It’s presentation day in a fifth grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, and some students are more shy than others. But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, ...

About four years ago, Maichou Lor was living in New York completing a postdoctoral fellowship, when family members back home in Wisconsin kept telling her that her dad’s hearing was getting worse. “He ...

'The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival' by Lisa Hamilton was translated into Hmong and turned into an audiobook for Hmong speakers who can't read the language. EMILY BRIGHT: If you ...

Art. The word is used to describe anything from a rare Rembrandt to a cork-covered car. It is casually bantered around in Western society; however, the word is not spoken in traditional Hmong culture.

SAN FRANCISCO -- If you want to try to save an entire culture, there is an app for that. Annie Vang created Hmong Phrases after she began to realize the younger generation of Hmong Americans were no ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. | Words such as “peace” and “mercy” are vital to talking about Christianity. They’re just two of many English words that are proving difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving ...

The billboard overlooking the southeast intersection of St. Paul’s Lexington and University avenues advertises a longstanding staple of American cuisine — breakfast at McDonald’s — in a language many ...

Onstage, Kevin Yang's voice rises and falls as he gives his spoken-word performance about being young and Hmong. "So ask me," Yang beseeched a crowd of more than 1,000 at an event at the Minnesota ...

During last year’s festivities, Merced Mayor Stan Thurston, second from right, and Chong Vang, second from left, son of Gen. Vang Pao, acknowledge members of the Hmong community during the Hmong New ...