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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

Mpls. council member says it's time to reopen George Floyd's Square

Mpls. council member says it's time to reopen George Floyd's Square

Minneapolis City Council member Andrea Jenkins, who represents the area where George Floyd was killed, says she wants the intersection reopened to the public.
by Riham Feshir

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Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

The Justice Department says it cannot bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers for the 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, whose death became a national symbol in the Black Lives Matter movement.
by The Associated Press

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MPR News' Photos of the Year: 2020

MPR News' Photos of the Year: 2020

There was no shortage of photographs to be made this year. Our photographers worked through an unprecedented year to bring you the moments that made 2020 in Minnesota.
by Evan Frost and Christine T. Nguyen

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Columbus, Ohio, officer who shot and killed Andre Hill is fired

Columbus, Ohio, officer who shot and killed Andre Hill is fired

"This is what accountability looks like," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said Monday. "Mr. [Adam] Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill."
by Vanessa Romo

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South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

Junauda Petrus is an activist, experimental performance artist and filmmaker. Petrus wrote the poem "Give The Police Department to the Grandmothers" after Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. 
by Maya Edmonds and Freya Hauer

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In the ICU and at George Floyd Square, one nurse fights two pandemics

In the ICU and at George Floyd Square, one nurse fights two pandemics

Nurse Jeanette Rupert is hard to keep up with. When she's not treating COVID-19 patients in the ICU, she's dispensing medical care at George Floyd Square, just blocks from where she was born and raised. In the turbulence of 2020, Rupert says she's deepened her appreciation and commitment to her friends, family and community.
by Catharine Richert and Evan Frost

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Hank Adams, The 'Most Important Indian,' Dies At 77

Hank Adams, The 'Most Important Indian,' Dies At 77

Hank Adams, a lifelong Native American civil rights advocate, died Dec. 21 at the age of 77. Adams is most well-known for his work in getting the federal government to uphold tribal treaty rights.
by Jaclyn Diaz

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NFL honors Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man freed after 22 years in prison

NFL honors Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man freed after 22 years in prison

The NFL says players are wearing helmet decals this season “to honor victims of systemic racism, victims of police misconduct and social justice heroes.” Curtis Flowers says he is “blessed” by the honor.
by The Associated Press

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