"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Vang Pao arrested in alleged plot to overthrow Laotian government
By Compiled from Associated Press reports

A June 5 Associated Press story broke news of an investigation into a California-based plot to overthrow the Laotian government that is purported to include an unnamed congressman and members of the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

 

The congressman and the CHP have been characterized as unwitting parties that Hmong conspirators hoped to use to further their plans, according to court documents and interviews with case investigators...

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Friday June 22, 2007

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A Promise in the Making
By Brett Kell

"For hours at a time on the freeway, he puffed a cigar and fiddled with the radio dial, sampling the country-western tunes and talk shows. Then he turned the radio off and his thoughts returned to a pair of kingdoms on either side of the Mekong River in the interior of Southeast Asia...

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Friday June 22, 2007

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The Choice to Succeed - A Profile of Dr. Chia Youyee Vang
By Jeff Sponcia

It's hard to imagine it if you weren't there. It's impossible to conceive an event so dangerous for a child to experience...

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Wednesday December 12, 2007

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Everything is familiar, nothing is familiar
By Brett Kell

Part two in a series on how Asian-American artists, writers, photographers, filmmakers, historians, activists and others contribute to the catalogue of Asian history.

 

The photographer Wing Young Huie is no stranger to the road less traveled...

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Monday October 08, 2007

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