In the week leading up to July 4th, 2012, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 38-year-old civil rights organization, will conduct a series of non-partisan voter registration drives for New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania residents in anticipation of the upcoming 2012...
Huffington Post – New findings throw a wrench in an already heated debate on the proper place of affirmative action in college admission. According to two new reports, most Asian Americans support race-conscious practices in college admissions..
The Atlantic (Letter to the Editor) – Among Tyler Cowen’s “Six Rules for Dining Out” (May) was “Exploit Restaurant Workers” (No. 5). Cowen said many family-run Asian restaurants pay their employees low salaries, and therefore “offer good food buys.”…
In anticipation of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) and National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) have released policy papers examining Asian American ...
After 30 years, the killer of Asian American icon Vincent Chin told me in an exclusive interview that the murder known as a hate crime, wasn’t about race, nor does he ever even remember hitting Chin with a baseball bat.
Incredible as that sounds, there is one thing Ronald Ebens is clear about.
Ebe...
This week, the U.S. Department of State released the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, a comprehensive analysis of the United States’ fight against human trafficking, and a global ranking of each country’s efforts to comply with the minimum standards set by the Trafficking Victims Protect...
June 18, 2012 — In the latest blow to minority voter participation, funding for the American Community Survey (ACS) is under threat. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee is holding a public hearing tomorrow, June 19, on the economic impact of eliminating the ACS.
The ACS, which replaced the ...
Call it a cosmic coincidence that Rodney King–a victim of the most infamous police beating caught on video tape–died on Sunday. His death comes just a few months after the 20th anniversary of one of the main outcomes of his case–the six-day people’s uprising in Los Angeles, one the worst race riots ...
New York Times – In a slow, somber procession, several thousand demonstrators conducted a silent march on Sunday down Fifth Avenue to protest the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies, which the organizers say single out minority groups…
Today the Obama Administration announced a new policy that will make certain undocumented youth eligible for renewable two-year deferred action on removal proceedings or deportation from the United States. Those youth who demonstrate eligibility for this prosecutorial discretion will also be eligibl...
New York Law Journal – The New York City Bar held a reception on June 13 at its 44th Street headquarters to honor its annual Legal Service Awards winners. On hand for the event are… Ivy Suriyopas, Anti-Trafficking Initiative, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund…
While Sunday will be for us dads, I always do a pre-Father’s Day on June 14 to remember my own late father.
June 14, 1978, was the day my Dad and I had our best moment ever: We took in a day game at Candlestick and the Giants won!
My dad had an immigrant’s passion for baseball. He loved the game a...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will be joining over 200 civil rights, labor, faith, and community groups in a silent march on Sunday, June 17th (Father’s Day) against the NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” policy.
“Stop and Frisk is a prime example of the NYPD’s blatant use of ...
Release — Assemblyman David Weprin, Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, and several South Asian community leaders held a press conference outside the Queens Board of Elections advocating for passage of their bill A9956/S7402. This bill directs the Queens county board of elections to provide written language ...
NY1 News – A study released by the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C. highlights a anomaly in the Asian-American community that has been largely overlooked. 50 percent of unemployed Asian-Americans are unemployed long term, the largest share of any ethnic group…
In 2009, Manny Pacquiao came into AT&T Park like a rock star to throw out the first pitch at a Giants game. It had to be San Francisco’s first all-Filipino battery with Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum, himself half-Filipino, behind the plate. When I had the chance to talk to Pacquiao afterwards, I was ...
As part of its agency plan to improve access for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs), the Department of Education has announced that it is seeking to gather information on how state education agencies, school districts, and higher education institutions disaggregate data...
Oy vey! Did you hear the one about how Asian Americans are the new Jews?
The idea has actually been kicking around for a few years now but has resurfaced in the preliminary stages leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing later this year in Fisher v. University of Texas, the latest threat to a...
The Asian American voice has been slowly growing in the debate around the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a proposed federal law that would give undocumented college students a chance to become legal residents, under strict guidelines.
The Asian American Legal Defe...
Washington Post – Opposition to high-stakes standardized testing is growing around the country, with more parents choosing to opt their children out of taking exams, more school boards expressing disapproval…
