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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

'Like Uber Eats for therapy': South Mpls. man helps connect community to mental health care

'Like Uber Eats for therapy': South Mpls. man helps connect community to mental health care

When he saw footage of his hometown on fire the week following the police killing of George Floyd, Isak Douah jumped on a plane from Amsterdam, where he was studying fashion, to Minneapolis. All summer, he volunteered to work security at the intersection where Floyd died. Seeing the trauma there, he decided to develop a mobile app to connect people in his community to mental health care.
by Hamda Abdi, Helene Francis, Atticus Keezer-Dow and Olivia Sather

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At 38th and Chicago, Agape Movement turns ‘street energy into community energy’

At 38th and Chicago, Agape Movement turns ‘street energy into community energy’

Since the summer’s unrest, a local nonprofit has been working to “bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement” in south Minneapolis. 
by Anton Jahn-Vavrus, Pablo Giebink Valbuena and Ilyas Bouzouina

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Black women's groups find health and healing on hikes, but sometimes racism, too

Black women's groups find health and healing on hikes, but sometimes racism, too

A Black sisterhood of hikers in Colorado now has chapters across the U.S. and Canada, and includes other sports. "Being around nature, it's like grounding yourself," a founder says. "That is vital."
by Chandra Thomas Whitfield

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In 2020, protests spread across the globe with a similar message: Black lives matter

In 2020, protests spread across the globe with a similar message: Black lives matter

Journalists based in Colombia, South Africa and Indonesia talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement inspired activists abroad this year.
by Ashley Westerman , Ryan Benk and David Greene

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Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

The Justice Department says it cannot bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers for the 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, whose death became a national symbol in the Black Lives Matter movement.
by The Associated Press

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South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

Junauda Petrus is an activist, experimental performance artist and filmmaker. Petrus wrote the poem "Give The Police Department to the Grandmothers" after Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. 
by Maya Edmonds and Freya Hauer

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