‘As Cambodians, these words hit us hard’

The language in Angelina Jolie’s film on the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia evokes painful memories of a traumatic time for Cambodian Americans.

Party like an Arab

Some singing, dancing, good-time loving bakers are out to give Americans a different impression of Arabs than we might get from the news.

African Americans turn to DNA testing to reclaim their stolen ancestry

Enslaved people were banned from continuing their cultural practices and forced to learn English when they got to America but for their descendants DNA testing affirms ‘our story did not begin with slavery.’

Here come the child brides: Food scarcity prompts Rohingya parents to marry off their girls

Saying there isn’t enough food to go around, refugees in Bangladesh look to marry off girls as young as 12.