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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

Minneapolis mayor faces voters with policing on their minds

Minneapolis mayor faces voters with policing on their minds

The Democrat faces a tough fight to keep his job in the city's first election since George Floyd's death under the knee of a white police officer in May 2020. Jacob Frey's fate is likely tied to whether voters agree with his moves to change the city's Police Department — and whether they agree with his opposition to a ballot question that would replace it with something new.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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What’s on the ballot: Rent control

What’s on the ballot: Rent control

Rent stabilization is on the ballot in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Guest host Chris Farrell talks with supporters and opponents of St. Paul’s proposed new ordinance — should residential rent increases be capped at 3 percent annually? If St. Paul becomes the first city in the country to stabilize rents this way, will other places follow suit?
by Chris Farrell, Maja Beckstrom and Mitchell Levesque

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Journalist, St. Paul native Chenue Her makes news, breaks ground in rise to anchorman

Journalist, St. Paul native Chenue Her makes news, breaks ground in rise to anchorman

Chenue Her, 30, recently became the first Hmong male news anchor in the U.S. when he joined “Good Morning Iowa'' in Des Moines. He’s hoping now to inspire a new generation into journalism, a business that struggles to keep people of color.
by Mary Ellen Ritter

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On a new podcast, Ojibwe elders tell their stories

On a new podcast, Ojibwe elders tell their stories

Erik Redix is an Ojibwe language teacher at Oshki Ogimaag, a charter school in Grand Portage. He’s also the host of a new podcast called “Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak” which translated into English means “Anishinaabe Radio.” It features Ojibwe elders telling stories about their life and culture in English and Ojibwe.
by Cathy Wurzer, Kelly Gordon and Grace Birnstengel

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A reckoning: St. Benedict nuns apologize for Native boarding school

A reckoning: St. Benedict nuns apologize for Native boarding school

Earlier this year, the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., formally apologized to the White Earth Nation for harm caused to generations of Native Americans at church-run boarding schools. It’s led to the start of a journey toward truth and reconciliation.
by Dan Gunderson

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Welcome to Nobles County: Minnesota's most rapidly diversifying county

Welcome to Nobles County: Minnesota's most rapidly diversifying county

Over the past decade, Minnesota has become less white and more diverse, according to the 2020 Census. Nobles County is the most quickly diversifying county in the state. MPR News host Angela Davis went there to speak face-to-face with residents of the county.
by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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Hate on trial in Virginia, four years after deadly extremist rally

Hate on trial in Virginia, four years after deadly extremist rally

A violent march in Charlottesville, Va., by far-right extremists in 2017 showed how well organized the far-right had become. A trial targeting those associated with the march is seen as a bellwether case.
by Odette Yousef

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Masks, equity, culture wars at forefront of Minnesota school board elections

Masks, equity, culture wars at forefront of Minnesota school board elections

Dozens of Minnesota districts are seeking to fill school board seats after a rash of resignations this year. And some are also asking voters to weigh in on funding questions. But culture war questions are at the heart of many school board campaigns.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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