November 8, 2005 - Joseph Daly, teacher at Hamline University Law School, comments on Chai Vang sentencing.
November 9, 2005 - MPR's Stephanie Hemphill reports that a Wisconsin judge sentenced Chai Vang to six consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting deaths of six hunters last fall.
November 23, 2005 - MPR’s Toni Randolph looks at Newgate Education and Training Center, a Minneapolis technical school that teaches people how to fix cars. The program pays for itself by selling the cars the students repair. For some students, the Newgate Center is a free education…for others, it's a route out of poverty.
November 25, 2005 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews State Sentator Mee Moua about the Hmong New Year. Moua provides details on the holiday and of her own personal experiences.
November 28, 2005 - Thousands of Hmong residents in Minnesota are celebrating the Hmong New Year, and many are traveling to Laos and Thailand to celebrate with their families there. Some Hmong residents are asking their doctors if they should worry about the bird flu epidemic. So far, there's no vaccine for bird flu, but health care officials say there are ways for travelers to keep themselves safe from the virus.
December 2, 2005 - MPR’s Toni Randolph reports on human rights advocates in Minnesota getting involved in the fight to stop graves from being dug up near a Buddhist temple in Thailand.
January 3, 2006 - MPR’s Marisa Helms reports on Chris Coleman being sworn in as the 45th mayor of St. Paul. In his first speech as mayor, Coleman emphasized the city's growing diversity and the need for citizen involvement and cooperation.
February 27, 2006 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports on Teacher Quality Enrichment, a scholarship program that is helping diversify the ranks of the district's ESL teachers. St. Paul's public school district is trying to boost the number of immigrants teaching English as a second language.
March 3, 2006 - MPR’s Toni Randolph report that about 400 members of the Hmong community turned out for a town hall meeting in St. Paul to get an update on what's happened since hundreds of Hmong graves were desecrated in Thailand last fall. Many people attending the meeting also sent letters to the United Nations to protest the unearthing and dismemberment of their deceased loved ones.
March 9, 2006 - All Things Considered’s Tom Crann interviews Lee Pao Xiong, director of Concordia's Center for Hmong Studies, about the first ever International Conference on Hmong Studies. Academics from around the world are coming to Concordia University to talk about a culture undergoing dramatic transition.