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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

Two friends. One stranger. And a chance encounter on a sailboat.

Two friends. One stranger. And a chance encounter on a sailboat.

People across the country know how George Floyd died, but there has been less attention on who he was before his death. Two people, Floyd’s housemate and a man who was a stranger to Floyd, joined the program to talk about their time sailing on Bde Maka Ska. Then, we'll learn how a Fortune 500 company and a vocational training center are teaming up to support racial equity in Minnesota.
by Angela Davis, Karen Zamora and Katie Moritz

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Howard University shaped Kamala Harris' path to political heights

Howard University shaped Kamala Harris' path to political heights

Sen. Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination on Wednesday. Her education at a historically Black university seen as the center of Black intellectual life helped pave the way.
by Juana Summers

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Fired MPD officers called trash tree a ‘prank’

Fired MPD officers called trash tree a ‘prank’

One of the two Minneapolis police officers who lost their jobs after decorating a 4th Precinct Christmas tree with racist items told an independent arbitrator they were playing a joke on a colleague whom they considered a “neat freak.”
by Brandt Williams

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St. Louis couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters to speak at RNC

St. Louis couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters to speak at RNC

Attorneys for Mark and Patricia McCloskey say they'll speak at next week's nominating convention for President Trump. They both face a felony charge for waving guns at protesters in June.
by Brakkton Booker

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CDC study finds Hispanics hit disproportionately hard by workplace outbreaks

CDC study finds Hispanics hit disproportionately hard by workplace outbreaks

A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73 percent of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24 percent of the workforce in those sectors.
by Rachel Treisman

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Poll: Most Mpls. voters see Floyd killing as part of racist policing pattern

Poll: Most Mpls. voters see Floyd killing as part of racist policing pattern

More than 8 in 10 Minneapolis voters say the killing of George Floyd by police was not an isolated incident, but rather a sign of larger problems in how the city’s Police Department treats Black people, according to a new MPR News/Star Tribune/KARE 11 poll.
by Brandt Williams

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Activist charged in toppling of Minnesota Columbus statue

Activist charged in toppling of Minnesota Columbus statue

A Minnesota prosecutor charged an Indigenous activist with a felony on Friday in the toppling of a Christopher Columbus statue on state Capitol grounds during a rally weeks after the death of George Floyd.
by The Associated Press and Marianne Combs

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What growing diversity in the state Legislature means for Minnesota politics

The current class of state lawmakers is the most diverse in Minnesota history, and it looks possible that November's elections will only further that trend. University of Minnesota political science professor Michael Minta joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about what this could mean for state politics.
by Cathy Wurzer

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