NBC News - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) - currently the Democratic National Committee’s only Asian-American officer - is hoping to help steer her party in a new direction if she wins reelection as a vice chair this weekend in Atlanta…
News India Times - Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) have expressed concern over recent raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens, New York…
Asian American Press - The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) on Friday joined the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (Korematsu Center), the children of litigants in the Japanese relocation and incarceration…
The Island Now - During the 1980s, a creative approach to our regional power was developed by Fred Scheiner and Harry Wachtel (Roslyn) and Dan Jacobi (East Williston). They gave birth to a political action committee, “The Twenty-third State…”
Inquirer - Asian Americans strongly supported Democratic candidates in four states – Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York – in last November’s elections, with 3 out of 5 voters disapproving of Donald Trump’s performance as president
Al Jazeera - For some in the Chinese American community, Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries is a little bit of history repeating itself. Remembering how the earliest arrivals…
Inquirer - Ethnic communities and grassroots organizations across the nation are in an uproar over immigration orders signed by President Donald Trump within a week from taking office, purportedly “to keep America safe.”
Rewire - On Friday night, President Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively banning Muslims refugees and immigrants from seven countries from entering the United States. The order, which was not clearly written…
News India-Times - Vivian Cheng-Khanna, wife of attorney Rajiv Khanna and daughter of Helen M.M. and Lu-I Cheng, passed away on November 24 at the age of 62, succumbing to cancer. She was born in New York City…
BuzzFeed News - Muslim civil liberties groups are preparing for President Donald Trump to issue executive orders that would institute a blanket suspension of visas issued to certain countries with majority Muslim populations…
Louisiana Weekly - On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter-protection coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, provided live assistance to more than 1,000 voters…
Asian American Press - AALDEF is among the 18 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrant advocacy, labor, civil rights, community health, service provider, and undocumented youth groups calling for a new organizing coalition…
Huffington Post - During Tuesday’s confirmation hearing for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, all eyes were on the nominee’s granddaughter. Sessions–who has long been in favor of restricting immigration–sat with the child…
Filipino Reporter - AALDEF is among the 18 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrant advocacy, labor, civil rights, community health, service provider, and undocumented youth groups calling for a new organizing coalition…
Patriot Ledger - Federal and independent election monitors observed Tuesday’s elections in Quincy, making sure the polls are accessible to the city’s large Asian population. City clerk Nicole Crispo said monitors for the United States Department of Justice…
Filipino Reporter - AALDEF is among the 18 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrant advocacy, labor, civil rights, community health, service provider, and undocumented youth groups calling for a new organizing coalition…
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Boston Globe - An Asian-American civil rights group said it is sending attorneys and volunteers to monitor polling places in Boston on Tuesday, following reports that Chinese-speaking voters were pressured to vote absentee for candidates they didn’t support…
Raw Story - Fox News announced on Thursday that racial provocateur Jesse Watters would be the host of a new weekly hour-long show. In a statement, Fox News Programming EVP Suzanne Scott said that the “Watters’ World” segment…
News India Times - The Asian American Legal Defense Fund, a civil rights advocacy group for Asian Americans, has announced the names of the two recipients of its 2016* Justice in Action Awards, including civil rights activist Deepa Iyer…
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Newsweek - A case is headed to the Supreme Court in December that centers around Jack Phillips, the owner of the Colorado-based Masterpiece Cakeshop, who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding…
