The recession is testing the resilience of ethnic businesses. From Mexican bakeries to Vietnamese nail salons to Chinese dry cleaners, everyone has to figure out how to ride out bleak times. Traducción al español

To understand the effects of the current economic crisis, you have to talk to Ky Phong Tran's neighbors in North Long Beach, California, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in an already diverse city.

Consumer dining and food consumption habits are changing as a result of the economic crisis. In Asian immigrant communities, some are returning to their traditional diet and preparing more meals at home in an attempt to save money.

Michelle Obama may have the money and the social need to keep up with routine hairstyling, but the women who, despite their lack of means, still desire the look are continuously willing to spend the money.

A recent college graduate reflects on the pain and privilege of moving back home.

For those who live near a coast, evidence of pollution on our beaches can be particularly disheartening. But we can take simple steps to help make sure we don’t add to ocean pollution.

California's new "green chemistry" legislation will set up online databases to inform consumers of dangerous products, but won't take the products off the shelves.

AB32 -- a law that established California's governor as a leader on the environment -- states that California would be the first place in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020.

Edward T. Welburn, a product of historically Black Howard University in Washington D.C. is General Motors Vice President of Global Design.

Inside Nova Nail Spa you won’t be hit with headache inducing fumes. They stock organic products and nail polishes free of chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm.

A former managing editor who lost his job over a heated controversy in the Vietnamese community is out on his own.

The nail business has been a way in which many Vietnamese refugees have been able to make a living to feed their families after resettlement in the U.S., and has also allowed a large Vietnamese population to have a place in the service sector of the work force.

Nearly 45 percent of the nail salons in the United States employ Vietnamese technicians or are Vietnamese owned. Their success has led to her success: the number of subscribers to her publication is at an all-time high of 25,000.

Though rarely reported, domestic violence in the Vietnamese American population is as much of a public health concern as cervical cancer, diabetes, and post traumatic stress disorder and, in many ways, has a broader social impact.

A tiny Catholic seminary in Iowa is filled with young Vietnamese taking the path toward priesthood -- a trend in the U.S. as a whole, where 12 percent of all Catholic seminary students are Asian, and most of those Vietnamese.

What’s it like to be an Asian immigrant with the double stigma of being HIV-positive and undocumented? Lisa Wong Macabasco explores how in this article which ran in Hyphen Magazine in San Francisco.

The nail industry uses 10,000 chemicals in its products, 89 percent of which have not been safety tested by any independent agency, according to a recent report by the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.

More than 51,000 nail salons, mostly owned and operated by Vietnamese immigrants, vie for customers in California, according to Nails magazine. The following is the story of one young woman whose family owns a nail salon, and their struggle.

The nail salon business poses a health risk for new immigrant women, many of whom work long hours under the exposure of toxic chemicals, reports the Chinese-language Sing Tao Daily.

Editorial and opinion pieces from ethnic media across the country emphasize historical significance and a sense of ownership of the immigrant movement.