By Ken Coleman/Michigan Advance
After the Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sued the city of Hamtramck for violating the federal Voting Rights Act, a court order and consent decree have been issued, calling for the metro Detroit city to provide a more ethnically diverse elect...
Today, U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith signed and entered the Consent Decree and Order in the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)’s lawsuit against the City of Hamtramck over the former City Clerk’s failure to provide Bengali language election information and assistance as...
Stephen A. Smith? If you’re not a sports fan and don’t know Smith, get to know him. He’s the most ignorant anti-Asian, xenophobic man currently employed by ESPN and Disney at a reported $12 million a year.
He’s the African American Tucker Carlson of sports. Or maybe, if you are of a certain age, he...
By Jasmine Sheena and Maryam Rahaman/City & State NY
While Andrew Yang’s failed mayoral run was a high-profile shortfall for Asian American representation in New York City, the results of several City Council primaries show that Asian Americans are becoming a more powerful political force. This rou...
It was just a coincidence, but for me, the date helped put things in perspective.
On July 11, 2021, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson went a little more than 50 miles into the sky and made a bit of history. The democratization of space? Oh, please. It’s just the commercialization of space. And the ...
By News India Times
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)’s lawsuit against the City of Hamtramck over providing Bengali language information and assistance in compliance with the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has been resolved.
In a July 6, 2021, press release, AALDEF announced a...
The process of redistricting, which has already begun in a number of states with the appointment of members to state redistricting commissions or with hosting public hearings, will determine the political boundaries for the next decade within which our diverse American communities must have the oppo...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)’s lawsuit against the City of Hamtramck over the former City Clerk’s failure to provide Bengali language information and assistance in compliance with the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has been resolved by agreement with the City to provide Beng...
When the U.S. realized that a premier democracy with its own colony was a tad hypocritical, it finally gave the Philippines independence in 1946–on July 4th.
But it was kind of a backhanded independence. To have it on that day was itself an oppressive symbol, an extended form of “psychological” col...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Myeong Hwa Jang moved to Georgia in March 2020 and, despite the coronavirus pandemic, immediately set out to be part of the Gwinnett County community to which she relocated.
She got to know some Buford neighbors. She explored the county parks. And not only did she vot...
Anti-Asian Violence Was a Top Issue With Nearly One Quarter of Respondents Reporting Having Direct Experience
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) today released results of its nonpartisan multilingual exit poll of 1,386 Asian American voters in the NYC Primar...
VinePair - As an immigrant who came to the United States from Hong Kong more than 20 years ago, one thing I always remind myself to do is to pursue the American dream. What is my American dream? I have a decent job in corporate America, raise my family in a safe neighborhood, run a few marathons to ...
On my retreat, I went through all my old Chin related interviews, including one with Chin estate executor Helen Zia.
For those who want a real mind jog, I suggest you watch AALDEF’s screening of Christine Choy’s film, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” If you haven’t seen this 1987 Academy Award-nominated ...
On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 6 pm ET, AALDEF is hosting a screening of the Academy Award-nominated film, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” It will be followed by a Q&A with director Christine Choy, activist Annie Tan, and AALDEF co-president Phil Tajitsu Nash.
RSVP here: events@aaldef.org
Hamtramck Review - A Hamtramck woman and a Detroit-based voting rights organization say the city failed to provide accurate Bengali-language translations in the 2020 elections.
With the assistance of New York-based legal organization Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Northville la...
AALDEF Democracy Program Director Jerry Vattamala will testify on June 24, 2021 at 10 am ET about the voting rights of Asian Americans, barriers to voting, and redistricting before the U.S. House Administration Subcommittee on Elections hearing, “Voting In America: A National Perspective On The Righ...
The next RAISE and AALDEF virtual immigration clinic will take place on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 6 pm ET. AALDEF attorneys will share latest updates on immigration bills, conduct initial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility screenings, provide counseling to current DACA recipien...
What do Juneteenth and Vincent Chin have to do with each other? Both represent cries for social justice that have gone unabated far too long.
In the case of Vincent Chin–perhaps the most infamous individual hate crime in Asian American history—we have a known killer, Ronald Ebens, who has never ser...
I was a film critic on TV in the ‘80s so here’s my Siskel & Ebert take: Go no further than “In the Heights” for the feel-good movie of America’s gradual reopening. It’s the official gushing hydrant for the country’s summer street splash, exploding with song, dance, story. Not too heavy, not too ligh...
Asian Americans as victims brought on the assault weapons ban 32 years ago in California, and now it could take an Asian American attorney general to lead the fight to make sure it stays the law.
That’s my take after Federal Judge Roger Benitez overturned California’s assault weapons ban as unconst...
