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Several people are shown wearing protective face masks and standing behind a red string with several folded paper airplanes attached.
Top of The World
EU imposes sanctions on Belarus over Protasevich arrest
Police at night lining the street with police cars in the background with their lights on
Police
Report: Police treatment of African Americans in the US amounts to crimes against humanity
A man holds a sign at George Floyd Square, April 21, 2021, in Minneapolis, a day after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts for the 2020 death of Floyd.
Police
Despite Chauvin verdict, ACLU says the US still needs international accountability
George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd is shown lifting his dark-rimmed glasses up to wipes his eyes.
Top of The World
Chauvin guilty verdict results in cheers and relief
African American Mayor Mike Elliott poses in a dark gray suit
Justice
Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’
Derek Chauvin in gray suit hold microphone as he speaks, while sitting next to his lawyer
Justice
Prosecutor: Chauvin ‘had to know’ George Floyd’s life was in danger
A large black and white portrait of George Floyd is shown afixed to the wall of a Cup Foods store with flowers placed in snow piles.
Top of The World
Global focus returns to Minneapolis as jury selection begins for Chauvin trial
Demonstrators gesture and shout during a Black Lives Matter protest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, in London, Britain, June 13, 2020.
Justice
Black Lives Matter organizers in the US and UK compare and contrast the global movement
A grainy photograph showing smoke rising in the distance from a destroyed building.
Top of The World
North Korea destroyed the liaison office with the South; Beijing imposed coronavirus restrictions; France backs away from chokehold ban
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "George Floyd, justice" during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd and the arrival of US troops in Colombian territory, in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 3, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Black Lives Matter protests renew parallel debates in Brazil, Colombia
Protesters in Seoul rallied in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement on June 6,
Protest
America’s BLM protests find solidarity in South Korea
The area where the statue of Edward Colston stood is seen
Top of The World
Symbols of ‘racist past’ topple amid global BLM protests; New Zealand reports no active COVID-19 cases
Politics with Amy Walter: The Tipping Point for the End of Systemic Racism in Policing
Full Episode
People protest, one woman with a sign "for my future kids my life matters"
Top of The World
Protests raise concerns of COVID-19 spread; Researchers retract hydroxycholorquine study
A close up photograph of a woman wearing a white protective face mask with the words, "I can't breathe" written on it.
Protest
Citing COVID-19, Australian court bans George Floyd protests in Sydney
Two US soldiers are shown looking out at the Washington Monument with the US Capitol Building off in the distance.
Protest
After long silence, Mattis denounces Trump and military response to crisis
A large crowd of people are shown carrying signs that say, "Black Lives Matter," and other statements.
Protest
‘No justice, no peace’: Thousands in London protest the death of Floyd
Men in police uniform kneel on an urban street.
Conflict & Justice
No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief
A close of a woman with a face mask reading "I can't breathe Black Lives Matter"
Health
Systems of oppression in health care long made ‘invisible,’ Harvard prof says
Terrence Floyd visits the site near where his brother George was taken in Minneapolis police custody and later died, in Minneapolis, June 1, 2020.
Violence
Somali Americans share in the grief and pain over George Floyd’s killing 
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are shown sitting in arm chairs and leaning toward each other shaking hands.
Top of The World
Trump suggests inviting Russia to the G-7; A global spotlight on US amid ongoing protests
Women hold up a poster of US President Donald Trump reading "End white supremacy" and George Floyd reading "Rest in power. Say his name"
Protest
‘No one is above the law,’ St. Paul BLM organizer says
Politics with Amy Walter: The Future of the Democratic Party
Full Episode
Plumes of smoke rise into the sky over buildings.
Top of The World
As protests against police brutality continue, Twitter sanctions Trump tweet ‘glorifying violence’
Woman in a black suit poses in front of a tile mural.
Immigration
Students at this Minneapolis charter school prep for immigration raids
Women in blue and white shirts dance and sing.
Immigration
Almost undocumented, Liberians in US get 11th hour reprieve
Kenyan musician J.S. Ondara backstage before a recent show in Boston
Global Hit
This Kenyan musician followed his love for Dylan to a new life and career
A woman in a hijab speaks into a microphone as dawn breaks in the clouds. An American flag waves in the distance.
Politics
Immigrants have a long history of taking their issues to the people — as political candidates
Leensa Ahmed, CEO of Green Garden Bakery
Food
Teen-run bakery brings healthy food and job training to Minneapolis
Pajau Vangay
Health & Medicine
Scientist Pajau Vangay used to make ‘pretty code.’ Now, she studies guts.
