Yia Vang is everywhere. From filming television shows and debuting food at Target Field to operating Union Hmong Kitchen's stand in Minneapolis' Graze food hall and fielding questions about his highly ...

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FRESNO, CA — When Lisa Lee Herrick was young, she remembers the time of every year when “every relative, from Minnesota to France” arrived at her doorstep. Herrick, an award-winning Hmong American ...

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Sheng Thao, the daughter of refugees, will become the most prominent Hmong American politician when she leads the California city of 440,000 residents. Sheng Thao at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland ...

The last time Mai Chue Xiong heard from her husband was more than four years ago, when he called her from jail after he was deported from the family's hideout in Bangkok. Thailand had made a ...