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

'A sigh of relief': Crowdfunded cab rides aim to get Asian Americans home safe
In response to attacks against Asian Americans, there are efforts in some major U.S. cities to pool funds for taxi or app-based rides for people who feel unsafe walking or taking public transport.
Chauvin trial: Police restraint on Floyd 'tipped him over the edge,' medical examiner says
Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker stood by his finding that George Floyd’s death was a homicide, telling jurors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial the police restraint was more than Floyd could take given his underlying conditions.
How the Spokesman-Recorder is covering the Chauvin trial from the Black perspective
The Spokesman-Recorder was founded on the mission of telling stories from the Black perspective in Minnesota. Now its small team of journalists have taken on covering the Derek Chauvin trial.
Chauvin trial: Breathing expert pinpoints moment when 'the life goes out of his body’
Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist, told the court Thursday that George Floyd died from a low level of oxygen, due to “shallow breathing.” He also testified that a healthy person experiencing the same restraint Floyd did “would have died.”
Derek Chauvin trial breaks 'blue wall of silence,' but will it transform policing?
Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and activist, says it's "amazing" the Minneapolis police chief and others testified against Chauvin. But she's unsure if the trial will bring reforms.