Washington Examiner (AP) – A naval officer from the United Arab Emirates has been ordered to pay $1.2 million to a former domestic worker who accused him of imprisoning her and forcing her to work long hours for little pay…
New York Times – Joshua Pajarillo stood outside Seafood City, greeting fellow Filipinos in Tagalog – one of his native country’s main languages – and trying to get them to stop and fill out Clark County’s new voter registration form…
Queens Campaigner – The nonpartisan commission charged with drawing new City Council districts has isolated itself from criticism by not completing a comprehensive first draft, critics of the process contended…
The Horn – A panel of experts convened at UT Wednesday to discuss the positive potential of affirmative action admission policies – exactly one week before UT will defend the constitutionality of the practice before the U.S. Supreme Court…
Slate – Next week, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the case that could end affirmative action for public colleges and universities across the country–or not. Scores of briefs…
New York Times – East Harlem would be split in two, and represented by two New York City Council members, including one from the Bronx. Two neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens with fast-growing Asian-American populations…
Bergen Record – Two advocacy organizations have sued the New York Police Department for failing to provide documents related to surveillance of Muslims in schools, businesses and mosques in four states, including New Jersey..
Progressive – 150 years ago this weekend, President Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that he would free the slaves in the rebelling Confederate states if they failed to return to the Union within 100 days. Lincoln signed..
NPR – There’s been a lot of attention on how voter ID laws might affect minority groups like African-Americans and Latinos. But some observers say that Asian Americans may also be affected. Michel Martin discusses the potential impact with Glenn Magpantay…
Times Ledger – The city violated the federal Voting Rights Act by acting too slowly on a 2011 requirement to provide ballots in a South Asian language and delaying them until 2013, according to a complaint filed by a nonprofit this week…
Fox News – Foreign models visiting Korea to promote the opening of American clothing company Hollister’s store have come under fire for mocking Asians. Four male models were flown in to work the opening of the first South Korean Hollister location…
NY1 News – The first draft of the new City Council district maps show some firsts for the city, which refelect its shifting demographics. “Staten Island, for the first time in its history, has three city council lines entirely within…
WNYC – The New York City Districting Commission unveiled its first draft of how City Council districts may be redrawn for next year’s election. The preliminary hearing introduced a map of the city’s 51 council districts, re-jiggered…
New York Daily News – The City Districting Commission Tuesday rolled out first drafts of new maps for the 51 City Council districts. The plan largely sticks with the previous district boundaries…
NY1 News – Activists are trying to protect the city’s minority groups as the City Council district lines are about to be redrawn. Minority advocate groups unveiled their so-called Unity Map Tuesday. Their proposal is designed to protect…
New American Media / Asian Week – In an election year where just a handful of votes could sway a tight election, some states are enacting laws to make it more difficult for citizens to vote. Voter identification laws have been passed…
New York Observer – A coalition of Latino and Asian advocacy groups have released a proposal for the City Council’s consideration as they begin the decennial process of redrawing district…
Philadelphia Inquirer – In the latest twist on Pennsylvania’s voter-ID litigation, a brief filed Wednesday says Asian Americans are especially vulnerable to being barred at the polls because of naming customs and unique language barriers…
Wall Street Journal – New York City won’t be able to fully meet a federal requirement to provide Bengali ballots in parts of Queens for this fall’s elections, a problem the Board of Elections blamed on a vendor…
WBAI – A national Asian-American rights organization has joined the legal battle against the state of Pennsylvania’s controversial Voter ID Law. WBAI’s Jose Santiago spoke with Glenn Magpantay, Director of the Democracy Program at…
