• 'I'm just getting started': Musician Jon Batiste on the next phase of his musical journey

    'I'm just getting started': Musician Jon Batiste on the next phase of his musical journey

    May 09, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... streets. He is known for impromptu love riots, joyous marches through everyday life. He joined the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests after the killing of George Floyd and celebrated that movement with his song "We Are." He calls what he does social music. Jon Batiste: This idea of music was ...

  • 'A Strange Loop' leads Tony award nominations

    'A Strange Loop' leads Tony award nominations

    May 09, 2022 05:47 PM EST

    ... also notable for a wave of plays by Black playwrights, reflecting the impact on Broadway of the global conversation about race following the killing of George Floyd in 2020. “I’m just so grateful, and also just so happy that Broadway is alive and well,” said Jennifer Simard, nominated for ...

  • Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop

    Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop

    May 06, 2022 04:33 PM EST

    ... rumor or unrest." Potter shot Daunte Wright at a time when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial was underway in the killing of George Floyd and tensions were high in the area. Wright's death sparked several nights of protests in Brooklyn Center and revived painful memories of ...

  • Minneapolis restaurateur revives disappearing Native American cuisine

    Minneapolis restaurateur revives disappearing Native American cuisine

    May 05, 2022 10:15 PM EST

    ... the Dakota language, and named after the much higher waterfalls that existed before industrialization brought dams. For Sherman and his life and work partner, Dana Thompson, the restaurant opening was timely, broadening the conversation about racial equity in a city still recovering in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.

  • Boards of U.S. companies are still disproportionately white, despite greater overall diversity

    Boards of U.S. companies are still disproportionately white, despite greater overall diversity

    May 05, 2022 09:03 PM EST

    ... California companies were substituting nominees from the first group for the second to comply with the rule, she said.Bogan said the 2020 murder of George Floyd had a bigger effect, specifically for the appointment of Black directors. All U.S. companies showed an increased probability of appointing a Black ...

  • FDA proposal to ban menthol cigarettes is met with praise and criticism

    FDA proposal to ban menthol cigarettes is met with praise and criticism

    Apr 28, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... yet, Carol, there are critics of the ban. They worry it will have unintended consequences specifically on the Black community. Family members of Eric Garner, George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, as you know, all victims of excessive police force, have signed a joint letter to the Biden administration, which says ...

  • News Wrap: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized Republicans after Jan. 6

    News Wrap: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized Republicans after Jan. 6

    Apr 27, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    ... A scathing report released today finds police in Minneapolis have shown a stark pattern of racial discrimination against Black residents. The investigation was ordered after George Floyd's murder by a white officer in 2020. Today, the Minnesota human rights commissioner said the problems go back at least a decade ...

  • Mourners gather at funeral after Patrick Lyoya shooting

    Mourners gather at funeral after Patrick Lyoya shooting

    Apr 22, 2022 04:38 PM EST

    ... and Crump have frequently joined with mourners to speak at the funerals of Black people killed by police. Sharpton's eulogies have included those for George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis sparked a national reckoning on race; Daunte Wright, who was shot during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis; Andre ...

  • More states are legalizing marijuana sales, but where does federal legislation stand?

    More states are legalizing marijuana sales, but where does federal legislation stand?

    Apr 20, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... growing sort of concept within the Democratic Party, especially progressive Democrats, that definitely came out of everything that happened in the summer of 2020 with George Floyd and this increased focus on criminal justice reform that you can't allow people to make money off cannabis without helping people who ...

  • Officer's body camera went dark during key moment of Patrick Lyoya's death

    Officer's body camera went dark during key moment of Patrick Lyoya's death

    Apr 15, 2022 09:28 PM EST

    ... professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha, called the camera’s deactivation “suspicious” and said it must be investigated. In the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, bystander video was crucial in bringing attention to and documenting what happened. In that case, Derek Chauvin's body camera fell off as ...