I’m in a negative mood to end 2021, and I hope I stay that way forever.
At least, on all my Covid tests.
Have you been able to get your hands on any of the so-called rapid antigen tests? They’re not as rapidly available when you need one. The 500,000 free ones promised by the government probably w...
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang/PBS NewsHour
As concern mounts from some parents about concepts like Critical Race Theory and whether it should be taught in K-12 classrooms, which it is not, some other parents are concerned about how to prepare and protect their Muslim, Sikh, Arab and Asian American childr...
Hello all ye “Yellow people.” Are we yellow people? Or is it just the light?
When it comes to Christmas, I’m always moving toward the light if I want to get into that holiday mood.
That’s tough when the obstacles this year are lumps of coal from a senator of a certain coal producing state. Or anot...
NEW YORK — Last Thursday, the Senate parliamentarian, an unelected staff attorney who works for the Judiciary Committee, issued yet another negative decision on the immigration provision that Democrats sought to include in the Build Back Better bill. Her opinion clearly indicates that she has no int...
It will be a Merry Christmas for 7.9 percent of the 9,406 people who applied early to Harvard, and the largest group of early admits were Asian Americans.
Even though the normal admissions deadlines aren’t until Jan.1, the early admits were announced at Harvard this week.
For the Class of 2026, As...
By Brahmjot Kaur/NBC News
A Laotian-owned French bakery in Connecticut has started a college scholarship for students taking Asian American studies and pursuing careers in public school education.
Khamla Vorasane opened BouNom Bakery in Avon last February with her sister, Chan Graham. It’s named a...
Lady Liberty is smiling broadly on New York City. Her torch, seeming dimmed, was forever shining as always.
What the New York City Council did on Thursday to give noncitizens voting rights should make everyone in our country proud.
The pro-democracy movement has finally come to America, and it’s a...
NEW YORK — Today, the Census Bureau released its updated list of jurisdictions that are required by the federal Voting Rights Act to provide translated ballots, voting materials, and bilingual poll workers for specific language minority groups. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AA...
Try Harder” is the name of a fascinating film by filmmaker Debbie Lum about five students at an elite public high school as they try to get into the elite college of their choice.
We aren’t quite at documenting the ravages of competitive nursery school–but we are close.
Three of the students are A...
Hana St. Juliana. I didn’t know her. I was drawn to her lyrically poetic name. And of what ethnicity? It was a saint’s name. She’s with the sainted now.
Hana St. Juliana was one of the four students killed at Oxford High School in Michigan this week.
America is so diverse these days that whenever ...
Here’s why I was grateful this Thanksgiving. Big-time justice was served in America.
We all got a helping of it because a jury found Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William Roddie Bryan all guilty of felony murder in the Ahmaud Arbery case.
It almost didn’t happen. Remember, when no arrests ...
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice of the Unity Map Coalition Complete UNITY Map Redistricting Plan
New York, NY — On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the UNITY MAP COALITION, an alliance of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing people of color in New York City, released its p...
By Nargis Hakim Rahman/WDET
As voters walk into the Hamtramck Community Center, Ali Newaz greets voters and directs them to one of three precincts. He smiles behind his mask. He’s wearing a bright orange sign on his multicolored windbreaker that reads “I speak Bangla.”
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In June, the city of Hamt...
The Kyle Rittenhouse Kenosha embarrassment technically is over, but the enduring impacts of the trial are just beginning.
Time to start paying attention to the change that’s happening in America. It’s going to affect every person on the wrong side of a gun.
For AAPIs who’ve been accosted or mistre...
The next RAISE and AALDEF virtual immigration clinic will take place on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 6 pm ET. An AALDEF attorney and RAISE’s community organizer will share the latest immigration proposal in the Build Back Better bill, conduct Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibilit...
By Roz Brown/Public News Service
AUSTIN, Texas — Legal challenges are piling up in Texas over newly-drawn congressional and legislative district maps, with the latest alleging they disenfranchise people of color.
The Fair Maps Texas Action Committee filed a legal challenge this week on behalf of a...
“Building solidarity with other communities, community sharing, that kind of vision. You will help prevent a lot of the issues and a lot of these situations where you have random attacks,” said Stanley Mark, senior staff attorney at AALDEF, in an interview with Newsy about the rise in hate crimes ag...
By Jacob Kaye/Queens Daily Eagle
For over five hours, Queens residents told the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission how they felt the initial proposed redistricting maps held up to their expectations earlier this week.
Gathered at York College on Wednesday, the commission held its ...
By Nigel Roberts/BK Reader
Communities across Brooklyn voiced their concerns on Tuesday about the proposed state Independent Redistricting Commission’s (IRC) competing electoral district maps, which were supposed to be bipartisan and compliant with constitutional principles of fairness and equality...
MEDIA ALERT: VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING TEXAS REDISTRICTING LAWSUIT
Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott
Attorneys from Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Texas, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), will host a virtual media event with...
