05.15.20 - 05.21.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring MeMe Thepratta!

• Motherland News…

  • With 19 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases And No Deaths, Laos To Loosen Lockdown (NPR)

  • Lao Villagers Sickened by Chemical Run-off From Chinese Banana Farms (Radio Free Asia)

  • Environmentalists urge Laos to scrap 'destructive' Mekong dam plans (Telegraph)

05.08.20 - 05.14.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Amanda Saechao!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • 5 US Wars Rarely Found in History Books  (History)

• Motherland News…

  • Video Shows Trade Tension on the Laos-China Border (Radio Free Asia)

• Visit Laos

  • How to Take a Slow Tour Through Southeast Asia (International Living)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Food & Wine Best New Chefs 2020: Donny Sirisavath (Food & Wine)

  • Bringing taste of Laos to Anchorage: Woman opens food truck during coronavirus pandemic (KTVA)

05.01.20 - 05.07.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Cat Sengsourichanh!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Soldier in the Secret War recalls experience 45 years after resettling in U.S. (NBC News)

  • Laos Angeles Streaming List - Watch & Listen to content involving our Laos Angeles Roots members!

  • Listen to Kulap Vilaysack on this week’s episode of KQED’s “Truth Be Told”

• Motherland News…

  • Virus-free Laos lifts shutters on shops and restaurants (Nikkei Asian Review)

• Visit Laos

  • The Trip to Laos That Will Revive My Soul (Bloomberg)

04.24.20 - 04.30.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Vanida Phimphrachanh!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • ‘Reality is hitting me in the face’: Asian Americans grapple with racism due to COVID-19 (WHYY PBS)

  • Two playwrights receive Mellon grants; Minnesota Book Awards’ livestream ceremony (Minn Post)

• Motherland News…

  • Laos Remains Vulnerable Despite Mostly Avoiding COVID-19 Carnage, Officials Say (Radio Free Asia)

  • China could have choked off the Mekong and aggravated a drought, threatening the lifeline of millions in Asia (CNBC)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • 14 Comforting Thai and Lao Restaurants Open for Takeout and Delivery (Eater SF)

04.17.20 - 04.23.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Daniel Lee!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • What it’s like to spend 10 years writing a book that’s released during a pandemic (Fast Company)