The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, National Institute for Latino Policy (NILP), and the Center for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ) of Medgar Evers College have released the NYC Council Unity Map, a joint proposal for new City Council districts that refl...
New York Observer – A coalition of Latino and Asian advocacy groups have released a proposal for the City Council’s consideration as they begin the decennial process of redrawing district…
Philadelphia Inquirer – In the latest twist on Pennsylvania’s voter-ID litigation, a brief filed Wednesday says Asian Americans are especially vulnerable to being barred at the polls because of naming customs and unique language barriers…
Wall Street Journal – New York City won’t be able to fully meet a federal requirement to provide Bengali ballots in parts of Queens for this fall’s elections, a problem the Board of Elections blamed on a vendor…
WBAI – A national Asian-American rights organization has joined the legal battle against the state of Pennsylvania’s controversial Voter ID Law. WBAI’s Jose Santiago spoke with Glenn Magpantay, Director of the Democracy Program at…
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) of Pennsylvania filed an amicus “friend of the court” brief in the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s restrictive voter ID requirement...
Are you watching the Republican National Convention? Or does the sight of Chris Christie make you want to go on a diet from politics?
I’ve covered my share of GOP conventions and have been scarred by having witnessed such diversity moments as the O’Jays singing “Love Train” as an homage to compassi...
Forbes – No. The argument for race-conscious affirmative action is that, all other factors being equal, people of color still experience obstacles to pursuing an education based on subtle discrimination in policy or daily practice…
NY1 News – Following state and congressional redistricting, Asian-Americans and other minority communities in Queens shared with the city’s Districting Commission at the Flushing Library on Tuesday about changes in City Council districts…
The Honorable Patrick Leahy
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United States Senate
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The Honorable Chuck Grassley
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Asian American and Latino employees of a Korean restaurant, Kum Gang San, obtained a temporary restraining order yesterday barring the restaurant owner from retaliating against them for asserting their labor rights. The workers sued Kum Gang San for failing to pay minimum wage and overtime and for...
Ever read a poll and ask, “Did they bother to ask any Asian Americans?” I’ve been asking that for as long as I’ve been in journalism. I remember one so-called “comprehensive” poll taken years ago about sex. Everyone was represented but not Asian Americans. Don’t we have sex?
We need better polling....
Houston Chronicle – On its surface, the case of Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas revolves around whether the school’s consideration of race in admissions led to the rejection of a white student..
Queens Campaigner / Times Ledger – A commission is set to host next week the only public hearing in Queens on the once-in-a-decade process of redrawing the City Council’s district lines..
Abigail Fisher seems to have done remarkably well for someone who claims to be so victimized.
From a receptionist, she’s risen to a financial analyst position at Xerox.
Far from destitute, she’s a young person with a decent job. A success.
And if you link to her, maybe she’ll show she actually be...
Associated Press – A naval officer from the United Arab Emirates has failed to appear in court to defend himself against a claim that he didn’t pay a domestic servant for long hours of work, prompting a judge to rule against him…
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) announced that a Rhode Island federal judge has ordered default against an Emirati colonel in its human trafficking civil suit on behalf of a Filipina immigrant worker, Ms. Ballesteros. In April 2011, Ms. Ballesteros filed a civil action a...
Reuters – On Monday, dozens of Asian-American organizations filed amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that universities should be allowed to consider race in admissions decisions. Five Asian-American groups were not among them….
The Chronicle of Higher Education – The Obama administration on Monday joined a long list of higher-education associations, civil-rights groups, and other organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold race-conscious admission policies…
Asia Pacific Forum – Supporters of affirmative action file their amici briefs today in support of University of Texas (UT)-Austin in Fisher vs UT-Austin, the latest Supreme Court case on race-conscious college admissions. Conservative pundits…
