Minneapolis Hmong International Academy’s playground burned to the ground in possible arson
The fire department had discovered the school’s playground ablaze in the middle of the night. They put out the fire, but not before the playground had been completely destroyed. The Academy posted …
Brooks: New York Times editor ejects Minneapolis and Ilhan Omar from the Midwest
Some of them seem to have a very specific idea of what a Midwesterner is supposed to look like. They’ll want to talk to the farmers, but probably not Hmong farmers in Dakota County. They’ll look for …
Commentary: New York Times editor ejects Minneapolis and Ilhan Omar from the Midwest
We’ll have to check with the New York Times on St. Paul. They’ll want to talk to the farmers, but probably not Hmong farmers in Dakota County. They’ll look for factory workers, but maybe not …
Minneapolis school playground set on fire, officials investigating
According to Hmong International School Principal Jamil Payton, Minneapolis firefighters discovered and extinguished the fire, which destroyed the school playground and damaged windows surrounding the …
Fire Destroys Playground At Hmong International Academy
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A fire destroyed the playground at Hmong International Academy early Friday morning in Minneapolis. (credit: Hmong International Academy) “New equipment is being ordered …
12 injured after truck crashes into building in Minneapolis
A Minneapolis school is cleaning up after an act of arson significantly damaged the playground early Friday morning. According to Hmong International School Principal Jamil Payton, Minneapolis …
Suspicious fire damages playground at Minneapolis’ Hmong International Academy
A suspicious fire damaged the playground at Hmong International Academy in Minneapolis early Friday. The blaze blackened playground equipment, windows and doors at the K-8 school before it was …
Playground destroyed by fire at Hmong International Academy
A fire destroyed a playground at a Minneapolis school early Friday morning. The Hmong International Academy said on social media that firefighters found and extinguished an overnight fire that …
Jennifer Brooks: Don’t let coasts tarnish star of the north
We’ll have to check with the New York Times on St. Paul. They’ll want to talk to the farmers, but probably not Hmong farmers in Dakota County. They’ll look for factory workers, but maybe not …
Minnesota nonprofit studies attitudes in Muslim community over census
The census form offers people space to specify identity under each race category, whether it’d be Hmong, Pakistani or Laotian. A diverse Muslim population could suffer from lack of participation after …
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Initiative Aims to Catalyze Creative Solutions to Health Inequities
Hmong American Farmers Association will address health disparities and food access for low-income, refugee and immigrant families through expanded access to the Veggie Rx program. The Veggie Rx …
New York Times editor ejects Minneapolis and Ilhan Omar from the Midwest
Nobody from Minneapolis, of course. We’ll have to check with the New York Times on St. Paul. They’ll want to talk to the farmers, but probably not Hmong farmers in Dakota County. They’ll look for …
Beyond ‘survival mode’: Asian-American youth embrace political activism
In Minnesota, the largest Asian-American and Pacific Islander (API) ethnicities include Hmong, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Filipino, according to Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote …
St. Paul Places Poetry at Residents’ Feet
“We invited people to submit in four non-English languages,” Sheehy says. In addition to Spanish, Hmong, and Somali (the three groups that compose the highest number of non-English speakers in the …
Awards all over; Roderick Cox returns to lead the Minnesota Orchestra
The Hmong Archives, a nonprofit, is located inside the ESFL. Along with holding collections (and making them available to the public – not to check out, but to view and study), the ESFL hosts a …
Celebrating Diversity in the Twin Cities
Beginning in 1975, many Hmong refugees from Laos were similarly placed in the Twin Cities because of the strength of local VOLAGS, WCCO noted. As the Minnesota Historical Society described, many Hmong …
Trip to Cambodia and Laos proves ‘spiritually fruitful’
While the Cambodian community in our Archdiocese is relatively small (there are about 8,000 refugees who have made their home in Minnesota), there are 10 times that number who have come from Laos, the …
Hmong farmers, HealthEast write prescription for better health: Veggie boxes
The contents of a Veggie Rx box are laid out on a table inside of the University of Minnesota Physicians Phalen Village Family Medicine Clinic in St. Paul. The Veggie Rx program provides patients with …
