Diaspora Community in Massachusetts Is Split by Politics Back Home

For the 29 years that Pheng Ang has called Lowell home, he hasn't seen the local Cambodian-American community, the second largest in the U.S., as politically fragmented as it is today. With the U.S. presidential election just weeks away, however, the rift has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans. It's the roiling feud between political camps nearly 13,000 kilometers away that's taking a toll on locals. “Before, there were some factions,” Pheng, a 71-year-old father...

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