It’s not exactly the southern headline the Romney campaign wanted to wake up to the morning after. But a win is a win in–American Samoa, where it’s not true Romney got to count the big Samoans twice.
At least now maybe Romney, who has already sung a tune on the campaign trail, can adopt a theme son...
Hyphen Magazine — Muslim
Americans in New York routinely work with the New York Police Department, providing them with tips, reporting suspicious behavior, and welcoming officers in their midst.
In exchange, the NYPD sets up a massive clandestine intelligence network, spies on and monitors Muslim ...
Wisconsin Gazette - A national LGBT civil rights group is urging New York’s appeals court to uphold the a lower court ruling that the New York Human Rights Law protects public school students against discrimination and harassment…
Village Voice – Asian Americans in New York City may actually have the voting power they deserve in Congress if the lines drawn this week by a judge become reality, advocates said today.
If you haven’t been following the redistricting drama closely, here’s what you need to know: Since state legisla...
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..
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..
New York One – New York State may lose two congressional seats because it has been losing population, but a plan to reshape the state’s political landscape could send the first Asian American from Queens to Congress. Borough reporter Ruschell Boone filed the following report.
The Asian population i...
WNYC — Just hours after a federal judge’s proposed congressional maps were picked up by the media, Assemblyman Rory Lancman, who had intended to run against Republican Congressman Bob Turner, saw himself drawn into an entirely new district–one without an incumbent–in the judge’s plans.
The Special ...
Yesterday evening, Special Master Roanne Mann, the federal magistrate judge appointed to draw New York state Congressional district lines in Favors v. Cuomo, released the court’s proposed Congressional redistricting plan. “The proposed district lines are a positive development, since the court’s p...
Lady Gaga is all gaga about bullying, which she’s trying to elevate in our consciousness as tantamount to human rights abuse.
A bit far-fetched for some, but not for me.
What is bullying but racism without color?
To a bully, race doesn’t matter. The name of the game is the expression of power and...
Associated Press – New Jersey’s attorney general told Muslim leaders Saturday that he was still looking into the extent of New York Police Department surveillance operations in the state, yet stopped short of promising a formal investigation during a meeting that both sides characterized as producti...
New York Daily News — When Cindy Ramos wanted to quit her job as a diplomat’s maid, just giving notice wasn’t an option.
Like a number of immigrants brought to the U.S. on special visas to work for consulate officials, she had her passport taken, little money and orders to stay inside.
It took a...
This past February marked three legal victories for AALDEF’s Economic Justice Project on behalf of immigrant worker clients who had been denied wages, and endured abusive working conditions, demonstrating that legal recourse is possible even in the midst of the current recession.
Pema Sherpa, a N...
By the midnight deadline on Wednesday, Feb. 29, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) submitted the Unity Map, its redistricting proposal to protect the voting rights of Asian Americans, Latinos, and Blacks, to the federal magistrate judge/Special Master appointed to draw New ...
The most hateful rhetoric of Tuesday night came from the mouth of a white male, probably late 20s-mid 30s, who was part of a CNN focus group in Ohio, a key state in next week’s Super Tuesday voting.
The man seemed to be a Santorum supporter, but he was more adamant about one thing: electability.
O...
Associated Press — The Obama administration said Monday it has no control over how the New York Police Department spends millions of dollars in White House grants that helped pay for NYPD programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. In New York, the police commissioner ...
Reuters – Several dozen lawyers and scores of voters and political officials will appear in Brooklyn federal court on Monday to offer suggestions on how to redraw New York state’s political map.
The conference was scheduled last week after a judge denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by voters...
Washington Examiner (AP) – A naval officer from the United Arab Emirates has been ordered to pay $1.2 million to a former domestic worker who accused him of imprisoning her and forcing her to work long hours for little pay…
Once again I watched the Oscars waiting for a Sacheen Littlefeather moment. You’ll remember her (unless you think Christopher Plummer is the name of someone to call to fix that problem in the bathroom).
Littlefeather is the Native American activist enlisted by Marlon Brando to accept his Oscar the ...
Colorlines
Following months of reports revealing widespread NYPD surveillance of Muslim Americans, and the use of anti-Muslim propaganda in NYPD training, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has submitted Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to obtain public informati...
