New York One – New York State may lose two congressional seats because it has been losing population, but a plan to reshape the state’s political landscape could send the first Asian American from Queens to Congress. Borough reporter Ruschell Boone filed the following report.
The Asian population i...
WNYC — Just hours after a federal judge’s proposed congressional maps were picked up by the media, Assemblyman Rory Lancman, who had intended to run against Republican Congressman Bob Turner, saw himself drawn into an entirely new district–one without an incumbent–in the judge’s plans.
The Special ...
Associated Press – New Jersey’s attorney general told Muslim leaders Saturday that he was still looking into the extent of New York Police Department surveillance operations in the state, yet stopped short of promising a formal investigation during a meeting that both sides characterized as producti...
New York Daily News — When Cindy Ramos wanted to quit her job as a diplomat’s maid, just giving notice wasn’t an option.
Like a number of immigrants brought to the U.S. on special visas to work for consulate officials, she had her passport taken, little money and orders to stay inside.
It took a...
Associated Press — The Obama administration said Monday it has no control over how the New York Police Department spends millions of dollars in White House grants that helped pay for NYPD programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. In New York, the police commissioner ...
Reuters – Several dozen lawyers and scores of voters and political officials will appear in Brooklyn federal court on Monday to offer suggestions on how to redraw New York state’s political map.
The conference was scheduled last week after a judge denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by voters...
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…
Colorlines
Following months of reports revealing widespread NYPD surveillance of Muslim Americans, and the use of anti-Muslim propaganda in NYPD training, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has submitted Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to obtain public informati...
JD Journal – Jeremy Lin is the first American player of Chinese descent playing in NBA. A Harvard graduate and American citizen by birth, Lin had led Knicks to a respectable position in the last few weeks at NBA with his meteoric rise.
Instead of being proud of the player who is an American citizen...
Houston Chronicle – Though ESPN apologized for an offensive comment made about New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, an Asian-American civil rights organization isn’t satisfied with the response, The Huffington Post reported.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, an organization that pro...
Non-Profit Quarterly — Last week, NPQ took note as Fox sports commentator Jason Whitlock issued an apology for an offensive racial tweet about NBA phenom Jeremy Lin. Now ESPN finds itself issuing a similar apology.
After the Knicks’ winning streak–spearheaded by Lin–ended Friday night, ESPN’s mobil...
Huffington Post — Jeremy Lin has heard it before.
As an Asian-American basketball player struggling for years to realize his NBA dreams, Lin has dealt with the overt racism of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Jason Whitlock as well as the coded compliments of those who marvel at how “deceptively athletic...
Colorlines – On Saturday ESPN apologized for comments made by two employees who referred to Jeremy Lin as a “chink in armor.” The following day Lin said he doesn’t think the offensive comments made about him on the sports network were intentional.
“I don’t think it was on purpose or whatever, but t...
Reuters — ESPN has fired one employee and suspended another for using the same racist word in connection to New York Knicks’ guard Jeremy Lin.
In both cases, an employee used the word “chink” in reference to Lin, a Palo Alto native of Chinese descent.
“We again apologize, especially to Mr. Lin,” E...
Huffington Post — ESPN has fired the employee responsible for the offensive headline “Chink in the Armor.” The network has suspended the anchor who also used the phrase, the Associated Press reports. —
Though ESPN apologized for referring to Jeremy Lin as “Chink in the Armor” Friday night, an Asi...
Associated Press — A coalition of New Jersey-based Muslim and civil rights groups is asking Gov. Chris Christie to investigate reports of secret surveillance of Muslim communities by the New York Police Department.
Sixteen New Jersey organizations have signed a letter asking the governor to investi...
Splitsider — The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi closed out the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Justice in Action Awards last week with a very funny speech (which, he noted, may also be used as an NYPD training video). AALDEF’s work is great and all, but Mandvi makes a compelling case fo...
Kaieteur News and Caribbean Daily — A strong and unified coalition of Guyanese Americans took the Queens Borough Hall by storm last Tuesday, and demanded that the Legislative Task Force for Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR), rectify their proposed Richmond Hill legislative district b...
Gotham Gazette — In a series of hearings across New York City last week, lawmakers, special interest groups, community organizations and private citizens blasted Senate and Assembly redistricting proposals put out by the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR), so...
Colorlines — The U.S. Department of Education announced it will open an investigation into Harvard and Princeton’s admissions practices after receiving a discrimination complaint from a South Asian student who was at the top of his high school class but was denied by those schools, Bloomberg repor...
