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

Biden is reviving an effort to change how the census asks about race and ethnicity
The Trump administration had stalled on reviewing the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would produce more accurate data about Latinos and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.
South Dakota tribe claims remains of nine children who died at residential school
The remains of nine Native American children who died more than a century ago while attending a government-run school in Pennsylvania meant to assimilate them into white culture have been returned to their South Dakota tribe for burial on its reservation.
After a tough year, Minnesota's Black women entrepreneurs look for ways to expand opportunity
For Black women entrepreneurs, the path to success can be filled with more obstacles than for people of other races. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic and early data emerging shows the problem has worsened.
What do Alabama and California have in common? Top-notch U.S. history standards
State history standards can give educators a roadmap through the uncomfortable facts of U.S. history. In the current debate over critical race theory, they can also offer political cover.
Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish
Some government agencies are changing the “Asian carp” label to "invasive carp" in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes that surged during the pandemic. At the same time, Illinois officials and partner groups are planning to give the four species yet another name in a marketing campaign to get more people to eat them.
BIPOC, Latinx, POC: How we do — and don’t — identify and why
Host Angela Davis talked with MPR reporter Vicki Adame, two professors and a DEI expert about how terms like “Latinx,” “BIPOC” and “people of color” evolved, what they mean and who does — and doesn’t — use them.