California has moved one step closer to banning caste discrimination in the state. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would update California’s civil rights law to explicitly include ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some South Asians, many miles away from their homes, say they are suffering from experiences with discrimination that dates back ...

California lawmakers have cleared a bill that would explicitly ban caste discrimination in the state, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature. State senators passed a bill on Tuesday that ...

California may become the first state in the nation to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard people of South Asian descent say is necessary to protect them from discrimination in housing, education and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The sun was ablaze and the energy was charged. Outside the California State Capitol ...

Anti-caste activists in Seattle hold signs calling for an end to caste-based discrimination. Photo by Kshama Sawant's campaign. The ordinance—which frames caste as a human rights issue—passed on ...

UPDATE: On Feb. 21, 2023, Seattle became the first city in the nation to ban discrimination on the basis of caste, with a 6-1 majority vote at the city council. We are finally here. After decades of ...

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant sponsored the legislation to ban caste discrimination in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Seattle lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation ...

Two Hindu professors are suing the head of their university system to oppose the addition of caste to an anti-discrimination policy amid a broader battle over whether colleges should explicitly call ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law ...