California
Cecil L. ‘Chip’ Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies
By Associated Press — April 8, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After the 1992 Rodney King riots in South Los Angeles. Murray emerged as a calming presence and used his connections with political and business leaders to raise money for recovery efforts.
A California city wrestles with its history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants
By Terry Tang and Deepa Bharath — March 21, 2024
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — In the 19th century, Chinese people across California endured discrimination such as wage disparity, bans on property ownership and sundown laws that barred them from going outside after dark.
California Gov. Newsom backs dam removal projects to boost salmon. Critics say that’s not enough
By Adam Beam — February 1, 2024
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — Newsom also pledged to continue to work with native tribes, who often refer to the rivers where salmon live as their church.
Hindu nationalists notwithstanding, barring caste discrimination is not anti-Hindu
By Mark Silk — November 29, 2023
(RNS) — A new federal court decision said it found no evidence of bias in Cal State’s policy.
As caste bill meets defeat, Hindu Americans on both sides make their voices heard
By Richa Karmarkar — October 11, 2023
(RNS) — In the last two decades, Hindu Americans have mobilized through a number of new advocacy organizations to vote and run for office on issues of particular interest to the faith community.
Gov. Newsom put concerns of caste-privileged communities over civil rights
By Raju Rajagopal — October 9, 2023
(RNS) — Why is caste discrimination any more acceptable than targeting sexual orientation or gender identity?
Why I am hunger striking to end caste discrimination
By Thenmozhi Soundararajan — September 15, 2023
(RNS) — We ask Gov. Newsom to sign California's historic anti-discrimination bill.
Lisa Doi: Pilgrims sustain the memory of Japanese American detainment
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — August 31, 2023
(RNS) — A descendant of prisoners at World War II camps dedicated her doctoral research to how the Japanese American community commemorates its forebears' experience.
California’s compromise ‘caste’ bill promotes democracy in more ways than one
By Suhag Shukla — July 14, 2023
(RNS) — The fight to retool the bill brought thousands of South Asians into the political process.
California’s caste discrimination bill is a vote for all civil rights
By Nirvair Singh — July 6, 2023
(RNS) — In the fight for equal treatment under the law, one instance of discrimination is too many.
How the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is making new rules for minorities
By Thomas Reese — July 3, 2023
(RNS) — If the Constitution is what five Supreme Court justices say it is, who controls the presidency and the Senate really matters.
The Rev. Amos Brown, vice chair of California’s reparations task force, calls for action
By Adelle M. Banks — June 29, 2023
(RNS) — ‘We’ve got to act and stop just talking, not just saying we are sad,’ Brown said.
What California’s Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed
By Deepa Bharath — June 7, 2023
(AP) — Members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste bias.
Religious broadcasters seek to reverse California law aimed at quelling online hate speech
By Alejandra Molina — May 19, 2023
(RNS) — The National Religious Broadcasters said the law affects its members 'by having their speech repressed.'
Why California’s caste discrimination bill is itself discriminatory
By Suhag Shukla — May 17, 2023
(RNS) — Existing nondiscrimination laws apply to caste, and to everyone. Let’s let them do their job.
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