The Nation — Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch finally got their way in 2011. After their decades of funding the American Legislative Exchange Council, the collaboration between multinational corporations and conservative state legislators, the project began finally to yield the intended
Afro American – Assaults and attacks on voting rights and practices are to be the targets of a massive demonstration Dec. 10 in what organizers are calling the Stand for Freedom march in midtown Manhattan.
The rally is the spearhead of a campaign to wage a counter-assault on the drive to erode voti
The Daily Iowan – The University of Iowa officials support recently released federal guidelines that would allow colleges to take ethnicity into account in admissions.
The guidelines, published earlier this month by the Departments of Justice and Education, would permit universities to implement et
New York Daily News – A Texas law requiring voters to show identification at the polls was the subject of a hearing two years ago. This new voter ID requirement would create hardships for Asian Americans, whose birth names are sometimes translated differently on various official documents, according
New American Media – In Palisades Park, New Jersey, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s New Jersey-Asian American Legal Project (AALDEF NJ-AALP) recovered over $30,000 in unpaid wages for three Korean workers from the Pokoo Sushi & Sashimi Restaurant. One of the workers received un
The Record – A Palisades Park restaurant has paid three sushi chefs nearly $40,000 in unpaid work wages.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s New Jersey-Asian American Legal Project announced Tuesday that it recovered the pay for three Korean workers from the Pokoo Sushi & Sashimi
IndiaWest – The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund will honor Mumbai-born journalist Fareed Zakaria with its 2012 Justice in Action Award at its Annual Lunar New Year Gala Feb. 8, 2012.
The AALDEF Justice in Action Awards recognize exceptional individuals for their outstanding achievem
Washington Examiner – A former employee at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates and her husband have been indicted on forced labor charges for allegedly mistreating domestic servants at their Vienna home.
The 17-count indictment says Mervat Tolan, 52, and Nabil Talaat, 55, forced two Indonesian
Our Time Press – The process of changing boundary lines for electoral districts is a critical one and the Center for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ) has been conducting a series of forums alerting the community to upcoming actions regarding the redistricting process. Moderated by election law and voti
The FilAm – The 2008 complaint against Ambassador Lauro Baja who was accused by his maid of slavery has been settled, according to the lawyer of Marichu Baoanan.
“The civil action has been settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned,” lawyer Ivy Suriyopas told The FilAm. She declined to di
Filipino Reporter — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has joined workers’ rights advocates in declaring Nov. 17-20 the 2011 National Days of Action Against Wage Theft, in recognition of the widespread wage violations that Asian immigrant workers face today.
Workers in l
Butlatlat – Last week, domestic workers from various immigrant communities gathered at the Philippine consulate on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York to bring attention to the existence of modern-day slavery of domestic workers. They demanded enforcement of existing anti-trafficking laws to protect w
Legislative Gazette – A newly formed coalition will hold a major rally in front of the United Nations building in New York on Dec. 10 to protest a number of voting restrictions they say are unfairly restricting the rights of eligible citizens.
Representatives from nearly 20 civil rights, labor and
Yale Law – Professor Jean Koh Peters has been honored by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) with its 2012 Justice in Action Award. The award recognizes exceptional individuals who have paved the way for social justice and equality for Asian Americans. Peters will receive h
Dan Rather Reports — Dan Rather Reports – I recently finished an investigation into what’s being called one of the largest cases of human trafficking in U.S. history. The project was eye-opening because, before starting, I thought of the crime of human trafficking as inherently violent – women snatc
Hyphen Magazine – On a cold December day in 2009, just weeks before Christmas, 15-year-old Trang Dang was walking home from school with her sister and eight friends, all recent Vietnamese immigrants. Also part of their group: the principal of their school.
Dang, who is 5'9" with a medium build and
Boston Globe – Chinatown may be Suzanne Lee’s home turf. But a visit to one polling station today suggested that the longtime neighborhood resident faces a tough task unseating incumbent Bill Linehan of South Boston for the District 2 City Council seat.
Supporters for both candidates lined the side
Boston Herald – With just hours to go before the polls close at 8 p.m. tonight, turnout was brisk at the polls as voters streamed into schools, senior centers and other government buildings after work to cast a ballot in the heated, seven-way scrum for at-large city council.
More than 50,000 of t
Associated Press – The NAACP is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant to move discussion of voter identification laws out of policy circles and onto street corners, the organization’s president said Tuesday.
Benjamin Todd Jealous appeared on the st
Press of Atlantic City – Less than a week before the Nov. 8 election, the battle lines were drawn at Ali’s Star Restaurant and Grocery.
On Wednesday evening, an array of Democratic candidates took their seats around the same red-clothed tables used for a Republican reception the night before in t
