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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

Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in NYC is arrested

Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in NYC is arrested

The suspect wanted in a brutal attack of an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square has been arrested and charged with felony assault as a hate crime, police said early Wednesday.
by The Associated Press

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Chauvin trial: Jurors shown extended, intense officer bodycam video

Chauvin trial: Jurors shown extended, intense officer bodycam video

Viewed in succession, the videos offered a brutal, up-close look at officers struggling to push a handcuffed Floyd into the squad car, then pinning him to the pavement to subdue him as he pleads that he can’t breathe, while bystanders on the curb yell that Floyd is dying.
by Riham Feshir, Jon Collins and Brandt Williams

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Filmmakers call out PBS for a lack of diversity, over-reliance on Ken Burns

Filmmakers call out PBS for a lack of diversity, over-reliance on Ken Burns

A group of documentarians have signed a letter to PBS expressing concerns that white stars like Ken Burns get too much airtime and resources, while filmmakers of color struggle to build careers.
by Eric Deggans

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Remembering civil rights activist Anna Arnold Hedgeman of Anoka

On the last day of Women’s History Month, an opportunity to learn about a trailblazing civil rights leader from Minnesota.

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After year of trauma, Minneapolis students to return to police-free schools

After year of trauma, Minneapolis students to return to police-free schools

Some of the district’s new security specialists have law enforcement training. Experts say they could encounter elevated behavioral problems linked to trauma.
by Tom Crann

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Biden announces new steps to tackle anti-Asian violence and discrimination

Biden announces new steps to tackle anti-Asian violence and discrimination

The White House on Tuesday unveiled actions to reverse the rising violent crimes against the AAPI community. Advocates and Asian American leaders have pressed the administration to do more.
by Alana Wise

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Video shows Asian American woman assaulted on NYC street

Video shows Asian American woman assaulted on NYC street

An Asian American woman was attacked in New York City by a man who repeatedly kicked her as two people nearby who appeared to be security guards did not intervene, according to surveillance footage released by police.
by The Associated Press

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What we learned from Day 1 of testimony in the Chauvin trial

What we learned from Day 1 of testimony in the Chauvin trial

Two key questions are at play in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: What killed George Floyd and did Chauvin use excessive force? Civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the early takeaways.
by Rachel Martin

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Chauvin trial: Witnesses tell of anger, helplessness watching Floyd die

Chauvin trial: Witnesses tell of anger, helplessness watching Floyd die

In sometimes emotional testimony Tuesday, witnesses spoke of feeling powerless at the scene as they admonished and pleaded with the officer who had his knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck.
by Jon Collins, Brandt Williams, Matt Sepic and Riham Feshir

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