Seattle City Council outlawed caste-based discrimination this week, a centuries-old form of social stratification with roots in South Asia, following years of activist organizing and similar bans at ...

The Indian government officially abolished the caste system in 1950. But discrimination persists across South Asia against Dalits, a group of people from historically oppressed caste communities. And ...

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 ...

SEATTLE (AP) — 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 ...

(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 ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

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 ...

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 ...

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill in the state Senate that would explicitly ban caste discrimination – the first such effort by a US state legislature. The bill, announced Wednesday, would ...

BRS leaders staged a protest in Nagarkurnool demanding justice for a BC family after a two-month-old baby died following an alleged caste-based assault. The party accused police of inaction, while the ...

Valentin Hénault came to India in 2023 to work on a documentary project about caste discrimination and was arrested by ...

Vijayendra Prasad acknowledged his own social background, stating that he belongs to an upper caste and was born into a ...