11.23.18 - 11.29.18

• Cleveland: Democratic underdog Tina Maharath wins Ohio Senate seat.

• The Colombus Dispatch: Tina Maharath completes unlikely victory in Ohio senate race!

• WOSU: Tina Maharath Won A Seat in Ohio’s Legislature With No Help From Democrats

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Tin Tin V! Check out his latest single on Spotify!

• #Representation

  • Crosscut: Asian American Representation After Crazy Rich Asians

  • Hollywood Reporter: Constance Wu and Asian Representation

  • South Asian Women at UC Berkeley Bridge Creativity, Culture, and Careers

  • Hollywood Reporter: Michelle Yeoh on Portraying “Formidable” Matriarch in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

  • Women Representation in Parliaments in Asia.

• Motherland News…

  • China helps Laos build seismic monitoring network.

  • The San Diego Union Tribune: Exploring Laos By Boat

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Philly’s surging Lao power finds new home in Kensington!

11.9.18 - 11.14.18

• NBC News: Congress passes law allowing national cemetery burials for ‘secret war’ veterans

• Little Laos on the Prairie: Exclusive with Tina Maharath running for Senate!

• TIME: I love America. That’s Why I Have to Tell the Truth About It

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Alina Amkhavonsay

• #Representation

  • Lao American Mariah Phommachanh dances on Nickelodeons’ Lip Sync Battles Shorties

  • Lao Americans are REPRESENTING at Philedelphia’s Asian American Film Festival

  • TIME: Best Songs of 2018 - Check out number two!

  • NextShark: The Problem With the Body Positivity Movement and Plus-Size Asian Models

• Motherland News…

  • Asia and Pacific News: Laos and Russia cooperate to clear unexploded ordnance

  • Asia and Pacific News: Lao Onion and Garlic Smuggled across the Mekong River

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Michelin Guide: Bobby Pradachith Fuses Classic Lao Flavors with Modern Influences

11.2.18 - 11.8.18

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Seraphina & Somlit to host a “FRIENDSGIVING” for the next LADS meeting! DEETS HERE!  

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Somlit Inthalangsy

• #Representation

  • New York Times: Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television?

  • Constance Wu battling “systematic bias” from CRA in Hollywood

  • HuffPost: Two Immigrants Become First Asian-Americans Elected To New York State Senate

  • AA Press: City of Minneapolis recognizes Lao Minnesotan Artist Kaysone Syonesa

• Motherland News…

  • Asia Times: Details emerge of “confusion: in Laos prior to dam collapse

  • Collapsed Lao Dam ‘was built on a sinkhole’

  • United States Sends Laos Bill for 80 Million Bombs Still Undetonated

  • Laos ‘Messi’ Soukaphone Vongchiengkham walks out on Sundramoorthy’s team

10.26.18 - 11.1.18

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Seraphina & Somlit to host a “FRIENDSGIVING” for the next LADS meeting! DEETS HERE!

  • Coby to perform at Hollywood High’s Dance Showcase this weekend!

  • Kulap Vilaysack’s documentary “Origin Story” will screen at the Austin Asian Film Festival next week!

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Chantala Kommanivanh

• MPR News: Saymoukda Vongsay’s “When Everything was Everything”

• #Representation

  • Crazy Rich Asian’s Constance Wu and Jimmy O. Yang urge Asian Americans to VOTE!

  • Teen Vogue: Lana Condor Talked About the Importance of Telling Diverse Asian American Stories

  • NBC News: Eva Chen releases new children’s book with focus on representation

• Motherland News…

  • Laos opens first botanical garden that focuses on plant conservation

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Chicago News: Pop Up Restaurant Sao Song Minds Chicago’s Gap In Lao Food

  • Lat14 chef appears on Twin Cities Live!

  • New York City’s Khe Yo wins Michelin Bib Award for 5th year in a row!

10.19.18 - 10.25.18

• From War in the Jungles in Laos to Frogtown: Minnesota Dentist

• VOX: The Lawsuit Against Harvard Could Change College Admissions

• #Representation

  • How Hollywood can learn from this Asian American LGBTQ+ Short

  • Wave of Asian Representation in film fights stigma  

  • ‘The People’s Queen’ to feature all Asian-American Cast

  • NBC News: Asian Immigrants are underrepresented on TV despite being fasted growing immigrant population.

  • HuffPost: Prabal Gurung Casts All Asian Models in Ads to Showcase Diversity

  • Asians in Hollywood: Representation in 2018 and beyond

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Celebrates its FIRST birthday!

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Saengthong Douangdara

  • ZNation Podcast: ZCast Exclusive Interview w/ #LaosAngelesRoots Sydney Viengluang

  • Deanna Pak films for The Resident on Fox!

• Motherland News…

  • New Questions asked about Laos dam toll, builder’s role.

  • How Laos is Weaving a Way to a Better Future