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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

Difference maker Asha Mohamed: ‘I'm never uncomfortable about a conversation with race’

Difference maker Asha Mohamed: ‘I'm never uncomfortable about a conversation with race’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Calvin Zimmerman: ‘If we start now we can see big change’

Difference maker Calvin Zimmerman: ‘If we start now we can see big change’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Deepti Pillai: ‘The way change happens is conversations’

Difference maker Deepti Pillai: ‘The way change happens is conversations’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Jerome Richardson: ‘We’ve become the first responders'

Difference maker Jerome Richardson: ‘We’ve become the first responders'

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Aaliyah Murray: ‘Let’s put kids to work’

Difference maker Aaliyah Murray: ‘Let’s put kids to work’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Black entrepreneurs say Minneapolis 'Wildest Dreams Expo' was bad for business

Black entrepreneurs say Minneapolis 'Wildest Dreams Expo' was bad for business

Dozens of business owners said the expo organized by the city of Minneapolis to celebrate and uplift Black entrepreneurship actually hurt them. They said the poorly attended event cost them money they couldn’t afford to lose, and according to city records, tens of thousands of dollars in contracts flowed to businesses based outside of Minnesota.
by Jon Collins

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Researchers reveal U’s painful past with Minnesota’s Indigenous people

Researchers reveal U’s painful past with Minnesota’s Indigenous people

A massive new report details the University of Minnesota’s long history of mistreating the state’s Native people and lays out recommendations, including “perpetual reparations,” to improve relations between the U and Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations. 
by Dan Kraker and Melissa Olson

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Cities may be debating reparations, but here's why most Americans oppose the idea

Cities may be debating reparations, but here's why most Americans oppose the idea

Compensation for descendants of enslaved people is broadly controversial, and especially so among whites and Republicans. Researchers say one reason may be misperceptions about the racial wealth gap.
by Jennifer Ludden

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