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

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.
Black St. Olaf College students organize Marlys Boone House
Mannie Bioh and Mariam Prater are Black students who wanted to find a safe space to be themselves and take a break from the mainstream white culture in Northfield, Minnesota. So they are building that community themselves on the St. Olaf College campus.
COVID disparities persist for Black Americans. But there are lessons for the future
The Black Coalition Against COVID released a report two years into the pandemic as hospitalization rates for Black people with COVID-19 in the U.S. were the highest they've ever been.