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Work, Service Opportunity For COFA Immigrants Cory Lum/Civil beat

Work, Service Opportunity For COFA Immigrants

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard co-sponsors legislation to extend eligibility for national service programs to citizens of three Micronesian nations who reside in the U.S.

Nuclear Victims: Will We Help Vets Who Cleaned Up After Atomic Blasts? U.S. Department of Energy

Nuclear Victims: Will We Help Vets Who Cleaned Up After Atomic Blasts?

Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai pushes to compensate military personnel exposed to radioactive soil and debris in the Marshall Islands.

Freshwater Crisis For Marshall Islands Majuro Water and Sewer Company

Freshwater Crisis For Marshall Islands

Dehydration, starvation, malnutrition and disease could come from climate change.

COFA Citizens Get Break On Healthcare.gov Cory Lum/Civil Beat

COFA Citizens Get Break On Healthcare.gov

Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced a deal between the state and the federal government that will give residents from Compact of Free Association nations more time to enroll.

Yes, You Can Be A Micronesian And A Doctor Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Yes, You Can Be A Micronesian And A Doctor

PODCAST: Oahu physician Sheldon Riklon is an inspiration for Micronesians and an epiphany for others.

Veterans Sue For The Right to Vote Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat

Veterans Sue For The Right to Vote

People living in U.S. island territories don’t have the right to vote for president despite carrying U.S. citizenship and serving in the military at higher rates than U.S. states.

U.S. Territories Criticize United Airlines Chad Blair/Civil Beat

U.S. Territories Criticize United Airlines

The attorneys general from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands say the airlines’ service “has declined beyond what we ever could have imagined.”

Help For Micronesia ‘Atomic Veterans’ U.S. Defense Special Weapons Agency

Help For Micronesia ‘Atomic Veterans’

Hawaii Rep. Mark Takai wants to extend benefits to veterans who helped clean up Micronesia nuclear contamination.

The New Kids On The Block: A ‘Hidden Minority’ Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat

The New Kids On The Block: A ‘Hidden Minority’

The Micronesian diaspora has spread out across the country, but many Americans still don’t realize who their new neighbors are.

SLIDESHOW: Mainland Diaspora Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat

SLIDESHOW: Mainland Diaspora

The Micronesian exodus is taking tens of thousands of people to communities throughout the U.S. By some estimates, 30 percent of those in the Pacific region have left their home countries, with about half of the immigrants now living on the mainland.