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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

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III at the Westminster Town Hall Forum 'Arc Toward Justice' series

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III at the Westminster Town Hall Forum 'Arc Toward Justice' series

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III is the featured speaker at the Westminster Town Hall Forum’s May series, “The Arc Toward Justice: Taking Stock One Year After George Floyd’s Death.”

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In Ahmaud Arbery's name, Georgia repeals citizen's arrest law

In Ahmaud Arbery's name, Georgia repeals citizen's arrest law

Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law repealing citizen's arrest in the state. The white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery are using citizen's arrest as part of their defense.
by Emma Hurt

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Rebroadcast — In Focus presents Locked Out: The path from incarceration to inclusion

Rebroadcast — In Focus presents Locked Out: The path from incarceration to inclusion

A rebroadcast of a conversation presented by MPR News and partner Tech Dump and hosted by Angela Davis about the challenges faced by Minnesota’s formerly incarcerated residents and what we can do as a state to support successful reentry after incarceration.
by Angela Davis and Rachel Yang

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Elk River students asked the school’s equity specialist to explain looting. Now parents want him fired

Elk River students asked the school’s equity specialist to explain looting. Now parents want him fired

The teacher whose class had the discussion described the lesson as a constructive one that helped students make sense of current events. But many parents who clicked on a partial recording later interpreted the conversation differently. In between those two accounts lies a fault line that confronts educators — especially Black educators — when they try to discuss race in the classroom.
by Becky Z. Dernbach

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In Focus: George Floyd's legacy and impact

A year and a day after George Floyd’s murder, host Angela Davis led a conversation with community leaders, memory keepers and activists working to maintain his legacy in our communities and beyond.
by Angela Davis, Rachel Yang and MPR News Staff

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Federal grand jury brings civil rights charges against ex-officers involved in Floyd's killing

Federal grand jury brings civil rights charges against ex-officers involved in Floyd's killing

A federal grand jury has indicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the three other former officers involved in the killing of George Floyd last May on charges that the officers violated Floyd's civil rights.
by Riham Feshir and Jon Collins

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Man arrested in San Francisco stabbing of 2 Asian women

Man arrested in San Francisco stabbing of 2 Asian women

The two women, age 84 and 63, were attacked while waiting at a bus stop on Tuesday, police said. It's the latest in a string of nationwide violence against Asian Americans during the pandemic.
by Emma Bowman

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Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Native victims

Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Native victims

From Washington to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates gathered Wednesday as part of a call to action to address the ongoing problem of violence against Indigenous women and children.
by The Associated Press

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