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Photo essay: My five years photographing George Floyd Square

Photo essay: My five years photographing George Floyd Square

MPR News visual journalist Ben Hovland lives minutes from where Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in 2020 and has spent the years since documenting the impact on his neighborhood.
by Ben Hovland

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History we don’t teach: Floyd’s murder an uneasy subject in Minnesota schools

History we don’t teach: Floyd’s murder an uneasy subject in Minnesota schools

Minnesota was the epicenter of American history after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. But five years later, you’re unlikely to find it taught in Minnesota schools. Some teachers say it’s too painful and too politically charged.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Feds arrest newest Feeding Our Future defendant at Twin Cities airport

Feds arrest newest Feeding Our Future defendant at Twin Cities airport

The investigation continues into a massive fraud scheme in Minnesota that prosecutors say cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. A judge on Tuesday ordered that the latest suspect arrested in the Feeding Our Future investigation remain jailed after allegedly trying to flee the country.
by Matt Sepic

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How to talk with kids about race

How to talk with kids about race

In 2021, MPR launched a podcast to help parents talk with kids about race. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the hosts of the Early Risers podcast to discuss how it’s going. 
by Angela Davis and Nikhil Kumaran

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St. Paul nonprofit Give Hope agrees to dissolve

St. Paul nonprofit Give Hope agrees to dissolve

The nonprofit was co-founded by chef Brian Ingram, who helps run Hope Breakfast Bar and other restaurants in the Twin Cities metro. The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office said Give Hope didn’t keep proper financial records.
by Todd Melby

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Five years after George Floyd: The healing and rebuilding that still need to happen

This weekend, as we mark five years since George Floyd’s murder, we are airing a North Star Journey Live conversation recorded in south Minneapolis earlier in the month. Angela Davis sat down with a cross section of Black community leaders to talk about Floyd’s legacy, the promises made, and the healing and restoration that still need to happen.
by Angela Davis and Kelly Gordon

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Many Minneapolis residents near Derek Chauvin‘s old precinct don't trust police. Cops say they are working on it

Many Minneapolis residents near Derek Chauvin‘s old precinct don't trust police. Cops say they are working on it

While the police department works to make court-mandated changes and replenish its ranks with new hires, neighbors anxiously await transformation. But that task is a steeper climb in the 3rd Precinct, where George Floyd was murdered, turning the neighborhood into an epicenter of unrest.
by Cari Spencer

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