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.
April 26, 1996 -
April 26, 1996 -
April 26, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson profiles poet David Mason and his long form narrative poem, "The Country I Remember."
April 26, 1996 -
April 29, 1996 - Many Americans are worried about the stability of their jobs, and with good reason. In the wake of massive corporate layoffs, the New York Times reports employees are being laid off at a high rate, and the competition for the remaining good jobs is growing. Fifteen years ago the nation's mining industry, particularly those companies on the Iron Range, suffered big staff cuts in an effort to become more efficient and more competitive with companies in other countries. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs has this report on how business decisions changed the lives of thousands of workers.
April 30, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on efforts of a restorative justice program in Bemidji. Winter talks with criminal justice officials about the approach to better connect criminals to understanding and addressing their unlawful acts beyond the sole consequence of incarceration.
April 30, 1996 - The Unabomber -- The Freemen- what do these people and their actions say about us? When people violently disagree with the policies of a nation, what is the right course of action. Is there room for violence in a disagreement with the government?
May 1, 1996 -
May 1, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe visits the Cass Lake-Bena School District in northern Minnesota and has this report on alternative education programs. Reabe interviews students and educators about ALC’s benefits to some.
May 1, 1996 - The era of genetic engineering begins this spring for Minnesota's largest cash crop. Some farmers will plant corn that contains a built-in pesticide, a gene deadly to the european corn borer. The new corn is expected to account for about 1% of the nations crop this year... buts thats expected to grow rapidly in coming years. Insects are very resilient, and researchers worry the borer will develop a resistance to the new corn...possibly in as little as five years. If that happens it would destroy years of research into one of the most effective tools ever developed to fight the pest.