice makes us all think more carefully about what we say — and can’t help but make our community stronger.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
#BeingMicronesian in Hawaii Means Lots Of Online Hate
This Palauan woman is fed up with racism against her community on social media.
Suevon Lee/Civil Beat
Trying To Build ‘Generation One’ Of Micronesian Voters
Could younger Micronesian-Americans, many of whom will eventually have the right to vote unlike their parents, be Hawaii’s next big voting bloc?
Charlie Kaijo/Civil Beat
This Marshallese Tutor Is A ‘Connection To Home’ For Students
Chris Timos helps kids straddle both Pacific Island and American cultures as they adjust to school in this small Arkansas town.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
How Hawaii Schools Are Building Bridges To Micronesian Students
As enrollment expands, schools and community groups are trying new ways to close cultural and academic gaps.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Hawaii Inequality Study Overlooked Thousands of Micronesians
Service providers say more data is needed to help Hawaii’s most recent immigrants.