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The May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody has ignited an urgent push for racial equality across Minnesota and the United States. Here is 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.
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1w ago
STEM careers are still lagging when it comes to hiring women of color ..read more
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1w ago
A school board member backed by a conservative parents rights group is pushing for the district to scrap all programs aimed at racial and gender equity. By Nina Moini and Ellen Finn ..read more
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1w ago
NPR’s A Martinez speaks with photojournalist Ivan McClellan about his new book documenting Black cowboys, “Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture ..read more
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2w ago
Black and Indigenous pregnant Minnesotans have long faced more health disparities than their white counterparts. Now, there’s a push at the Legislature to change that. By Melissa Olson and Gracie Stockton ..read more
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2w ago
Economists sent 83,000 fake job applications to a slew of major U.S. companies, and found that the typical firm favored white applicants over Black ones by around 9 percent ..read more
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2w ago
Alabama could soon have a U.S. House delegation that more closely matches its diversity after a redistricting lawsuit. For Black voters, the change has greater significance than who holds the seat ..read more
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2w ago
A bill working through the Legislature would require child welfare workers to take steps to prevent out-of-home placement of African American or disproportionately represented children ..read more
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2w ago
Rachel Hardeman is the director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity, which she founded in 2021 ..read more
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2w ago
A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by lethal injection than they did with prisoners of other races. Execution workers and race experts said they're not surprised ..read more
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As a Black woman reclaiming country music, Beyoncé stands in opposition to stereotypical associations of the genre with whiteness. The genre, though, has its roots in Black traditions and culture and her album pays homage to some of her forerunners and influences, like Linda Martell ..read more