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Abe Asher is a journalist whose work covering protest, police, and politics has appeared in The Nation, VICE News, the Portland Mercury, and other outlets. Follow him on Twitter @abe_asher.
Kang Vang, who teaches citizenship classes, describes a year of “whiplash” for the Hmong community, between the highs of Sunisa Lee’s Olympic medals and lows of anti-Asian hate crimes.
