Nation May 17 Tracing one Hmong family’s journey from Laos to Rhode Island By Isabella Jibilian, Rhode Island PBS
Nation Nov 25 Hmong New Year traditions in the U.S. recall ancestral spirits while teaching new generations Late fall is the most spiritual time of the year in traditional Hmong culture. For many elders and spiritual leaders, it's critical that these traditions — brought from Southeast Asia which the Hmong had to flee after helping the U.S. By Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press
Arts Aug 06 Watch 8:17 Hmong chef Yia Vang brings a taste of home to Minnesota’s Twin Cities St. Paul, Minnesota, is home to the nation’s largest population of Hmong, an Indigenous people from Southeast Asia. After the Vietnam War, thousands of Hmong refugees ended up in the Upper Midwest and have called the area home for nearly… By Megan Thompson
Arts Dec 29 In face of pandemic, Hmong Americans press forward to maintain New Year traditions As the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads across the United States, shutting down in-person events and renewing worries of the pandemic, the Hmong American community is going forward with plans to celebrate one of their largest gatherings. By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado
Nation Sep 03 As Afghan refugees arrive in the U.S., Southeast Asian American advocates urge more support Many Vietnamese, Lao, Hmong, and Cambodian Americans see their own families’ journeys to America in the voyage Afghans are making now. By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
May 15 Family fights for information about Hmong man jailed in Laos in 2011 By Kamala Kelkar The last time Ka Yang heard from her husband was more than four years ago, when he called her from jail after he was deported from the family's hideout in Bangkok. Continue reading
May 21 These groups of Asian-Americans rarely attend college, but California is trying to change that By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report As one group of Asians who don’t go to college in large numbers, the Hmong help illustrate the complex changing demographics of students arriving at American universities and colleges: increasingly nonwhite, low-income, and first-generation. Continue reading