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

UMD student group smashes stereotypes, builds support for Black men
Hundreds of students peacefully marched through the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth Wednesday evening, demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality. The protest was organized by a relatively new student group on campus: Black Men Serving Excellence.
Military police leaders weighed deploying 'heat ray' against DC protesters
Hours before federal police cleared peaceful protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel like it was burning.
Latinos report financial strain as pandemic erodes income and savings
An NPR poll finds 72 percent of Latino households in the United States are facing serious financial problems — double the share of whites who report this. Major health problems are mounting, too.
The majority of kids who die from COVID-19 are children of color
According to data reported to the CDC, 121 children died from COVID-19 between February and July of this year. And 78 percent of the children who died were Hispanic, Black or Native American.
City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor's mom, reform police
The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Associated Press has learned.
Journalist Maria Hinojosa tells Latinos, silenced voices: 'We need you'
The “Latino USA” host, who's spent a career covering those silenced in the media, now tells her own story in a new memoir. "We all have to work at making the immigrant story much more public," she said.
MPR's only Black classical host Garrett McQueen fired after being taken off air
McQueen said he was fired Thursday for "not following programming guidelines." McQueen said he would often switch out scheduled music by "dead white men" in favor of playing something more diverse.
Senators push for Medal of Honor for late Black medic who saved lives at Normandy
Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., a member of an African American battalion, treated scores of soldiers wounded on D-Day but was passed over for the medal. Lawmakers and relatives have tried to change that.