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'Raising White Kids' Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jennifer Harvey, author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, about how to talk with white kids about racially-charged events.
Protests Across The U.S. Escalate Amid Calls For Police Accountability

Protests and vigils are unfolding across the country as crowds demand fairness and police accountability.
- David Schaper
Tensions Flare Near White House In Protests Sparked By George Floyd's Death

Protesters in Washington, D.C., marched to the White House to protest the death of George Floyd in police custody, where they clashed with the Secret Service.
- Danielle Kurtzleben
A National Day Of Mourning Honoring COVID-19 Victims Holds New Meaning

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reverend Jim Wallis about the National Day of Mourning and Lament put on by faith leaders across the country to commemorate those who have died from the coronavirus.
Trump Lays Blame For Clashes On 'Radical-Left Anarchists'

As overlapping crises convulse an anxious nation, Trump sought to cast blame for widespread protests gripping cities on "radical-left anarchists" like Antifa.
- Benjamin Swasey
PHOTOS: Thousands gather in Seattle to protest the police killing of George Floyd

Thousands gathered in Seattle on Saturday to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, as he repeatedly said, ‘I can’t breathe,’ in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
- Megan Farmer
In Seattle, a protest for George Floyd, and for Black America

Thunder, be damned, and the pandemic, too.
- Isolde Raftery
People Of Color In U.K. Disproportionately Affected By COVID-19

Official statistics in the United Kingdom show that people of color in there are much more likley to die from COVID-19 than the rest of the population. Health officials are trying to figure out why.
- Frank Langfitt
Minneapolis Family Hopes For Justice Despite Losing Business To George Floyd Protests

After days of protests, a family returns to their restaurant to find it burned and badly damaged. They sympathize with protesters but mourn the loss of a cherished business.
- Leila Fadel
Minneapolis NAACP President On Why A City Ablaze Is 'A Long Time Coming'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Leslie Redmond, president of the Minneapolis NAACP, about the events that have taken place there over the past week.

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