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Inside a Korean rice cake shop during the holiday season At first, Lee didn’t plan to keep making tteok after she immigrated to the U.S. “But we got here, there was nothing else to do...

Inside Duluth Korean rice cake shop Nak Won during the busy holiday season:

At Brothers Chimichurry food truck, halal Latin dishes are a family affair – 285 South Two brothers-in-law opened the business earlier this year to make Latin American food—grilled meats, empanadas, tostones, and more—accessible to a bigger share of the metro’s Muslim community.

In 2024, brothers-in-law Angel Enriquez & Koushik Alam opened the halal Brothers Chimichurry food truck to make Latin American food more accessible to metro Atlanta’s Muslim community.

Immigrant rights groups in Atlanta try to find support Here’s how some Atlanta-area immigrant rights groups are getting their communities organized for a second Trump Administration.

On the campaign trail, Trump promised mass deportations that could affect undocumented immigrants & refugees. How many promises will come to pass is now a major concern among immigrant advocacy orgs.

A lifelong love of ice cream, stretching from Palestine to Duluth – 285 South Loqman Salem’s new Gwinnett County cafe, Wowbooza, specializes in the chewy, elastic ice cream popular in the Middle East—but rarely found in the U.S.

Duluth-based Wowbooza's Loqman Salem spent several years as a child with family near Ramallah. In the summers, he was an ice cream salesman. Now, he's bringing his love of Palestinian delights to Metro Atlanta.

Pan de jamón: A sweet-savory Venezuelan Christmas bread With her new business Lucy’s Bakery, Luisania Brito re-creates the flavors of home—including the holiday favorite pan de jamón

For more than a century, pan de jamón has been eaten during the Christmas season in Luisania “Lucy” Brito's native Venezuela. Now, she’s bringing flavors of home to Metro Atlanta with Lucy's Bakery.

Afghan families get their money back after theft of food stamps Mirza Mohammed’s family was one of more than two dozen Afghan families in Metro Atlanta whose food stamp benefits appeared to be stolen.

Weeks after 285 South contacted GA Dept of Human Services for comment regarding mysteriously stolen food stamp funds, the Afghan American Alliance says some families were finally reimbursed.

Latinos are a fast-growing population in Georgia - 285 South The contribution of Georgia’s Latino communities to the state GDP is comparable to the entire economic output of some American states.

The contribution of Georgia’s Latino communities to the state GDP is comparable to the entire economic output of some US states. But while the power of this bloc is growing, many of its members still struggle to get by. New from @285southatl.bsky.social: 285south.com/latinos-are-...

Note from the Founder: We're in a New Era. – 285 South And as the only English language media publication dedicated to immigrants in Atlanta, we're asking for your support.

As the only English-language publication dedicated to Atlanta's immigrant & refugee communities, we’ve been thinking about what the incoming presidential administration might mean for us, our neighbors, and our work. A letter from our founder: 285south.com/note-from-th...