Woman in crowd looking at camera
Global Politics
Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.
Arts, Culture & Media
Grow Your Own Van Gogh (Just Add Water)
"Saint Catherine in Prayer," by the 16th century painter Plautilla Nelli, was restored in 2008. Nelli was featured in 2017 as part of the Uffizi's new focus on women artists of the past.
Arts
In Florence, they’re bringing the works of women artists out of the basement
David-Jon
Justice
This is a story about the origins of Antifa
A woman holds her hand over her face and clutches the arm of a man next to her as they walk through the destroyed shopping district in Mogadishu.
Conflict
Minnesota’s Somali immigrants feel ‘holes’ left after deadly Mogadishu attack
Don Damond speaks to the media about his fiancée Justine Damond
Conflict
Foreign coverage of the shooting of Justine Damond is giving Americans new perspective
Man standing on stage looking out at crowd, photographed from behind
Development
How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid
Trump
Conflict
‘Sanctuary cities’ around the US promise to defy Trump’s threats
An aerial view of freeway, with rows of police and protesters in front of an off-ramp
Justice
Leaders of this protest against police violence gave unusual instructions: Form a circle around people of color.
A vendor displays bananas at his stall in Somalia capital Mogadishu, July 8 2013.
Culture
A banana with your Somali dish? It’s not dessert or an appetizer, as this reporter found out
Supporters of three young Somali Americans on trial for plotting to join ISIS in Syria.
Belief
Guilty verdict in Minnesota ISIS trial splinters Somali community
Two women in gorilla masks pose in front of their poster, which critiques the special months devoted to the history of marginalized groups.
Arts
They’ve spent 30 years fighting for diversity in the arts — in gorilla masks
Andrew Luger, US Attorney for Minnesota, speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis on April 20, 2015. FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard Thornton stands at left.
Justice
Six Somali Americans are caught attempting to join ISIS ‘by any means possible’
Abdirizak Bihi, who directs the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center in Minnesota, testifies at a congressional hearing on radicalization in Washington. Bihi's nephew left Minnesota to fight with al-Shabab in 2008.
Conflict
In Minnesota, ISIS may be building on the recruiting networks once used by other terror groups
Prince performs at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California April 26, 2008.
Music
How Prince changed one BBC reporter’s life forever
Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.
Economics
Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home
Prof. Virgil Wiebe reads the 123-page decision that halted President Obama's executive action on immigration on Monda.
Justice
Don’t give up on Obama’s executive action on immigration, advocate says
Kale Walch cooks a pan of "bacon," one of the meatless meats that he and his sister Aubry Walch (in the back) whip up for The Herbivorous Butcher. They're hoping to open what they say is the world's first vegan butcher shop in the spring.
Food
A sister and brother dream of making the perfect vegan Spam
Refugee in Minnesota
Education
How to walk on ice, and other essential winter-survival tips for newcomers to America
People take part in the 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York in 2013.
Justice
More and more cities are saying goodbye, Columbus
A billboard displays a verse from the Koran that urges women to wear a hijab in the northern province of Raqqa in March. ISIS has imposed sweeping restrictions like this in areas where it has gained control.
Belief
A shy 19-year-old woman disappeared in Minnesota — and resurfaced in Syria
Medical staff put on protective gear in the Kenema government hospital before taking a sample from a suspected Ebola patient in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Health
Decontee Sawyer remembers the life of her husband — the first American victim of Ebola’s latest outbreak
Environment
Midwest and Tennessee Brace for Heavy Snow
Environment
Football, meet bad weather: the weekend’s wildcard
A carved wooden statue of St. Urho greets visitors as they enter the northeast Minnesota town of Finland.
Arts, Culture & Media
Saint Patrick has a cousin in Finland’s fake Saint Urho
A carved wooden statue of St. Urho greets visitors as they enter the northeast Minnesota town of Finland.
Arts, Culture & Media
Saint Patrick has a cousin in Finland’s fake Saint Urho
Imam Hassan Mohamud, from Somalia, speaks about the recent Nairobi terrorist attacks during an English-language service in late September at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute.
Conflict & Justice
A Somali imam declares war on al-Shabab, in Somalia and at his mosque in Minnesota
Conflict & Justice
An unwelcome spotlight falls on Minnesota’s Somali community because of Nairobi attack
Takeaway Listener Talks U.S. Syria Intervention & Gulf War Memories
Conflict & Justice
One Billion Rising aims to end violence against women