by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Health, Home Page Slider
How To Control Your Asthma When Outdoor Air Quality Is Bad (StatePoint) Asthma, a lung disease that makes breathing difficult for over 24 million Americans, is often exacerbated by air pollution and the effects of climate change. However, understanding how the...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Meet LAOSD From the desk of the Founders of Lao Americans Organization of San Diego (LAOSD), Pida Kongphoutone and Bobbie Oudinarath LAOSD was co-founded by Pida Kongphoutone and Bobbie Oudinarath in September 2018. It is a grass roots, community based,...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Community, Home Page Slider
Coming To America Is Not Easy By Lee Po Cha, Executive Director Of IRCO My refugee journey began nearly 50 years ago, on a 20-day journey by foot, when I was 11 years old. In 1975 my family fled from Laos, my home country, to a refugee camp in Thailand. We stayed...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Local Playwright Mixes The Zombie Apocalypse And Lao Culture In This World Premiere By Lianna Matt McLernon Saint Paul playwright Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay poured what she loved into her Kung Fu Zombies universe: lore, Lao culture, humor, science fiction,...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Laos, 50 Years Later By Chris Phommasathit, CEO, Addison Wallace Inc. Board Member, Legacies of War It was a dark and eerily quiet boat ride under the cover of darkness when my mother, father, older brother and I escaped Laos in 1978 after the American Secret...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 29, 2023 | Business, Home Page Slider
Take Time Off This Summer, But Not From Your Finances Sponsored content from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Summer is here, bringing all the fun that comes with months of warm weather and hours of daylight. As you plan your summer season itinerary, however, you might...