May 27, 2021 - Podcasts

The pandemic challenges for immigrant entrepreneurs

Buford Highway is a 10-mile stretch near Atlanta that's home to over 1,000 immigrant-owned small businesses. A constellation of home-away-from-homes, particularly for Asian and Latino communities.

Axios Re:Cap speaks with Lily Pabian, executive director of the We Love BuHi nonprofit, to discuss how the pandemic and rise in anti-Asian hate, including the nearby spa murders, impacted Buford Highway's small business community.

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