Civil Rights

Immigration advocate Kent Wong dies at 69

Kent Wong, the longtime director of UCLA Labor Center and prominent advocate for immigrant and worker rights, died Oct. 8 at a Los Angeles hospital due to cardi...

US Army vet sues Pennsylvania police over ICE protest arrest

Civil Rights

6 days ago

US Army vet sues Pennsylvania police over ICE protest arrest

A Filipino American and Mexican American business owner filed a federal lawsuit last week against Pennsylvania police following his arrest during a protest agai...

Trump suffers another defeat on birthright citizenship

Civil Rights

13 days ago

Trump suffers another defeat on birthright citizenship

A federal appeals court ruled last Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the Constitution, delivering...

Hong Kong lawmakers reject own government’s same-sex partnership bill

Civil Rights

September 17, 2025

Hong Kong lawmakers reject own government’s same-sex partnership bill

Hong Kong legislators delivered an unprecedented rejection of their own government last Wednesday, voting down a bill that would have extended limited recogniti...

Judge shields 150,000 newborns from Trump’s birthright citizenship crackdown

Civil Rights

July 14, 2025

Judge shields 150,000 newborns from Trump’s birthright citizenship crackdown

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, using class action pro...

Americans with Civil War ancestors have greater claim to US, Vance says

Civil Rights

July 11, 2025

Americans with Civil War ancestors have greater claim to US, Vance says

In yet another controversial take, Vice President J.D. Vance recently argued that Americans whose ancestors fought in the Civil War have “a hell of a lot more c...

Trump admin expands efforts to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship

Civil Rights

July 4, 2025

Trump admin expands efforts to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship

The Justice Department has issued new guidelines directing attorneys to aggressively pursue stripping citizenship from naturalized Americans who concealed crime...

SCOTUS hands Trump major win on birthright citizenship

Civil Rights

July 2, 2025

SCOTUS hands Trump major win on birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to curtail federal judges’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump’s executive order endi...

Asian American lawyers continue constitutional fight despite SCOTUS setback

Civil Rights

July 2, 2025

Asian American lawyers continue constitutional fight despite SCOTUS setback

Asian American legal organizations are pressing forward with their constitutional challenge against President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive or...

Asian Americans express solidarity with Latinos amid ICE raids in Los Angeles

Civil Rights

July 2, 2025

Asian Americans express solidarity with Latinos amid ICE raids in Los Angeles

Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders are organizing their communities to support Latinos as federal immigration enforcement expands across Los Angeles, w...

China

June 30, 2025

Bipartisan senators call for action against China’s forced labor transfers of Uyghurs

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are pushing for stronger enforcement measures to prevent China from sidestepping American forced labor restrictions by movin...

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