Black Lives Matter

Today is the first day back to school for students in Sioux City. For the first time in years, there will be a completely new boundary map that determines which school students go to. Also, teachers and administrators have to comply with a new state law. The law limiting some lessons on race may pose a new challenge to a district trying to diversify its schools.

An Iowa panel voted Monday to settle a lawsuit and pay five protesters who supported the Black Lives Matter movement and alleged constitutional rights violations when they were banned from the state Capitol grounds.

Plenty of Juneteenth celebrations are planned across Iowa this month. An historic neighborhood in Des Moines will be celebrating a bit differently this year.

In this author Q & A, Iowa City poet Caleb Rainey talks about his decision to become "The Negro Artist" - a spoken word performer.

A preview of "Juneteenth: The Movement," a special holiday concert produced by IPR, xBk and Iowa PBS.

A year after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter still has a prominent presence in the national conversation. And one other racial group was inspired to do the same thing.

Host Charity Nebbe speaks with Black Iowans about their reflections one year after the murder of George Floyd.

Demonstrators gathered in downtown Des Moines yesterday to remember George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis one year ago.

Saturday is the last day for artists of color across Iowa to apply for a performance space at a Juneteenth festival.

Tran had been charged last summer with unauthorized dissemination of intelligence data. A judge dismissed the charge Thursday.