Civil Rights Tag

NEW YORK, NY -Jesse Jackson ranked in the lineage of civil rights and anti-racism icons like his mentor Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, who were inspired by

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY-A coalition of multifaith organizations, including several led by Indian American advocates, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s “Religious Liberty Commission,”

Photo: StopAAPIHate By Jeevan Zutshi In the last few years, I’ve watched a worrying trend: people I know, neighbors and friends, are more anxious about being visibly Indian in public

File Photo: YouTube India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC — Harmeet Dhillon, the Sikh lawyer who serves as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, has

India-West News Desk SACRAMENTO, CA — The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) expressed deep disappointment following Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of SB 509, legislation designed to

India-West Staff Reporter SACRAMENTO, CA — California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 509, a contentious measure that sought to mandate law enforcement training on “transnational repression,” following

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s recent decision permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to engage in racial profiling,

India-West News Desk DETROIT, MI — Congressman Shri Thanedar’s path to reelection in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District may have just gotten easier.  A chief rival, former state senator Adam Hollier,

By India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA — The ACLU of Southern California has appointed human rights advocate Chandra S. Bhatnagar as its new executive director, making him only