St. Paul’s Hmong Cultural Center expands its reach with $15K federal grant
Above: Tzu Zong helped a student play the qeej (pronounced “kheng”) at the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul. Photo by Renee Jones Schneider. The St. Paul-based Hmong Cultural Center has won seven …
Anika Bowie, daughter of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, seeks council seat
Bowie wants to unseat Dai Thao, who in 2013 became the first Hmong city council rep in St. Paul history. Born and raised in the Rondo neighborhood, the young Bowie bagged groceries at Pyramid Market, …
Minnesota lawmaker seeks tougher action against deer disease
Rep. Kaohly Her, a St. Paul Democrat and Hmong-American, said she’s been hunting for about 25 years, and her two teenage daughters hunt as well. She said they come from a long line of sustenance …
Listener Stories: How Racism Has Manifested Itself In Schools
Related Content: Cooper Joins Chorus Of Leaders Calling For Virginia Governor’s Resignation Nkauj Lee of Minnesota My name is Lily Lee or my Hmong name is Nkauj. I’m Hmong-American. My siblings — my y…
Digital divide? How the Asian Penguins share Linux at Minnesota charter school
Most students are Hmong (from Laos) and a minority are Karenni (from Myanmar). During the 2011-2012 school year, the school started the Asian Penguins club, the first Linux users group at a Hmong scho…
Forward Left: An Interview with Matt Christman of Chap Trap House
It was just a classic sort of reactionary grievance stuff…The majority of immigrants were Hmong refugees. There’s actually tons of [Hmong] in Minnesota and Wisconsin, they settled after the fall of Sa…
How to take care of your cast-iron cookware and make it last forever
Looking for dining deals in St. Paul? Here are 10 for under $15 Farmers’ markets stalling out because of local-food shortages Chefs spotlight Hmong fare at pop-ups, Sociable Cider Werks residency If y…
MN Legislature’s new black caucus seeks to address racial disparities
In December, six Hmong lawmakers — all DFLers and four of them new members — formed the Minnesota Asian Pacific Caucus to increase “equity, access and participation” for the state’s Asian communities. …
Six MN lawmakers form black caucus
In December, a group of newly-elected legislators of Hmong descent announced the formation of the Minnesota Asian Pacific Caucus. That caucus also pledged to work on equity issues.
Minnesota has a lot on the line in 2020 census
Azurdia-Lee said. “Putting that in there is just going to set us back.” In Minnesota’s Hmong community, the focus is on stressing the importance of a complete count. Xiongpao Lee, lead organizer with …
‘A tremendous undertaking’: Minnesotans prepare for 2020 census
Azurdia-Lee said. “Putting that in there is just going to set us back.” In Minnesota’s Hmong community, the focus is on stressing the importance of a complete count. Xiongpao Lee, lead organizer with …
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter invites residents to ‘Imagine Our City’ through seven community conversations in February
The “Imagine Our City” series takes place Feb. 7, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Krungthep Thai, 1141 Rice St., Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Hmong Village, 1001 Johnson Pkwy., Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Boca C…
Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants
The team aims to investigate whether changes in gut microbiome composition following immigration to the U.S. are important contributors to higher obesity rates among Hmong and Karen populations. A key …
Chefs spotlight Hmong fare at pop-ups, Sociable Cider Werks residency
Yia Vang and Chris Her of Union Kitchen have been popping up all over town with their food pop-ups spotlighting Hmong fare. Recent appearances include the St. Paul Winter Farmers’ Market at Market Hou…
New seed library takes root in Rochester
Seeds include a Hmong Cucumber, Opo, an African gourd, and Hmong bitter melon, along with some other varieties of produce. “We really reached out to the community to get their input because it’s a com…
St. Paul East Side branch is one of Wells Fargo’s busiest banks
The branch is also one of its most diverse, with 15 languages spoken there any given day from Spanish to Hmong to Burmese. Most of the Wells Fargo staff at the location are multilingual, and nearly al…
St. Paul East Side branch is one of Wells Fargo’s busiest banks in the country
The branch is also one of its most diverse, with 15 languages spoken there any given day from Spanish to Hmong to Burmese. Most of the Wells Fargo staff at the location are multilingual, and nearly al…
St. Paul couple accused of selling marijuana grown at their California farm
Yang is food manager for Hmong College Prep Academy. Xiong’s cellphone captured this photo in October 2017 in California, where Xiong owns 2.5 acres of land, according to a court filing. (Courtesy of …
