by Kim Benjamin | Mar 8, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 6 By Kerry Xiong Gaojia, Cuaj Leeg’s Daughter “Hi! Tuaj los (You’ve come)?” greeted auntie Chong, her mom’s older sister. Gaojia just nodded. She didn’t like to try her skill at responding in Hmong because, well, her Hmong sucked,...
by Kim Benjamin | Mar 8, 2020 | Community, Home Page Slider
Hmong and Lao Deportation Policy in Effect: St. Paul City Councilmember Dai Thao’s Feedback By Kerry Xiong The U.S. State Department recently responded to Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s (DFL-Minn.) February 3rd letter in which she voiced her opposition...
by Kim Benjamin | Feb 14, 2020 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
MINORS ASIA – #8 In A Series For Hmong Times – Basics: Health Care (Western and Thai) By Doug Hulcher This is the eighth in a series about the Hmong refugee and resettlement experience, part of a project by Minors*. Photos are from Chiang Kham and...
by Kim Benjamin | Feb 14, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 5 By Kerry Xiong Funeral drums rumbled at the front of the crowd. Children and adults sat cross-legged on the ground, each holding an unlit incense stick, all bowing their heads as the Txiv Qeej bowed his qeej and raised a leg in...
by Kim Benjamin | Feb 14, 2020 | Education, Home Page Slider
Hmong College Prep Academy To Hold Kindergarten Roundup And Literacy Night By Dave Bonko Hmong College Prep Academy, HCPA, will be hosting their annual Kindergarten Roundup for students enrolling in kindergarten for the 2020-2021 school year. In addition, the...