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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Following 90 minutes of public comments from passionate speakers on both sides of the issue, the Seattle, Washington City Council Feb. 21 made history as it passed the first law in the nation banning caste discrimination. The measure passed on a 6-1 vote, with...
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Groups fighting for Palestinian rights are praising a new fact sheet on religious discrimination from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, because of what it left out. The document does not include a definition of antisemitism written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Former President Donald Trump issued an executive order in...
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East West Bank Pasadena, CA – La Fundación East West Bank está comprometida a apoyar los esfuerzos de diversidad y luchar contra la discriminación. Para ayudar a detener la ola de violencia contra la comunidad americanos- asiáticos y los isleños del Pacífico (por sus siglas en inglés, AAPI), la...
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East West Bank Pasadena, CA –The East West Bank Foundation is committed to supporting diversity and anti-discrimination efforts. To help stem the rash of violence against AAPIs, the East West Bank Foundation is contributing to nonprofit organizations which are on the frontlines responding to the hate. The East West...
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NEW YORK – Are some nursing-home residents being moved without notice to create “COVID-only” facilities? That’s one of several concerns being raised by advocates for people with disabilities. Last March, the state said nursing homes had to accept people regardless of their COVID status – and deaths soared. Then...
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NEW YORK — ¿Se estarán trasladando sin previo aviso algunos residentes de hogares de ancianos para crear instalaciones “solo para COVID”? Esta es una de las muchas preocupaciones planteadas por los defensores de personas con discapacidades. En marzo del año pasado, el estado dijo que los hogares de ancianos...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The issue of equal pay for equal work is front and center in Congress this week as House Democrats reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. It comes 10 years after President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which modernized and improved...
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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced on Tuesday May 23rd that it has reached a settlement agreement with Carrillo Farm Labor, LLC (Carrillo Farm), an onion farm in Deming, New Mexico. The settlement resolves the department’s investigation of complaints that Carrillo Farm discriminated against U.S. citizens due to a...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND, Calif. – Five nonprofits, including one in California, filed a motion in federal court Monday March 13th to force the EPA to follow up on environmental justice-related civil rights complaints. The groups accuse the EPA of dragging its feet, in some cases for...