The FilAm – The 2008 complaint against Ambassador Lauro Baja who was accused by his maid of slavery has been settled, according to the lawyer of Marichu Baoanan.
“The civil action has been settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned,” lawyer Ivy Suriyopas told The FilAm. She declined to di...
Filipino Reporter — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has joined workers’ rights advocates in declaring Nov. 17-20 the 2011 National Days of Action Against Wage Theft, in recognition of the widespread wage violations that Asian immigrant workers face today.
Workers in l...
Before we get on to juicier matters, it’s still worth trumpeting Ed Lee’s victory as the first elected Asian American mayor in San Francisco and what it means to our country, isn’t it?
I admit, it would be a much better story if he were the first elected Asian American mayor of State College, PA. T...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has joined workers’ rights advocates in declaring November 17 – 20 the 2011 National Days of Action Against Wage Theft, in recognition of the widespread wage violations that Asian immigrant workers face today.
Workers in low-wage indust...
Butlatlat – Last week, domestic workers from various immigrant communities gathered at the Philippine consulate on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York to bring attention to the existence of modern-day slavery of domestic workers. They demanded enforcement of existing anti-trafficking laws to protect w...
Legislative Gazette – A newly formed coalition will hold a major rally in front of the United Nations building in New York on Dec. 10 to protest a number of voting restrictions they say are unfairly restricting the rights of eligible citizens.
Representatives from nearly 20 civil rights, labor and ...
Yale Law – Professor Jean Koh Peters has been honored by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) with its 2012 Justice in Action Award. The award recognizes exceptional individuals who have paved the way for social justice and equality for Asian Americans. Peters will receive h...
Dan Rather Reports — Dan Rather Reports – I recently finished an investigation into what’s being called one of the largest cases of human trafficking in U.S. history. The project was eye-opening because, before starting, I thought of the crime of human trafficking as inherently violent – women snatc...
If it weren’t for Ranked Choice Voting, we’d have a runoff in San Francisco between the top two vote getters, interim Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor John Avalos.
How conventional.
Instead, Lee gets to drop the “interim” tag, becoming the “presumptive” mayor after garnering more first and second choic...
Hyphen Magazine – On a cold December day in 2009, just weeks before Christmas, 15-year-old Trang Dang was walking home from school with her sister and eight friends, all recent Vietnamese immigrants. Also part of their group: the principal of their school.
Dang, who is 5'9" with a medium build and ...
Boston Globe – Chinatown may be Suzanne Lee’s home turf. But a visit to one polling station today suggested that the longtime neighborhood resident faces a tough task unseating incumbent Bill Linehan of South Boston for the District 2 City Council seat.
Supporters for both candidates lined the side...
Boston Herald – With just hours to go before the polls close at 8 p.m. tonight, turnout was brisk at the polls as voters streamed into schools, senior centers and other government buildings after work to cast a ballot in the heated, seven-way scrum for at-large city council.
More than 50,000 of t...
A poll site that encompasses Philadelphia’s Chinatown was moved at the eleventh hour, and the signs telling voters of the change were only posted in English, leaving some Asian American voters confused and not knowing where to vote.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sen...
Associated Press – The NAACP is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant to move discussion of voter identification laws out of policy circles and onto street corners, the organization’s president said Tuesday.
Benjamin Todd Jealous appeared on the st...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) joined the Equal Justice Society among other civil rights organizations last week in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to strike down Michigan’s Proposal 2 as unconstitutional.
Michigan’s Prop...
If you are one of the 17.3 million Asian Americans living in the U.S. with even a slight interest in any kind of politics, besides the Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations, it’s hard to imagine you don’t have at least one eye on the San Francisco Mayoral election this week.
The Tuesday vote fe...
Press of Atlantic City – Less than a week before the Nov. 8 election, the battle lines were drawn at Ali’s Star Restaurant and Grocery.
On Wednesday evening, an array of Democratic candidates took their seats around the same red-clothed tables used for a Republican reception the night before in t...
Associated Press – A national Asian American advocacy group is planning to monitor polling locations in Boston and Quincy to ensure equal ballot access.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund said it will send attorneys, law students, and community volunteers to document any voting b...
For the municipal elections on Tuesday, November 8, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will dispatch attorneys, law students, and community volunteers to monitor and document any voting barriers faced by Asian American voters in poll sites in Massachusetts, including Bosto...
For nearly 24 hours, Occupy Oakland had contributed another chapter to the ongoing national Occupy Wall Street movement with mostly peaceful demonstrations on Wednesday, powered by a general strike, the city’s first since 1946. More than 7,000 people joined in several marches through the city, inclu...
