Race: Conversations around race and racial justice

Here are the latest on the fight against racism, voices calling for racial justice and in-depth stories on communities of color and other racial issues from MPR News.

Voices of Minnesota Calls for change across the state

Protests and pain The killing of George Floyd

Call To Mind Spotlight on black trauma and policing

Amplifying voices Share your experiences and hopes for the future

Lawmakers hear recommendations to end structural racism in Minnesota
Exactly eight months after the killing of George Floyd, a new Minnesota legislative committee is urging lawmakers to consider a number of measures designed to close gaps across race in education, housing and public health and the criminal justice system.
In St. Paul, the most diverse Minnesota Legislature ever is just getting started
Esther Agbaje, from Minneapolis, just started her first term in the state House of Representatives. Kaohly Her, from St. Paul, just became majority whip in her second term. They’re both figuring out how to wield political power — and how to share it.
Fatal police shootings of unarmed Black people reveal troubling patterns
Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people nationwide. The majority of officers were white and for at least 15 of them, the shootings were not their first or last.
6 numbers that show President Biden's greatest challenges
President Joe Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.
For some Minnesota Latinos, the future is filled with cautious hope
Latino voters were wildly misunderstood in the 2020 presidential election. Pollsters and pundits who spoke of a Latino “bloc” that would vote reflexively for Democrats came to discover it did not exist. We asked Minnesota Latinos what motivated their 2020 vote for president, and how hopeful they were feeling about the coming year. 
Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education'
President Joe Biden revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote "patriotic education" in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.