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By Chris Peden According to the 2010 US Census, Asian Americans combined owned 1.5 million businesses – a figure that is up 40.4% from 2002. Many of these small businesses are also family businesses, and parents have often considered employing their children for a summer or part-time after school to teach them the ropes of running a business. Before you …

By Michelle Phipps-Evans The name Theary Chan Seng generates a fervor approaching reverence in the Cambodian community here and abroad. She is the Cambodian-born, American-educated lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Cambodian Center for Justice & Reconciliation. It is a major component of another organization she serves as founding president, CIVICUS: Center for Cambodian Civic Education. This nonprofit …