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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

Washington Post critic says 'Trump has unwittingly enabled' discussions of race

Washington Post critic says 'Trump has unwittingly enabled' discussions of race

Carlos Lozada tells NPR: "It's ironic that a president with such a negative force for race relations" and women's rights has presided over a period where both groups feel more empowered to speak out.
by Steve Inskeep

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Teen who recorded Floyd death on phone to receive PEN award

Teen who recorded Floyd death on phone to receive PEN award

"With nothing more than a cell phone and sheer guts, Darnella (Frazier) changed the course of history in this country, sparking a bold movement demanding an end to systemic anti-Black racism and violence at the hands of police," PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement Tuesday.
by The Associated Press

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Basketball star Sue Bird says WNBA players' activism is 'nonnegotiable'

Basketball star Sue Bird says WNBA players' activism is 'nonnegotiable'

Even as the league weathered a busy, unpredictable season in the "wubble," the Seattle Storm superstar carried on her colleagues' commitment to social justice activism.
by Emma Bowman

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Election 2020: Latinx women's vote could affect the outcome

Election 2020: Latinx women's vote could affect the outcome

"It's the dehumanizing rhetoric President Trump uses when referring to immigrants" that drove Lourdes Vázquez to become a U.S. citizen and to vote in this election for the first time, she says.
by Marisa Peñaloza

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Researchers find doubts about COVID-19 vaccine among people of color

Researchers find doubts about COVID-19 vaccine among people of color

At a series of listening sessions, participants voiced worries that the development of a COVID-19 vaccine is being politicized and rushed. Public health experts are taking vaccine hesitancy seriously.
by Laurel Wamsley

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'I’m not alone': Minnesota students of color lead movement for equity in schools

'I’m not alone': Minnesota students of color lead movement for equity in schools

Inspired by the protests following the police killing of George Floyd, high school students and recent graduates are pushing for anti-racist changes to curriculum, school boards and school discipline. And in some schools, their strategies appear to be working this fall.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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