Christina Yuna Lee died tragically, violently, unexpectedly on Sunday morning. She screamed her last breath.
Last night, my friend Jose (Joe) Ganoza died in peace.
I’ve known Joe for more than 50 years. I didn’t know Christina at all. And yet I feel her loss far more. We had many slivers of affini...
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Testimony in SUPPORT of Senate Bill 462
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Senate Education, Health a...
NEW YORK — Today the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is pleased to announce that its #StopAsianHate Project has been named the Bronze Winner for Best Community Outreach in Human & Civil Rights in the Inaugural Anthem Awards.
“As the pandemic rages on, so too does the tsunam...
Nathan Chen. Chloe Kim.
Both Asian Americans, Americans in Asia, pure Olympic gold.
But the question remains. Will someone find a way to make it to feed a new stereotype, a model minority myth of Olympic proportions? Tiger Moms are hungry.
More on that in a bit.
First, let’s celebrate America’s ...
Other Law, Human Rights, and Justice Organizations Encouraged to Join Campaign
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) today sent a letter to the Biden Administration, calling on the U.S. government to honor a decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), w...
Eileen Gu is the Asian American to watch at these 2022 Winter Olympics, but not so much for her twisting, flipping, and spinning through the air in multiple 360s during a 90-second freestyle ski run.
Gu’s gaining notoriety by applying her athleticism to the geo-political nature of these “Xi-Putin G...
We all want to see the Winter Olympics in China, the Lunar New Year treat. But before we marvel at the freedom of Nathan Chen as he performs his revolutions on ice or feel the big air of snowboarder Chloe Kim’s gravity defiance, remember the Uyghurs first.
They don’t feel any of that freedom.
The ...
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Yesterday, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) spoke out in support of Senate Bill 304 (SB304) at the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Maryland State Senate. AALDEF Board Co-President Phil Tajitsu Nash was the Lead Proponent Paneli...
NEW YORK — Yesterday, the New York State Legislature introduced bills to adopt new state senate and assembly maps that have the potential to drastically shift power for voters in New York. The Legislature had similarly introduced bills for new congressional districts on Sunday. The Asian American Le...
NEW YORK — New Yorkers awoke this week to disappointment upon the release of the New York State Legislature’s proposed redistricting plans for our state and city, further piling on to the failure of the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) process last week. New Yorkers in 2014 voted for redis...
Before we all celebrate the calendar’s happy coincidence–the Feb. 1 start of both the Lunar New Year and Black History Month– there’s still time to mark the importance of the end of January.
Sunday, January 30 was the 103rd birthday of Fred T. Korematsu, remembered in legal history as the man who s...
By Jessie Yeung/CNN
New York (CNN) — One spring morning last year, Vilma Kari was strolling through midtown Manhattan on her way to church when she was suddenly attacked by a stranger.
“You don’t belong here, you Asian,” he said, cursing and beating her so violently that Vilma, then 65, was left w...
Neal Katyal is a lawyer and a former Acting U.S. Solicitor General. According to the ABA Journal, he has argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any minority lawyer in American history, breaking the record of former Justice Thurgood Marshall.
In other words, Katyal knows how to talk to Supr...
NEW YORK — Today, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the below statement on Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the United States Supreme Court.
“For nearly three decades on the country’s highest court, Justice Breyer played an important role in landmark rulings ...
By Lurie Daniel Favors, Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College
After the breakdown of the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), the Democratic-dominated state Legislature is about to draw its own maps. While their maps will most likely strengthen that party’s hold o...
By Clifford Michel and Farah Javed/The City
After years of championing an “independent” commission to control the crucial redrawing of congressional and legislative districts, Democratic state leaders are taking over the process.
A wide coalition of advocates is demanding public hearings before Al...
Whenever I hear the term affirmative action, I breathe.
On the in breath, I say “Affirmative.” On the out breath, I say “Action.”
It’s calming. I’ll tell you how I’m applying it in a bit.
But first…. The breath is a vehicle of mindfulness. The in-breath. The out-breath. Conscious breathing. You c...
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022
Now LATFOR Must Protect and Ensure Communities of Color Have an Equitable Voice in Democracy
25 Diverse African Descendant, Latino, and Asian American Groups Urge NY State Legislature to Support the Unity Map
NEW YORK — Today, January 25, is the last d...
By Anna Lucente Sterling/NY1
Dozens of people gathered on Friday morning in East Harlem to honor Yao Pan Ma, the 61-year-old man who died on New Year’s Eve from injuries he sustained during an attack last spring.
It was held on the corner of East 125th Street and Third Avenue, the intersection whe...
Joe Biden’s presidency is a year old today. And all I can think about is Michelle Go.
To make things go, he should think Michelle Go.
But first.
The real news after that special news conference at Biden’s one year mark is that he wants to run again—for now.
Of all the questions asked, that one q...
