by Kim Benjamin | Jul 29, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Realizing The American Dream For All Requires Bold Policy Reforms By Sunita Sohrabji Many American workers are generationally poor, because of their race, gender, immigration status, or choice of occupation. Better policy can create more equitable wages. Income...
by Kim Benjamin | May 27, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
VILLAGE GHOST: Celebrating The Traditions And Values Of Those That Came Before Us By Kamphone Jot Voraphaychith It’s another late night. My wife and kids are in bed and I’m back in the Village Ghost Lao Sato (Lao rice wine) brewing room, checking batches of...
by Kim Benjamin | May 12, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
How Laos Can Lead ASEAN On Environmental Issues By Sera Koulabdara Pictures: Simon Berger The Mekong River deserves protection. The sunset along the Mekong River is the most beautiful I have ever seen. Like so many children who grew up along the Mekong, I spent...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 24, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
“Best You Eat Quickly – Else The War Will Arrive.” By Soudary Kittivong-Greenbaum This saying, etched in my mind. At every meal: “Best you eat quickly – else the war will arrive.” Perhaps when Grandma said this, she meant it with all her heart,...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 16, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
I Will Always Dream Of A Day When Laos Will Be UXO-free From the desk of Anna Phommachanthone Returning to Laos has always been a dream of mine ever since I was a little girl. I would romanticize wearing school uniforms and eating all the mangoes and coconuts...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 1, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Lessons This Bomb Filled Land Is Teaching Me From the desk of Legacies of War Senior Executive Intern, Anna Phommachanthone In Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, I had a conversation with a 72-year-old man named Pa (Father) Bouathong. He shared with me the...
