Japan’s top court axes sterilization surgery requirement for legal gender change

Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender individuals to undergo sterilization surgery to officially change their gen...

Law group asks Supreme Court to hear new race-based admissions case at elite high school

The group alleges the school’s new admissions plan was designed to “achieve the same results as overt racial discrimination” ...

Japan’s Supreme Court rules against government’s restroom restrictions for transgender employee

“All people should have the right to live their lives in a society based on their own sexual identities” ...

Watch: Asian American student defends his stance against affirmative action in interview

“To have a blanket policy where everybody’s race is considered, regardless of individual circumstances, I don’t think that...

Supreme Court kills affirmative action in college admissions

The Supreme Court today struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), ending a n...

Study: Most Asian Americans agree with affirmative action, but not for college admissions

Only one in five Asian adults believe race and ethnicity should be a factor in college admissions decisions, according to a new study from t...

Asian American student with 1590 SAT score blames affirmative action for rejections from 6 colleges

An Asian American student from Florida with a 1590 SAT score who was rejected from six elite universities has joined the Supreme Court case ...

Elite high school’s admission policy did not discriminate against Asian Americans, Virginia court rules

A Virginia federal court has ruled that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s (TJHSST) admission policy aimed at student...

More Philadelphia universities voice support for affirmative action

A growing number of Pennsylvania-based institutions are voicing their support for affirmative action in colleges and universities.  Muhlenbe...

Selective colleges lose diversity with affirmative action ban, study finds

A ban on race-conscious admissions practices in selective colleges would threaten the racial and ethnic diversity of their student bodies, a...

Social justice art project in Sacramento raises awareness about history of AAPI discrimination

A local artist organized a silent social justice walk in Sacramento, California, on Saturday to raise awareness about anti-Asian hate and th...

SCOTUS to decide whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to death

The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) will rule on whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to...

UNC-Chapel Hill removes racial criterion for fellowship program limited to BIPOC amid civil rights complaint

After a civil rights complaint, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) removed a fellowship program criterion th...

First Asian American and Black woman judge appointed to Nevada Supreme Court

Gov. Steve Sisolak (D-NV) appointed Las Vegas attorney Patricia Lee on Monday to fill the empty seat vacated by Justice Abbi Silver in Depa...

New poll shows majority of Americans oppose affirmative action

A majority of U.S. adults (54%) oppose the consideration of race in higher education admissions, according to a new poll conducted by The E...

US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in college admissions

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning admissions programs that take race into consideration at Harvard University an...

Supreme Court rules Korean ‘comfort women’ in WWII US camptown sex trade entitled to reparations

South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Korean “comfort women” who worked in brothels for U.S. troops in the 1940s are entitled to repar...

SCOTUS ruling that gives right to carry gun in public condemned by Asian American lawmakers

Democratic Asian lawmakers responded to the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on Thursday that the Constitution grants U.S. citizens the righ...

Sen. Ted Cruz, over 80 GOP legislators call on SCOTUS to end discrimination toward Asian American college applicants

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) published a press release on Monday, detailing a brief that he and 84 legislators filed to the Supreme Court, calling ...

Supreme Court declines to block top high school’s admissions policy despite claims it is ‘anti-Asian’

The Supreme Court declined to block a new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) that seeks ...

Harvard president defends university after Supreme Court accepts admissions case: ‘race matters’

Harvard University President Larry S. Bacow called the Supreme Court’s decision to review a case challenging the school’s use of race in th...

Japan’s Supreme Court ‘Legalizes’ Tattoos in Historic Ruling

The Supreme Court of Japan ruled on Wednesday that tattooing people without a medical license is legal in a historic ruling, according to Th...

Meet the First Asian American Woman in Georgia’s Supreme Court

For the first time in history, an Asian American woman has been appointed to Georgia’s Supreme Court. Gov. Brian Kemp named Carla Wong...

‘Tiger Mom’s’ Daughter Gets Job Working for Brett Kavanaugh After Mom Calls Him a ‘Mentor to Women’

Yale Law graduate Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, the daughter of “Tiger Mom” Yale Law School professor Amy Chua, is set to work as a law...

California Teacher Now Teaches Kids About Consent After Kavanaugh Hearing

A third-grade teacher in California created a simple, easy-to-understand chart to explain consent to her students. Liz Kleinrock, a 31-year...

Amy Chua Allegedly Told Female Students to Be ‘Like Models’ to Work for Judge Accused of Sex Assault

Amy Chua, a top professor at Yale and author of best-selling parenting book “Tiger Mom” told female students it was “no accident...

Supreme Court Reverses Infamous Korematsu Decision that Allowed Japanese-American Internment

The United States Supreme Court has finally overturned the infamous Korematsu decision on Japanese-American internment during a hearing that...