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 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 ...

Hyderabad: Stating that caste remains a social reality in India, Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, on ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karnataka's Rohith Vemula Act remains delayed amid Supreme Court's stay on UGC regulations, igniting renewed debates on caste ...

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 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 ...