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2 years after George Floyd's murder, many Black Minneapolitans do not feel any safer

Since Floyd was murdered by officer Derek Chauvin, what's changed for Black residents? NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ex-state Sen. Jeffrey Hayden, who represented the district where Floyd was killed.

May 25, 2022
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A herd of bison graze near the trail inside the bison range.

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  • Environment

Native tribes celebrate Montana land ownership and bison range restoration

The 18,000-acre bison range is located on land taken away by the U.S. government 100 years ago. Congress passed a law in 2020 giving the land back to the local native tribes.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Freddy Monares
Lt. Moore with his wife Julie and their three chiildren.

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  • News

Fort Benning’s newly proposed name honors a famed Vietnam commander and his wife

Fort Benning’s newly proposed name honors famed Vietnam commander Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julie, officials tasked with renaming Confederate military assets announced Tuesday.

May 24, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
The University School of Milwaukee says it has filed a motion in court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Craig and Kelly Robinson, the brother and sister-in-law of former first lady Michelle Obama. Here, they arrive at a state dinner at the White House in 2016.

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  • Education

A school seeks to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Michelle Obama's brother and his wife

The school argues that it exercised its contractual right to deny the Robinson children enrollment in 2021, as school officials determined it was in the "best interest of the school."

May 24, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Chris Singleton speaks to business leaders at the American Theater in Charleston about stopping hate-fueled violence. His mother was murdered in 2015 at Mother Emanuel Church. May 19, 2022

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  • Race

Buffalo slayings hit close to home for former baseball player 900 miles away

Chris Singleton's mother was one of 9 killed at a church gathering in Charleston, S.C., 7 years ago. Singleton, now a public speaker, says he will travel to Buffalo to preach love and forgiveness.

May 24, 2022
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  • Victoria Hansen
People embrace near a memorial for the shooting victims outside of Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.

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  • National

Buffalo plagued by economic neglect, segregation long before shooting, residents say

Buffalo consistently ranks as one of the most segregated cities in the nation.

May 23, 2022
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  • Alana Wise
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will speak with survivors of Native American boarding schools as part of a tour called "The Road to Healing." Her department found that between 1819 and 1969, the federal government operated or supported more than 400 schools.

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  • National

Haaland seeks healing for Native American boarding school survivors

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about her department's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report.

May 22, 2022
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  • Michel Martin,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of the Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Tops in Buffalo's East Side was a lifeline. Residents wonder if it should reopen

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. It was a long road to get there.

May 21, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Christian Cooper watches distant shorebirds at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in California. The National Geographic channel has announced that Cooper will host a series called <em>Extraordinary Birder</em>. Cooper was in the spotlight after a woman in New York City's Central Park called the police and falsely accused him of threatening her in May 2020.

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  • Television

Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show

In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

May 21, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Photos of people killed in the mass shooting at Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., are part of a memorial near the store.

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  • National

A 911 dispatcher may be fired for allegedly mishandling a Buffalo shooting call

A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.

May 20, 2022
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  • Amina Kilpatrick
People gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Monday, May 16, 2022 in Buffalo, NY.

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  • Investigations

The Buffalo shooting suspect's online footprint prompts questions about red flags

A digital log believed to be linked to the accused Buffalo gunman documents six months of planning the terrorist attack. Researchers are looking through it and asking: Were there any red flags?

May 20, 2022
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  • Odette Yousef
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Historic levels of hate crimes are a threat to U.S. democracy, Lipstadt says

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration's special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, about the racism and hatred that motivate violence in America and the world.

May 20, 2022
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  • Leila Fadel,
  • Lisa Weiner,
  • and 1 more
Delaware State University says it has filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday to investigate the women's lacrosse team bus stop and search. Here, the main gate of the Delaware State University campus in Dover in September 2007.

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  • Race

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

May 19, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Rev. Denise O. Walden-Glenn and Alia Williams each raise a fist— a symbol of solidarity and Black power— at the VOICE office in Buffalo, New York.

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  • National

After the Buffalo slayings, parents struggle through talks with their children

Some of the children want to know how someone could do something so horrible. Others are too young to fully comprehend. Parents say there are no easy answers to the questions the children ask.

May 19, 2022
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  • Alana Wise
Henry County Confederate monument

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  • Race

Georgia Supreme Court takes up right to sue over removal of Confederate monuments

Legislation the General Assembly passed in 2019 authorized “any person, group or legal entity” to challenge any acts in violation of the law, which prohibited the desecration or removal of historic monuments from public property.

May 19, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
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