Nation Feb 18 Former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter sentenced for killing Daunte Wright Kim Potter, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. That was far less than the standard manslaughter sentence of around seven years. Potter fatally shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black…
Nation Feb 15 As Minnesota's Black population grows, African Americans and African immigrants unite Three high profile police killings of Black men in the past two years have led to ongoing conversations about racial justice in Minnesota. There’s also been noticeable solidarity between the state’s African American and African immigrant populations. Special correspondent Fred…
Nation Feb 07 How a Kansas town became one of the nation's first majority-Black farming communities The wave of migration across the U.S. in the mid-1800's included people looking to live in open spaces, with land to grow crops and the opportunity to have a better life. After the Civil War, that included freed slaves and…
Arts Jan 26 The Holocaust's quiet heroes, survivors honored in new book for children, teens People across Europe, Israel, and the world are preparing to mark international Holocaust Remembrance Day Thursday, commemorating millions of European Jews killed by Nazi Germany. The day was created in 2005 by the United Nations to sustain public awareness, which…
Nation Dec 08 As ex-officer faces trial in Daunte Wright killing, many worry systemic change unlikely Lawyers presented opening arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter. Last April, she fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro…
Agents for Change Dec 07 Historically denied 'pivotal' loans, Black farmers still struggle to get support For decades, Black farmers have been excluded from federal farm programs — a systematic pattern of discrimination that the U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledged decades ago. Yet proposals to compensate farmers for past wrongs have languished in controversy and red…
Agents for Change Dec 01 India extends door-to-door vaccine campaign as omicron variant worries officials The trajectory of omicron infections is being watched closely in India, where the official death toll from COVID-19 is approaching half a million. The true toll is likely much higher. Memories are still fresh of the devastation caused by the…
Agents for Change Oct 29 Minneapolis residents split on reducing police role, establishing public safety department Voters in Minneapolis will head to the polls next week for the first city election since a police officer killed George Floyd, in a race that could be the most expensive in the city's history. And as special correspondent Fred…
Education Oct 27 How Minnesota's lack of teachers of color hurts students, and what reform could look like Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota, which has some of the worst…
World Oct 21 Uganda's Batwa tribe, considered conservation refugees, see little government support The Batwa people are one of the oldest surviving Indigenous tribes in Africa. They live high in the mountain forests, straddling several East African countries. The Batwa are now also called conservation refugees, as governments scramble to cope with the…