Supporters of the bill say caste discrimination is no different from other forms of discrimination and should be outlawed.

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 ...

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 ...

California became the first American state with a anti-caste discrimination bills when the California State Assembly approved the SB 403 bill on August 28th. This legislation, designed to amend ...

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 ...

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 ...

India's ancient discriminatory caste system could be making an impact in the U.S., and now some areas are banning the practice. In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Nearly 5.4 million South Asians live in the U.S., most of whom trace their roots to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, according to the group South Asian Americans Leading ...

YSR Congress has approached the Justice KG Balakrishnan Commission pushing for the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the ...