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

Israel Dresner, rabbi who marched with Martin Luther King, dies at 92
Rabbi Israel "Sy" Dresner was one of the early Freedom Riders in the 1960s civil rights movement and was close with King. He said Jewish teachings and Jewish history compelled his activism.
St. Paul families increasingly prefer racially segregated schools
More than 20,000 St. Paul kids chose not to enroll in the city’s public schools last year. Many of those students — white, Black and Asian — are leaving for charter schools that cater to students of their own race.
All 3 white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery's murder are sentenced to life in prison
A judge announced the sentences in a Glynn County, Ga., courtroom Friday, about six weeks after a jury found the men guilty in a case widely seen as racially motivated.
Both sides seek to delay state trial for cops in Floyd death
Prosecutors and defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd are asking a judge to postpone their state trial while a federal civil rights trial goes forward.
'Hatred in the eyes': How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots
The Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection by pro-Trump supporters and right-wing group members shattered the sense of security that many had long felt at the Capitol as rioters forcefully delayed the certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.
Michelle Li, an anchor at KSDK-TV, received an outpouring of support from around the world after a viewer criticized her for “being very Asian” and told her to “keep her Korean to herself.”
American Girl's 1st Chinese American 'Girl of the Year' doll aims to fight AAPI hate
American Girl hopes Corinne Tan's story will teach kids about standing up to racism. It's also partnering with the nonprofit AAPI Youth Rising to "help amplify young voices like Corinne's."
Last living parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies at 93
The last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in the 1963 Alabama church bombing died Sunday at age 93. Maxine McNair's daughter, 11-year-old Denise McNair, was the youngest girl killed in the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church.