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Crime, Law and Justice

Linguist John McWhorter says 'White Fragility' is condescending toward Black people

Linguist John McWhorter says 'White Fragility' is condescending toward Black people

Columbia University professor John McWhorter says the bestselling book “White Fragility” supposes that "Black people's feelings must be stepped around to an exquisitely sensitive degree."
by James Doubek

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Lawmakers: Deal near on police changes

Lawmakers: Deal near on police changes

With a special session of the Legislature due to end Monday, leading lawmakers said they were close to a deal on police accountability measures. Other agreements, notably on a public works construction bill, were not in sight.
by Brian Bakst and Tim Pugmire

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New report details Derek Chauvin’s career, background

Despite the notoriety, little has emerged publicly about former officer Chauvin's life and career leading up to the day of Floyd's death. A new report from the New York Times fills in some details.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Helping north Minneapolis rebuild — and putting businesses on more solid ground

Helping north Minneapolis rebuild — and putting businesses on more solid ground

North Minneapolis was hit hard in the uprising following George Floyd’s killing. The destruction spread to more than 100 businesses — many of them locally owned shops that were already flat on their backs from the economic fallout from COVID-19.
by Melissa Townsend

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A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned in July 1967

A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned in July 1967

A documentary, "A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned," is about the causes and consequences of major violence and fires that broke out in north Minneapolis in July 1967.
by MPR News Staff

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'Like adding gasoline': Oregon officials blast Trump response to Portland protests

'Like adding gasoline': Oregon officials blast Trump response to Portland protests

Oregon officials are lashing out at President Trump for sending federal agents into Portland amid the ongoing protests against police brutality and racism. Both the governor and Portland's mayor told NPR the administration's actions are nothing more than political theater.
by Matthew S. Schwartz

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