The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT-Austin) race-conscious admissions policy that promotes equal opportunity and diversity for Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Eig...
Examiner – The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will testify at the first NYC Council Redistricting hearing in Brooklyn on Monday, August 13. AALDEF will propose new NYC Council district lines…
On Twitter, I saw pictures of the national day of solidarity with Sikhs on Wednesday night, just days after the temple shooting in Wisconsin.
The best sources? Once again, it was the social networks, Twitter and Facebook. I didn’t see any mention of it anywhere in the mainstream media.
There was a...
US News & World Report – Jockeying for popularity and status within high school cliques can bring out the worst in teens. Students at the center of their social circles are often more likely to be bullies, and they tend to target..
This morning as I drove to my office, I saw turbaned Sikhs out for a morning walk in my neighborhood. When I arrived at my destination, I saw our mailman drive by in his UPS truck. He was also a Sikh, wearing a bright colored turban. I waved and smiled. These are my neighbors and friends.
Sunday wa...
Newsday (Op-ed) – ‘No matter who is shot and killed in there, it’s going to affect all of us out here," said Simran Kaleka, the niece of Satwant Singh Kaleka, president of the Sikh gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wis. Her uncle was preparing to deliver remarks…
On Sunday, a horrific mass shooting took place at the Sikh gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, as members of the Sikh community were preparing for a peaceful religious gathering. It has been reported that a white male killed six people, and he was later killed himself after exchanging fire with a pol...
Like the Olympics, it happens every four years. But you won’t see a lot of spandex at the convention of minority journalists called Unity, happening this week in Las Vegas.
You won’t see a lot of black journalists either.
Unless they’re gay.
For the first time, the National Association of Black J...
Get a good look. On Monday, the Joker appeared.
James Holmes, the alleged gunman at the Aurora Batman viewing, made his first appearance in court and through the media, the world stage.
He was silent, except for his red-dyed hair, and a flurry of facial expressions in response to a judge’s reading...
What’s up New York? In two weeks, the most marketable and best known Asian Americans in the country–hoop star Jeremy Lin and TV anchor Ann Curry–are given the boot from their Big Apple perch and we’re not supposed to take it personally as an affront to our sense of diversity?
It’s insanity.
That’s...
It’s one thing to celebrate patriotism and freedom on July Fourth. But by July 13th, patriotism has all the currency of your fireworks’ spent gunpowder. When the boom, the beer, and watermelon are gone, for most of us, our Fourth of July thoughts go back to being taken for granted.
If that’s not th...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is releasing an initial set of Frequently Asked Questions on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case on race-conscious college admissions, Fisher v. Texas. These questions are based on common questions and misconceptions regarding how diver...
Global Times – Earlier in June, US President Barack Obama said his administration will stop deporting young “illegal” immigrants under 30 years old who entered the US before 16 years of age, have resided in the US for at least five years, pose no criminal or security threat…
Education Week – Most of the faces of undocumented students who have publicly revealed their immigration status to push for immigration reform and more specifically, passage of the federal DREAM Act, are Latino. And that makes sense given that..
Asia Pacific Forum – Last month, President Obama made an announcement that could change the lives of immigrant activists across the nation known as DREAMers. These are the undocumented immigrant youth who have been campaigning…
Education Week – With more than 1.3 million undocumented young people now eligible to seek relief from deportation and gain work permits and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down much of Arizona’s immigration law, some educators and advocates..
CBS News – Several Asian American civil rights groups held a press conference earlier this week to discuss how the Commonwealth’s voter ID law is impacting new immigrants..
The Progressive (Op-ed) – Beware the “model minority” stereotype about Asian-Americans. The Pew Center recently issued “The Rise of Asian-Americans,” stressing that they have the highest income and..
Philadelphia Inquirer – Stephanie Singer, city commissioners chairwoman, urged Asian-Americans on Monday to make sure that they exercise their right to vote despite obstacles posed by the new voter-ID law..
Philadelphia Inquirer – Pennsylvania’s new voter-ID requirements threaten to disenfranchise a significant number of Asian Americans, particularly immigrant citizens without a solid command of English, leaders of Asian American..
