Counter Stories

Panelists discuss how, in the wake of Charlottesville, white allies can help fight against hate and for racial equity.

How is the dynamic of this shooting different than others?

Counter Stories is our regular conversation here on MPR News by people of color, for people of color and everyone else. We discuss race, identity and social justice in the context of current events.

Three of the Counter Stories hosts - Hlee Lee, Don Eubanks and Luz Maria Frias - joined Tom Weber along with guest Sharon Smith-Akinsanya to discuss the Portland attack, separation ordinances and reactions to the Walker's Scaffold sculpture.

Jordan Edwards, 15, was shot in the head by an officer last weekend as he and his friends were leaving a party in suburban Dallas.

The Counter Stories hosts discussed issues facing people of color locally and nationally.

The Counter Stories hosts watched "I Am Not Your Negro" and shared their thoughts.

The Counter Stories team watched the Academy Award-nominated movie "Hidden Figures" and gave their reviews. They also considered other forgotten, but important, people of the past.

Three members of the Counter Stories team discussed what they're seeing and hearing in their communities after last week's election.

Topics for the final presidential debate avoid critical questions facing voters before Election Day.