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Chinatowns Across The Country Face Off With Gentrification
NPR - On a Friday evening in January, people spilled out of a storefront into an alleyway in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Neighborhood business owners, parents with young children, and artists in…
Judge Gorsuch failed our family
San Francisco Chronicle - When Judge Neil Gorsuch ruled against our family member battling cancer, Grace Hwang, almost three years ago, his decision was heartless. It removed the human element from…
Asian American civil rights group hits Trump's new travel ban
Asia Times - A major Asian American civil liberties group has condemned President Donald Trump’s revamped March 6 travel ban blocking citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from entering…
New York in violation of “Moter Voter” and the Voting Rights Act
Asian American Press - Attorneys for Hispanic Federation, Voto Latino, Chhaya CDC, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and New York resident William Towbin sent a pre-litigation notice letter…
Indian American civil rights activist Deepa Iyer receives Justice in Action Award
Indian Panorama - Indian American civil rights activist and attorney Deepa Iyer receive Justice in Action Awards from The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDF) at its 2017 Gala on…
Women's politics unrelated to traditions
Global Times - Back in October - before the presidential election - I was invited to be a guest speaker at a local TV station, talking about minority voters’ preferences. The host asked many…
Civil Rights Groups Threaten to Sue New York Over Voting Rights Violations
NBC News - Asian-American and Latino civil rights groups are among those threatening to sue New York state over allegations that its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) failed to send voter…
Deepa Iyer awarded 2017 Justice in Action Award
News India-Times - Civil rights attorney and author Deepa Iyer was awarded the 2017 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on March 2, during the…
Rep. Grace Meng Focuses on Immigrant Communities, Youth in Race for DNC Vice Chair
NBC News - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) - currently the Democratic National Committee’s only Asian-American officer - is hoping to help steer her party in a new direction if she wins reelection…
Immigration raids target Indo-Caribbean community in New York City
News India Times - Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) have expressed concern over recent raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens,…
AALDEF, Korematsu Center, others challenge travel ban
Asian American Press - The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) on Friday joined the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (Korematsu Center), the children of litigants in…
Out of Left Field: Political power on O.I. within Dems' grasp
The Island Now - During the 1980s, a creative approach to our regional power was developed by Fred Scheiner and Harry Wachtel (Roslyn) and Dan Jacobi (East Williston). They gave birth to a political…
Asian Americans gave Trump thumbs down in last polls
Inquirer - Asian Americans strongly supported Democratic candidates in four states – Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York – in last November’s elections, with 3 out of 5…
Ethnic communities in an uproar over Trump's immigration orders
Inquirer - Ethnic communities and grassroots organizations across the nation are in an uproar over immigration orders signed by President Donald Trump within a week from taking office, purportedly…
A Chinese American Lesson for Trump
Al Jazeera - For some in the Chinese American community, Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries is a little bit of history repeating itself.…
Grassroots Legal Stars Working to Battle Trump's Attacks on Immigrants and Refugees
Rewire - On Friday night, President Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively banning Muslims refugees and immigrants from seven countries from entering the United States. The order, which…
Vivian Cheng-Khanna passes away at age 62
News India-Times - Vivian Cheng-Khanna, wife of attorney Rajiv Khanna and daughter of Helen M.M. and Lu-I Cheng, passed away on November 24 at the age of 62, succumbing to cancer. She was born in New…
Muslim Groups Are Bracing For Trump To Stop Muslim Immigration
BuzzFeed News - Muslim civil liberties groups are preparing for President Donald Trump to issue executive orders that would institute a blanket suspension of visas issued to certain countries with…
Widespread problems reported to Election Protection hotline
Louisiana Weekly - On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter-protection coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, provided…
National AAPI Immigrant Rights Organizing Coalition mobilization for clean DREAM Act
Asian American Press - AALDEF is among the 18 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrant advocacy, labor, civil rights, community health, service provider, and undocumented youth groups…
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