MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
June 18, 1981 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on lawsuits before the District Court of Appeals. The State of Minnesota case argues that the 1978 BWCA Wilderness Act gives the federal government too much power over waterways. Numerous landowner cases argue various property and land rights issues.
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June 19, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten and MPR reporter Dick Daly discuss the impact of letter written by St. Cloud student Donna Gallus to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. The letter asked why Justice Stewart was still on the court after so many years. Connected or not, Justice Stewart retired shortly after.
June 20, 1981 - An excerpt of American poet and educator Ai Ogawa reading from her work.
June 20, 1981 - When it comes to Father’s Day, commentator Bruce Benidt thinks of the farmer.
June 20, 1981 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews author Pamela Cumings about her book Widow's Walk: A Personal Journey Through Loss, Fear, Anger and Love.
June 20, 1981 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Tom Dunn, founder an director of Playwrights’ Lab (now known as the Playwrights’ Center), about the organization’s 10-year anniversary.
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