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These Minnesota gamers and developers of color are working to see themselves on screen

Millions of people around the world play video games, investing in a multibillion-dollar industry. A large and growing percentage of the gamer community identifies as people of color. 

Video games are a way for players to escape into another world, but for gamers of color, it still lacks representation that helps both on screen and in real life. 

Enter the world of Seraph 7 Studios, and you’ll find video game characters born from the imagination of Minneapolis-based developer Jules Porter.

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Racism not tolerated. A Robbinsdale district high school joined St. Louis Park High School Wednesday in its decision to cancel future athletic competitions with New Prague High School. Robbinsdale Cooper High School said that its girls basketball team and coaches were subjected to racist comments from students and adults while playing a game in New Prague on Feb. 15, the same day as a similar incident with a St. Louis Park boys hockey team.

Demanding Line 3 data.  A Minnesota state senator is accusing Enbridge of withholding data on drilling fluid used during construction of its Line 3 oil pipeline. DFL Sen. John Marty of Roseville exchanged letters with Enbridge officials last month over his request for details about the fluid used by contractors installing the 340-mile replacement pipeline along a new route across northern Minnesota last year.

The jury deliberates. After a month of testimony in the trial of three ex-Minneapolis police officers federally charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights, the jury began deliberations Wednesday and continues Thursday morning. It appears the jurors are white, with four men and eight women. The judge ordered that juror identities be kept secret for ten years, writing that the significant public attention to the trial justified sealing the records. This doesn't prevent jurors from speaking about the trial after it concludes.
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