by Staff Writer | Feb 23, 2018 | Politics
Update on the Future of Immigration Reform SPEAKERS ON THE NATIONAL BRIEFING Sameera Hafiz is the ILRC’s Senior Policy Strategist based in Washington, DC. Sameera, who began working at the ILRC in 2017, leads ILRC’s advocacy and engagement on federal immigration...
by Staff Writer | Feb 9, 2018 | Politics
The Indian American Impact Fund (“Impact Fund”) endorsed the following top-tier candidates in closely watched upcoming elections: Maryland State Delegate Aruna Miller in her bid for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District. An engineer by trade, Miller has served in the...
by Nirupama V. | Jan 31, 2018 | Politics
Kevin Yoder, Republican Congressman has invited Sunayana Damala to attend the State of the Union address by President Trump this evening. His Twitter message reads, “I asked Sunayana to be my guest as a recognition for her tireless efforts to promote peace, and...
by Nirupama | Apr 3, 2017 | Politics
India Currents is committed to tackling the uneven documentation of hate crimes and hate speech by partnering with New America Media., a leader in promoting the work of ethnic media organizations. Since the 2016 election there has been an alarming increase in reports...
by Vijay Rajvaidya | Apr 2, 2017 | Politics
“I am the one who is ultimately accountable to the American people. No President should ever be protected from the truth,” President Reagan said. It was August 12, 1987. I remembered these words spoken by a Republican President, the one whose name is invoked...
by Sandip Roy | Mar 30, 2017 | Politics
For too many Indians racism is a one-way street. We can be its victims but we are never the perpetrators. We are quick to recognize it when it happens to us. For example, when Indian students were attacked in Australia, then prime minister Manmohan Singh said he was...