Shortly after Democratic lawmakers in California this fall passed the first state ban on discrimination by caste, a prominent Indian American party fundraiser says, he confronted Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

Supporters of the bill say caste discrimination requires a legislative solution On Wednesday, a California lawmaker introduced a bill to make caste discrimination illegal in the state's senate.

California's governor has vetoed a historic bill to add caste as a protected category, but efforts to recognize ...

Legislators said the measure would protect people of South Asian descent who allege unfair treatment. The governor must now decide whether to sign the bill into law. Seattle became the first US ...

Caste is a hierarchical system, based on birth, that affects South Asians on the subcontinent and around the world. Many hesitate to discuss it out in the open. But over the years, people from ...

(RNS) — Last week, a federal district judge ruled against two California State University professors who claimed the university’s policy barring discrimination on the basis of caste violates ...

Seattle has become the first US city to ban discrimination based on caste after a vote by the city council. Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, who wrote the legislation, said the fight against caste bias ...

Author Mahua Sen writes about her hometown of Forbesganj in Bihar. Last month, Seattle became the first city in the United States to ban caste discrimination. The Seattle City Council passed an ...

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Supporters and opponents of a proposal to add caste to Seattle's anti-discrimination laws shout at each other during a rally at City Hall in February. (John Froschauer/AP) ...