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 ...

Can the law deny protection against caste-based discrimination simply because an individual has changed religion?

The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, making the Pacific Northwest hub the first city in the U.S. to ban caste discrimination and the first in the ...

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 ...

After nearly 15 months of lobbying and pushback, New York’s attempt to explicitly ban caste bias has hit a wall.

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 ...

(RNS) — The politics around California’s recently proposed legislation banning caste-based discrimination have become contentious. They shouldn’t be. Caste discrimination remains one of the least ...

Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of fellow immigrants. So when coworkers at a South Asian restaurant in Davis refused to room with ...

The move last week by the Ontario’s Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to lay out a definition of caste discrimination in Canada is a huge step forward for civil rights, advocates say. In its ruling, the ...

Once the numbers come out, they fear that the OBCs would start to demand, and articulate what they are lacking, why they are ...