NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (TNSres) -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2025: Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the 2024 Asian American Exit Poll Report, which shares important observations on Asian American voters, their electoral preferences, the issues influencing their vote, and the barriers they faced while voting this past November. The report includes data from 11 states, with a particular   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * As California battles devastating wildfires, our researchers are helping to make sense of how they became so destructive, and what's needed for recovery. * * * As devastating wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, Columbia Climate School experts are doing their best to determine how these fires became so catastrophic and what's needed for recovery. In an intervi  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- The Immigrant Defense Project issued the following agency statement on Jan. 19, 2025: * * * "This morning our hearts skipped a beat upon hearing the incredible news that Ravi was granted a presidential pardon! We are beyond grateful for this news to come just 24 hours before Trump begins to enact his plans of further supercharging mass deportation. "This moment would not have been possible without first and foremost, Ravi and his leadership - his organizing, dedication, p  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * LDF Praises President Biden's Clemency Announcement Pardoning Kemba Smith... Today, along with issuing grants of clemency to Darryl Chamber, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Don Leonard Scott, Jr., Ravidath "Ravi" Ragbir, and Robin Peoples, all of whom exemplify the power of transformation and rehabilitation, President Biden issued executive clemency to former client of the Legal Defe  more