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Chalk writing outside of the campus center calling for police abolition. Photo by Shosuke Noma ‘23.

Macalester admin and faculty respond to police killing of Daunte Wright

Amy Vandervelde, Opinion Editor
April 15, 2021
Students gathered supplies for protesters at the flagpole on campus. Photo courtesy of Nico Díaz de León '21

Students organize to support Brooklyn Center protests

Lindsay Weber, Managing Editor
April 15, 2021
Early Monday morning, community members gathered for quiet reflection and prayer at “Say their Names” Cemetery in Minneapolis. Monday marked the first day of arguments in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Photo by Kori Suzuki ‘21

Testimony begins in Derek Chauvin trial

Libby Sykes, Staff Writer
April 1, 2021

“Reserved by a Black Female Artist”

Kira Schukar and Kori Suzuki
July 2, 2020
In the weeks since four former Minneapolis police officers murdered George Floyd at E 38th St. and Chicago Ave., community members have transformed the intersection into a memorial. Kori Suzuki for The Mac Weekly.

A day at 38th and Chicago

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Lily Denehy, and Liam McMahon
June 25, 2020
State troops guard the fallen statue of Christopher Columbus, which was toppled by Indigenous activists on June 10th. Photo by Abe Asher '20.

Columbus comes toppling down at the Capitol

Abe Asher, Managing Editor
June 11, 2020
Rivera on her first day on Mac's campus. Photo courtesy of Macalester President Suzanne Rivera.

Amid global upheaval, Rivera’s inaugural week

Hannah Catlin, Managing Editor
June 6, 2020
As the national conversation turned to other cities, protesters marched through Minneapolis again on Saturday, June 13, 2020, demanding justice for George Floyd and other victims of police violence. Photos by Kori Suzuki '21.

Photo Story: George Floyd protests

Kori Suzuki, Media Editor
May 28, 2020
Hundreds gather to protest the death of George Floyd at the intersection where a Minneapolis police officer used a knee to hold him down by the neck on May 25th. Photos by Kori Suzuki '21.

In Minneapolis, a return to normal and a cry to change it

Abe Asher, Managing Editor
May 28, 2020

Why I’ve decided to take a knee during the national anthem

November 4, 2016
Members of the Macalester Football team kneel during the playing of the national anthem in solidarity with those facing racial discrimination. Photo by Rajnee Persaud ’19.

Mac athletes kneel as part of national anti-racist protest

October 28, 2016
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