By Sydney Smith Forquer and Ashling A. Ehrhardt - On Oct. 31, the court will hear two cases challenging affirmative action in university admissions: Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, notably brought by the...
By Andrew Schneider - A federal court in Austin will soon hear a lawsuit charging Texas with discriminating against minority voters in last year’s redistricting process. . .
A coalition of civil rights organizations makes up the plaintiffs’ legal team, among them the ACLU Foundation of Texas, the S...
By Dakota Antelman/Patch
MALDEN, MA — The city of Malden has committed to implementing a series of voter accessibility measures under a memorandum of understanding that it finalized last week with organizations advocating for the local Chinese-speaking community.
Announced by the Asian American Le...
By Jessica Montoya Coggins/Texas Signal
Voting rights advocates have seen few wins in Texas, especially since the Republican legislature passed the sweeping voter suppression bill known as Senate Bill 1. However, recently, there was one ruling that struck down at least a portion of SB 1, which impe...
By Taylor Goldenstein/Houston Chronicle
Texans who assist voters with disabilities or those with limited English to fill out their ballots will no longer face felony charges if they go beyond simply helping the person mark or read them.
The provisions were part of the controversial elections bill ...
By Ashley Lopez/NPR
Parts of a 2021 Texas voting law that cracked down on assistance for voters with limited English skills and voters with disabilities can no longer be enforced.
A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling last month striking down provisions in Texas’ new law, known as Senate Bill 1...
Advocates say Texas’ SB1 voting law made it hard for some voters to obtain the kinds of assistance they need from family or other chosen assisters. The state declined to appeal the court’s permanent injunction in the case.
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By Shelly Brisbin and Yvonne Marquez/KUT
Voters with limited E...
By Corey Williams/AP
DETROIT (AP) — Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee was fatally assaulted in San Francisco, Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never serv...
By Kyle Lawson/Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— As it stands, 800,000 New York City residents who are not U.S. citizens, but authorized to live and work in the U.S., will be allowed to vote in next year’s municipal elections.
On Tuesday, proceedings surrounding a lawsuit filed by New Yor...
Just 7 out of the 233 anti-Asian attacks during 2021 resulted in a guilty plea to a hate crime, the Asian American Bar Association of New York report showed.
By Tat Bellamy-Walker
Only 3 percent of anti-Asian attacks in New York City resulted in a hate crime conviction, according to a report relea...
Some legislators and groups called the new districts unconstitutional in submitted testimony. It’s unclear how their feedback will affect the final lines.
By Rebecca C. Lewis
When the court-appointed redistricting expert released his draft lines on Monday, he threw New York’s political world into ...
By Síle Moloney/Norwood News
LatinoJustice PRLDEF, community partners, and pro-bono counsel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, announced on Tuesday, April 12, that they have collectively filed a motion to challenge a lawsuit which seeks to reverse the recently approved municipal voting rights bill in New...
By Kimmy Yam/NBC News
Hydrologist Sherry Chen, a Chinese immigrant, said she once saw herself as a “soldier without a uniform,” pointing to her hard work to keep American cities safe and informed with her water and flooding analysis.
But after the Justice Department accused her of spying for China...
By Ethan Stark-Miller/PoliticsNY
As the fate of New York’s Congressional and state legislative districts is being litigated in the courts, a group of grassroots organizations is already focussing on the city’s redistricting.
A coalition of Asian American civic organizations rallied on the steps of...
By Corinne S. Kennedy/Memphis Commercial Appeal
After a Memphis artist’s picture was removed from Memphis International Airport due to complaints — and later reinstalled due to complaints — the artist and local arts community are trying to figure out why it happened and how to prevent similar event...
By April Siese/Daily Kos
Who could have seen this coming? Texas’ highly restrictive new voting laws tripped up thousands of voters, resulting in nearly 23,000 ballots being thrown out, according to the Associated Press. The AP was able to receive voting information from 187 of Texas’ 254 counties, ...
AALDEF honors Indian American actor activist for his advocacy and service on behalf of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has presented a 2022 Justice in Action Award to Indian American actor, activist, and author Kal Penn for his advo...
In the year since the Atlanta shootings, the Stop Asian Hate movement dramatically changed awareness of anti-Asian racism. Where does it go from here?
By Li Zhou/Vox
Brianna Cea, a 24-year-old voting rights organizer based in Brooklyn, felt a painful sense of recognition after the Atlanta shooting...
The Indian American actor was honored for his advocacy for representation in media and his service on behalf of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Indian American actor Kal Penn received Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Justice in Action Award for his advocacy for representatio...
Younger Asian American leaders want to rely less on traditional policing solutions, while more traditional cultural and business groups favor them.
By Jeffery C. Mays, Dana Rubinstein and Grace Ashford/New York Times
She was attacked as she swept up in front of her Queens home in November, beaten ...
