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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

Teaching kids Indigenous language and culture

Teaching kids Indigenous language and culture

Some Minnesota school districts are home to Native American education programs, where Native kids can learn Indigenous languages, art forms and history. At 11 a.m. Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis will talk with two educators who lead these programs about why they’re so important to have in our public schools.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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Sixty years on, an NBA story teaches about racial injustice

Sixty years on, an NBA story teaches about racial injustice

The Minneapolis Laker’s Elgin Baylor’s high-flying style of basketball energized the early NBA, but it was his appearance courtside in a suit that changed the league. Now that story is being told in a children’s book.
by Myah Christenson

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Gun-waving St. Louis couple plead not guilty to 2 felony charges

Gun-waving St. Louis couple plead not guilty to 2 felony charges

A grand jury indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey last week on weapon and evidence charges. The case stems from a confrontation between the McCloskeys and protesters for racial justice on June 28.
by Laurel Wamsley

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GOP report slams Walz for response to George Floyd unrest

GOP report slams Walz for response to George Floyd unrest

Three weeks before Election Day, Republicans in the Minnesota Senate released a report Tuesday critical of DFL Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for their responses to civil unrest in the city earlier this year.
by Tim Pugmire

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Black churches mobilizing voters despite virus challenges

Black churches mobilizing voters despite virus challenges

This year, churches are organizing socially distant caravans with greatly reduced capacity for early voting and Election Day ballot-casting. Volunteers are phone-banking and canvasing the homes of church members to ensure mail-in and absentee ballots are requested and delivered before the deadlines.
by The Associated Press

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Training center for Native American officers ready to open

U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says a new federal law enforcement training center for Native American officers in northeastern North Dakota should be starting classes in the next month. The U.S. Indian Police Academy Advanced Training Center is located at Camp Grafton, the North Dakota National Guard facility near Devils Lake.
by The Associated Press

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