Lawmakers heard impassioned pleas from actor Danny Glover and others for Congress to address compensation for America's heritage of racism and Jim Crow laws.
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Students at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul listened in a microbiology class as Dr. Gwantwa Mwakalundwa talked them through the steps in their lab for counting bacteria in a sample.
The president reprised several themes – and targets – as he began his reelection push. Hear the "Playing Politics" analysis from WCCO Radio's Chad Hartman and the Star Tribune Editorial Board's John Rash and D.J. Tice.
01:10Sen. Cory Booker , D-N.J., a presidential contender, testified that U.S has "yet to truly acknowledge and grapple with the racism and white supremacy that tainted this country's founding and continues to cause persistent and deep racial disparities and inequality."
