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By Ethan Stark-Miller/amNY Petitioning for this year’s City Council elections, set to start next week, could now be delayed due to a lawsuit filed on Friday by a legal defense group on behalf of Asian American communities in south Queens that seek to alter the new council maps adopted during last y

By Matt Tracy/Gay City News Queens-based civil rights attorney and professor Glenn D. Magpantay was sworn into the US Commission on Civil Rights on February 15 at the recommendation of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Queens Congressmember Grace Meng. Magpantay, who was already an advisor

By Yoonji Han/Insider The Asian community in America is grieving after a mass shooting following a Lunar New Year celebration in California this weekend. Ten people were killed at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park on Saturday night, according to authorities. The city, which has a majority A

The first New Jersey state-wide celebration of Korematsu, civil liberties and the Constitution will take place on Jan. 30, 2023. By Dean Rose Cuison-Villazor and Phil Tajitsu Nash On Dec. 19, 2022, the New Jersey Senate passed NJ Assembly Joint Resolution 98, a bill to establish January 30 of each

Given Mung Chiang’s historic new role, some have called on him to address Thomas L. Keon’s actions. By Kimmy Yam/NBC News Purdue University’s first Asian American president has taken office, weeks after a chancellor in its greater school system was criticized for what many considered to be a racis

A survey of neighborhood business owners shows widespread opposition, member organizations say. By Jordan Levy/Billy Penn To coordinate and strengthen the swell of grassroots opposition to the Sixers’ proposal to build a new home in Center City, advocates on Monday announced the formal Chinatown C

“This community has been around here for 150 years. We are not stupid. We know that this is a land grab,” a coalition leader said. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – A Philadelphia community is banding together, and strengthening its allies, in a fight to stop the 76ers’ proposed arena. They announced the “Chi

Chinatown community members are announcing a formalized coalition against the 76ers arena at a press conference Monday morning. At that time AALDEF will be pledging legal support to their fight. by Massarah Mikati/Philadelphia Inquirer Almost 50 Chinatown associations and organizations will come t

By Dongdong Yang/Sampan Officials, voters, and community groups celebrated passage of Malden transliteration law on December 15, 2022. It marked a significant step towards ensuring full access to the ballot box for Chinese-speaking voters with low English proficiency. According to a 2021 American C

The results reflect that Asian American voters, who make up 4.7% of the state’s overall electorate, grew in support for the incumbent since the midterms last month. By Kimmy Yam/NBC News An Election Day poll released by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on Wednesday showed that 7

Some warn that, with changing demographics and drastic generational differences, the parties will have to adapt to earn Asian American’s long-term loyalty. By Kimmy Yam/NBC News In the highly competitive swing state of Nevada, both parties aggressively courted Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

By Amy Yee/Bloomberg Under federal law, Philadelphia offered Chinese-language help in midterm elections as community organizations worked to boost turnout of AAPI voters. In the waning hours of US midterm elections last week, a Chinese American couple in their 70s in Philadelphia’s Chinatown voted

By Kimmy Yam/NBC News Two separate exit polls showed that Asian Americans leaned left, but Democrats shouldn’t take the demographic for granted, experts say. May Yeung, 35, a New York City-based publicist, said she was impressed by the crowd at her polling place in Chinatown but not entirely surpr

By Jeanmarie Evelly/City Limits A patchwork of agencies, stakeholders and community groups help provide language-specific educational materials and translation services around city elections, what experts say is essential to making sure residents aren’t locked out of the democratic process. New Yo

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang/PBS NewsHour Three days before the inauguration of President Trump, Nada Al-Hanooti’s mother, who was born in a Syrian refugee camp and speaks very little English, was able to take and pass the U.S. citizenship test. Although she was able to naturalize in Arabic, when it cam

As It Happens with Nil Köksal, Chris Howden: Rhetorical Questions Interview with Bethany Li begins at 50:25 Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases concerning affirmative action in post-secondary schools, now known more commonly as race-conscious admissions. In one of those cases, conser

By Ariane de Vogue/CNN The conservative Supreme Court will meet Monday to consider whether colleges and universities can continue to take race into consideration as a factor in admissions, a case that could diminish the number of Black and Hispanic students in higher education. Hanging in the bala

The Capitol Pressroom · Green amendment to be tested in court TRANSCRIPT: David Lombardo (DL): In 2021, New Yorkers overwhelmingly approved adding language to the state budget that guaranteed clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment. And while the amendment took effect at the start of 2

By Carrie Brooker/Legal Current As Thomson Reuters honors National Pro Bono Week, Legal Current catches up with Helen Respass, senior legal editor, Law Department Service, Practical Law. We discussed her role as co-chair of the Thomson Reuters Global Pro Bono Program, what sparked her passion for p

By Gabriele Holtermann/amNewYork The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) held a press conference on Oct. 21 detailing a lawsuit they filed against the city and developers of the Two Bridges Project on behalf of City Councilmember Christopher Marte (D-Manhattan), the Coalition t