August 10, 2010 - As part of MPR News series “Austin at a Crossroads: 25 years after the Hormel strike,” MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles Austin, 25 years after the Hormel labor strike that tore apart the town. Baier reports on the experience of Latino immigrants in Austin.
August 11, 2010 - As part of MPR News series “Austin at a Crossroads: 25 years after the Hormel strike,” MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles Austin, 25 years after the Hormel labor strike that tore apart the town. Baier examines how small-town nostalgia plays out when big, global issues and human drama come to town.
June 7, 2011 - Can we end hunger in Minnesota? Hunger-Free Minnesota launches a three-year effort to provide 100 million more meals a year for hungry adults and children in Minnesota. How can an initiative like this work? What's needed to make it successful? Guests Rob Zeaske and Robbin Johnson discuss project.
July 6, 2011 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on "Pianos on Parade," a collaboration between the city of St. Paul and the local non-profit "Keys 4/4 Kids."
November 8, 2011 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on creation of four Native American radio stations in Callaway, Nett Lake, Cloquet and Cass Lake. Gunderson interviews tribe members behind the efforts to provide service to American Indian audiences in the northern Minnesota area.
November 8, 2011 - Native American activist Winona LaDuke speaks about the importance of Native American radio stations. LaDuke is one of the individuals behind starting station for White Earth reservation.
February 9, 2012 - MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on how some landowners in southeast Minnesota are considering the option of selling or leasing their land to big companies who want to explore the area's natural resources and alternative forms of energy.
February 27, 2012 - MPR’s Dan Kraker reports on a rift in the Grand Marais community over a long history of older men sexually pursuing teenage girls.
March 21, 2012 - MPR’s Mark Steil takes a look back at Sherburn High School Raiders’s win of the 1970 Minnesota Boys Basketball Tournament.
April 5, 2013 - MPR’s Tom Crann interviews Supreme Court Justice Alan Page about the Page Educational Foundation.