Archive for the 'Opinions' Category

Hmong in Wisconsin see retaliation in hunter’s death

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

This piece of news is rather disturbing, as RIA believes that all racial injustice has no place in this world. According to the International Herald Tribune,
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin: As with most unsolved killings, there are more questions than answers about why Cha Vang, a Hmong immigrant from Laos, was shot to death while hunting squirrels […]

Asian-Americans challenge ideas of race in U.S. universities

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Here’s an article I found in the International Herald Tribune that reveals some interesting facts about how Asian Americans are represented in America’s top colleges and universities.
Across the United States, at elite private and public universities, Asian enrollment is near an all-time high. Asian-Americans make up less than 5 percent of the population but typically […]

A Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian-Minnesotans

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Here’s an interesting article by Doug McGill entitled “A Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian-Minnesotans“.
When the Supreme Patriarch of Buddhism in Cambodia decides to open a new school or build a new temple in his country, his thoughts turn to friends and financial supporters in Minnesota.
Resource: The McGill Report

The human cost of one penny less

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

According to a Bangladeshi garments executive, “Give me one cents more a piece, one cent. I will use that money for these poor people.” Wal-Mart’s reply was, “No, give us two cents less”.
Dateline NBC investigates the human costs in the developing world behind the bargain shopping trend of the Americans and the competitive deals of […]