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By Síle Moloney/Norwood News LatinoJustice PRLDEF, community partners, and pro-bono counsel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, announced on Tuesday, April 12, that they have collectively filed a motion to challenge a lawsuit which seeks to reverse the recently approved municipal voting rights bill in New

By Kimmy Yam/NBC News Hydrologist Sherry Chen, a Chinese immigrant, said she once saw herself as a “soldier without a uniform,” pointing to her hard work to keep American cities safe and informed with her water and flooding analysis. But after the Justice Department accused her of spying for China

By Ethan Stark-Miller/PoliticsNY As the fate of New York’s Congressional and state legislative districts is being litigated in the courts, a group of grassroots organizations is already focussing on the city’s redistricting. A coalition of Asian American civic organizations rallied on the steps of

By Corinne S. Kennedy/Memphis Commercial Appeal After a Memphis artist’s picture was removed from Memphis International Airport due to complaints — and later reinstalled due to complaints — the artist and local arts community are trying to figure out why it happened and how to prevent similar event

By April Siese/Daily Kos Who could have seen this coming? Texas’ highly restrictive new voting laws tripped up thousands of voters, resulting in nearly 23,000 ballots being thrown out, according to the Associated Press. The AP was able to receive voting information from 187 of Texas’ 254 counties,

AALDEF honors Indian American actor activist for his advocacy and service on behalf of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has presented a 2022 Justice in Action Award to Indian American actor, activist, and author Kal Penn for his advo

In the year since the Atlanta shootings, the Stop Asian Hate movement dramatically changed awareness of anti-Asian racism. Where does it go from here? By Li Zhou/Vox Brianna Cea, a 24-year-old voting rights organizer based in Brooklyn, felt a painful sense of recognition after the Atlanta shooting

The Indian American actor was honored for his advocacy for representation in media and his service on behalf of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Indian American actor Kal Penn received Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Justice in Action Award for his advocacy for representatio

Younger Asian American leaders want to rely less on traditional policing solutions, while more traditional cultural and business groups favor them. By Jeffery C. Mays, Dana Rubinstein and Grace Ashford/New York Times She was attacked as she swept up in front of her Queens home in November, beaten

“The Asian American community was especially hard hit, not only by the virus, but by an increase in hate and violent crimes,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement. By Brahmjot Kaur/NBC News New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday that $10 million will be given to organizations supporting Asia

The move is required by federal law because at least 5% of Dallas County Vietnamese-speaking citizens who are of voting age have limited English proficiency. By Charles Scudder and Jessica Huseman/Dallas Morning News Dallas County will be required to offer election materials and ballots in Vietnam

By Anh Do/Los Angeles Times At age 7, Libby Yamamoto came home from a sleepover to find that her father had been taken away by the village police in their Peruvian town. It was 1943, and as World War II raged, mounting numbers of Japanese in her country were also rounded up by authorities. The U.

FBI: Violence against people of Asian descent has risen 76% since 2020 Senior staff attorney of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Stanley Mark, discusses the uptick in violent crimes against people of Asian descent. View the interview at ABC News here, or take a look at the full

By Grace Hauck/USA Today Bew Jirajariyawetch was waiting for a subway train in New York City when a man grabbed her from behind, assaulted her and took her purse. She was hospitalized and has physically recovered. But three months later, Jirajariyawetch, 23, said she continues to be retraumatized b

By Gwen Aviles/Insider Nancy Wang Yuen says she was walking to a bus stop in Los Angeles when a white man shouted “mock Chinese” and racial slurs at her. “We bombed your ass in Hiroshima!” she remembered the man telling her. The experience was frightening, but wasn’t an isolated incident, she sai

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

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

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

By Anita Gundanna and Vanessa Leung, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families ‘AAPI New Yorkers deserve to be heard in the halls of power, and we need a mayor who will recapture our diverse communities’ support and confidence.’ The diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) commu