EEOC Pushes Through Harmful Updates to Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination January 19, 2021 (Washington, DC) — On Friday, January 15, in a vote that occurred after the commissioners issued a statement saying their meeting that afternoon had been canceled, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pushed through a revised version of the Compliance Manual Section on Religious […]
Sikh Coalition Supports Impeachment of President Donald Trump January 13, 2021 (New York, NY) — On January 6, President Donald Trump incited insurrection against the United States after months of working to delegitimize the free and fair democratic election that he lost. The president’s words and actions directly led to an attack on the U.S. […]
Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Title VI Protections Has Devastating Civil Rights Implications January 6, 2021 (New York, NY) — Yesterday, the New York Times and the Washington Post reported that the Justice Department has quietly and without stakeholder consultation submitted for White House approval a dramatic change to how it enforces and interprets Title VI of the Civil Rights […]
December 31, 2020 by Sikh Entrepreneur Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the center’s farm laws for months now. Amitha Balachandra and Arun Rengaswamy spent 24 hours with these farmers who are camping at the Singhu border in Delhi to find out how they are managing to pull through. Source: How Are Farmers Surviving On The […]
Sikhs and people of Sikh heritage are amongst the many being honoured by Her Majesty the Queen in the New Year Honours List of 2021. The publication of the list comes at the end of what has been an incredibly difficult year as a result of the pandemic, and the main focus of the Honours […]
Thousands of Sikh Americans Converge on Bay Area to Protest with Indian Farmers December 5, 2020 (Bay Area, CA) — Today, an estimated 10,000 Sikh Americans travelling from as far as Yuba City to Los Angeles converged on the Bay Area for an in-vehicle, socially distanced caravan protest to bring national attention to the ongoing […]
Resolution to Rename Post Office for Late Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Passes Senate December 3, 2020 — Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed H. Res. 5317, a resolution that would rename the post office at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, after the late Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal. This follows the September […]
New FBI Hate Crime Data Shows 2019 Deadliest Year on Record Decreased Reporting from Law Enforcement and Record High Hate-Motivated Murders Remain Alarming, Sikhs Remain Disproportionately Targeted November 16, 2020 — This morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its annual hate crime statistics report for 2019. Despite a second consecutive year of declined participation in […]
October 10, 2020 by Sikh Entrepreneur Source: Sky News Rajinder Singh, the 73-year-old nicknamed the skipping Sikh, has been made an MBE for his fundraising efforts. He raised thousands of pounds for the NHS through the videos he posted online. He said: “Really I don’t want to be famous or popular, I just want to do for a […]
Numerous Sikhs and people of Sikh heritage have been honoured by the Queen today in the delayed Birthday Honours List of 2020. The publication of the list was delayed so that people who have gone above and beyond in their work during the pandemic could also be recognised. From scientists and teachers through to the […]