To me, Supreme Court rulings always tend to be so Solomonic.
But in Fisher v. University of Texas, SCOTUS, in its wisdom, actually found a way to cut the baby in half without cutting up the baby.
Instead of using Fisher as the case to end affirmative action, SCOTUS chose to vacate the ruling that ...
Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), joined by Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders and students, applauds the U.S. Supreme Court for reaffirming in a 7-1 decision the value of diversity in higher education in Fisher v. UT-Austin. Earlier this year, AALD...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is releasing land use data on New York City’s Chinatown, as a preview of its forthcoming three-city study of Chinatowns and surrounding areas in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
“We have assembled data on the make-up of small busines...
The Supreme Court has a flair for the dramatic. But it’s not quite “Waiting for Godot.” We do know all the critical decisions people have been waiting for will be decided before the Court’s summer recess. Besides, those robes need to be dry-cleaned.
Since technically you don’t need to have a law de...
June 17, 2013 — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) applauds the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down Arizona’s Proposition 200, the state’s restrictive new voter registration law, in a 7-2 decision in Arizona v. ITCA. Earlier this year, AALDEF filed an amicus brief...
If you’ve had time to let it sink in this weekend as you touched and manipulated your second brain–a/k/a your smartphone–then you know Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old CIA operative out of Hawaii, really shouldn’t be in hiding.
He should be hailed as a 21st century patriot, a latter-day Paul Revere ...
Hipsters are so hip, but apparently they are not too hip for racism.
How else can anyone explain the blatant racial slur on the May 25 episode of “Maron” on IFC, the Independent Film Channel?
Just so you don’t think I’m some cranky PC pundit out to get your favorite low-rated cable show, let’s mak...
In May, AALDEF filed an amicus brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School District along with the National Women’s Law Center and 19 other civil rights organizations. The case concerns several questions concerning equal treatment of women and girls in...
My 17-year-old daughter came into the living room the other night while I watched HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra,” the Liberace biopic based on the tell-all book by his chauffeur/lover/victim/plaintiff Scott Thorson.
“What are you watching?” my daughter asked.
“A movie about Liberace,” I told her. “...
Good government groups issued this statement today voicing their strenuous opposition to S.4088-B (Golden/No Number Yet in the Assembly), a bill that would authorize the New York City Board of Elections (City Board) to use mechanical lever voting machines in and for any non-federal elections. The bi...
In the immigration vote this week, the new political pecking order was laid out in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Corporations, si. (Especially the hi-tech ones like Facebook and Friends, and all their lobbyists.)
Families, no. (Not if you want to petition for an older married child or a brother ...
Montgomery, Alabama – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced an unprecedented collaborative effort by several of the country’s most prestigious law firms to prosecute, on a pro bono basis, multiple human trafficking lawsuits against Signal International, LLC and its network of recr...
This just in–well, not really, but you may not have heard it in the news since it has nothing to do with the IRS, the AP, Benghazi, or Angelina Jolie’s voluntary double mastectomy.
A bipartisan group in the House revealed late on May 16 that it has reached an immigration deal in principle. Aides to...
Raise Our Story: A Collection of Photographs and Stories of Undocumented Asian Youth
RAISE (Revolutionizing Asian Immigrant Stories on the East Coast), a pan-Asian group of undocumented Asian youth, is launching Raise Our Story, a social media collection of photographs and stories that illustrate t...
Last night, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its nonpartisan multilingual exit poll of 253 Asian American voters in Pennsylvania in the November 2012 elections. The results indicated that Asian Americans strongly backed Democratic candidate...
In case it slipped your mind, it’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Come on, get AAPI!
If you’re non-Asian, let’s hope someone of Asian descent goes amok and greets you in an atypically loud, outlandish, and celebratory way. Sort of like Norm Mineta planting a wet one on Joe Bid...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its nonpartisan multilingual exit poll of 369 Asian American voters in New Orleans, Louisiana in the November 2012 elections, the largest survey of its kind in the nation. The results indicated that Asian ...
I’ve given funny, satirical speeches before. And while a steady stream of laughs is the objective, it’s like baseball. Stringing together some titters and chortles is like bunting your way to victory. It helps if you can hit a few home runs, too.
In comedy, the home run is the laugh that goes ten s...
This was the dark-skinned suspect that turned the world upside down last week.
As the media takes its time to catch its breath after the coverage of the Boston blasts, it’s interesting to review how race played a major part in coverage from the very beginning.
I mean, really, how did we get that...
April 25, 2013 — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its nonpartisan multilingual exit poll of 336 Asian American voters in Las Vegas, Nevada in the November 2012 elections, the largest survey of its kind in the nation. The results in...
