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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

Talking farming with Minnesota farmers of color

Talking farming with Minnesota farmers of color

Host Angela Davis spoke with a Somali American farmer, a Hmong farmer and one of the state's assistant agriculture commissioners about the experiences of farmers of color and the barriers they face.
by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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Antisemitism spikes, and many Jews wonder: 'Where are our allies?'

Antisemitism spikes, and many Jews wonder: 'Where are our allies?'

After turning out for racial justice and other movements in the U.S., they are frustrated by the response to attacks and hatred directed at Jews following the latest Mideast violence.
by Melissa Block and Jerome Socolovsky

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Monuments and teams have changed names as America reckons with racism. Birds are next

Monuments and teams have changed names as America reckons with racism. Birds are next

As America tries to come to terms with its complicated racial past, efforts are underway to remove all eponymous bird names and to "decolonize the birding experience" to include more Black people.
by Jeff St. Clair

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Confederate names on schools are flash points. Here's one community's story

Confederate names on schools are flash points. Here's one community's story

In the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, passionate debates ignited across America about what to do with the remnants of the Civil War. It divided one in Jacksonville, Fla.
by Scott Saloway and Milton Guevara

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After a grueling year in the ICU and at George Floyd Square, an unexpected friendship

After a grueling year in the ICU and at George Floyd Square, an unexpected friendship

More than a year after two epidemics — of COVID-19 and racial injustice — collided in Jeanette Rupert’s world, the nurse and social justice activist says she’s learned no one person can go it alone. It’s a lesson that was underscored for her by a letter from a stranger. 
by Catharine Richert

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