By Annika Kim Constantino/CNBC
The battle to redraw U.S. congressional districts is taking place for the first time in decades without certain federal redistricting protections, raising concern that voters of color could get sidelined even as they have become a larger share of the population.
The
By Arun Venugopal/WNYC
New York City experienced dramatic growth over the last ten years, bringing its current population to a record 8.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released the first detailed statistics from the 2020 Census.
On balance, the city added more than 629,000 re
By David Cruz/Gothamist
The state’s Independent Redistricting Commission has now completed a series of listening sessions and accepted written testimony, gathering input before it redraws the lines of all legislative and congressional districts in New York. It will rely on the latest data from the
By Jennie L. Ilustre/Asian Fortune
Asian American and top mainstream organizations have expressed outrage over the recent ruling of a federal judge in Texas that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful.
Current DACA recipients are not affected for now. Application renewals al
By Max Parrott/Queens Chronicle
Queens has had its first hearing in the post-Census process of redrawing congressional and state legislative lines under a new commission ushered in by voters back in 2014.
An online forum last Thursday gave constituents of the World’s Borough a three-minute opportu
By Kimmy Yam/NBC News
Although a Georgia prosecutor declared this week that no racial bias was involved in the Atlanta-area spa shootings in March, experts say interviews with the suspect’s Asian “acquaintances” prove little about Robert Aaron Long’s outlook on Asian Americans.
Long, who pleaded g
By Meera Kymal/India Currents
When the city of Hamtramck in Michigan goes to the polls on August 3, Bangladeshi-American Rahima Begum will cast her vote for the first time in Bengali.
Rahima, 47, who lives in Hamtramck with her husband and two daughters is a limited English speaker like many in he
By Associated Press
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A small, diverse Detroit-area community has agreed to provide election ballots in the Bengali language.
A federal judge signed off on a settlement between Hamtramck and lawyers who represented a woman who speaks Bengali and has limited English skills, th
By David Cruz/Gothamist
For the first time in state history, everyday New Yorkers will get first dibs in how they define their state and federal legislative districts, part of a decennial process previously left only to lawmakers. That process begins with outlining neighborhood borders, which advoc
By Niraj Warikoo/Detroit Free Press
In a consent decree quickly reached after a lawsuit last month, the city of Hamtramck has agreed to provide Bengali-language ballots and other assistance for the city’s Bangladeshi-American voters.
The move comes just weeks before the Aug. 3 primary as the Bangl
Despite the setback in a Texas court ruling on DACA, the fight for path to citizenship for immigrant youth and undocumented individuals will continue says the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, AALDEF.
In a statement released July 19, the organization deplored the July 16, 2021 ruling
By Ken Coleman/Michigan Advance
After the Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sued the city of Hamtramck for violating the federal Voting Rights Act, a court order and consent decree have been issued, calling for the metro Detroit city to provide a more ethnically diverse elect
By Jasmine Sheena and Maryam Rahaman/City & State NY
While Andrew Yang’s failed mayoral run was a high-profile shortfall for Asian American representation in New York City, the results of several City Council primaries show that Asian Americans are becoming a more powerful political force. This rou
By News India Times
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)’s lawsuit against the City of Hamtramck over providing Bengali language information and assistance in compliance with the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has been resolved.
In a July 6, 2021, press release, AALDEF announced a
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Myeong Hwa Jang moved to Georgia in March 2020 and, despite the coronavirus pandemic, immediately set out to be part of the Gwinnett County community to which she relocated.
She got to know some Buford neighbors. She explored the county parks. And not only did she vot
VinePair - As an immigrant who came to the United States from Hong Kong more than 20 years ago, one thing I always remind myself to do is to pursue the American dream. What is my American dream? I have a decent job in corporate America, raise my family in a safe neighborhood, run a few marathons to
Hamtramck Review - A Hamtramck woman and a Detroit-based voting rights organization say the city failed to provide accurate Bengali-language translations in the 2020 elections.
With the assistance of New York-based legal organization Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Northville la
News India Times - On June 3, 2021, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sued the City of Hamtramck, Michigan for failing to comply with the language assistance provisions (Section 203) of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).
The AALDEF complaint alleges that Rahima Begum, o
AMNY - Organizers combined safety education and fun family events to create an exciting day of activities in Chinatown during the first AAPI Care Fair on May 15.
Two young activists have spent the last several months striving to ease the minds of vulnerable members of the AAPI community during a sh
CNN - Imagine getting through this pandemic without Zoom. Or not having any days off work, toiling seven days a week with no overtime pay.
Asian Americans have improved the lives of fellow Americans in countless ways. But some of the biggest contributions don’t end up in history books.
Here’s how
