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

Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships
Data on how many U.S. citizen children return to a deported parent’s native country is hard to come by. Jordi Garcia Leal is one of an unknown number of young people who decide to return to the U.S.
New book puts history of racial exclusion in Minnesota in 'plain view'
For "Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota," Chad Montrie, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, researched how white Minnesotans used legal and illegal means to prevent people of color from coming to the state, to drive them out or segregate them. 
Change to state's police arbitration system yields some results
More police officers and their employers are settling discipline cases outside of arbitration, a process Minneapolis elected officials have said ties their hands when it comes to police accountability.
After George Floyd, some cities gained ground in police contract negotiations
After the murder of George Floyd, many hoped police contract negotiations would yield reform. Now several major cities, including Minneapolis, have signed new contracts. The results are mixed.
Asian American women respond to racist incidents and violence
The national organization Stop AAPI Hate recorded close to 6,300 reports of hate incidents against Asian Americans in 2021. More than half of them targeted Asian women. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two Asian American women in Minnesota about their experiences and their communities’ responses.
The far-right and environmentalism overlap is bigger than you think — and growing
The modern environmental movement and the far-right movement might appear to be on opposing sides of the political ideology spectrum. But overlap does exist and researchers say it's growing.
Pope begs forgiveness of Indigenous for Canada school abuses
Pope Francis has begged forgiveness for the “deplorable” abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s residential schools. He says he was “ashamed” and “indignant” at all they had endured.