Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brown University has become the first Ivy League school to explicitly ban caste discrimination throughout its campus. The ...

Two bills that sought to add caste as a protected category under New York's anti-discrimination laws failed to advance this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some South Asians, many miles away from their homes, say they are suffering from experiences with discrimination that dates back ...

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 ...

Madras High Court said Tamil Nadu's evolving electorate offers a historic opportunity to eradicate caste discrimination ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...