June 15, 1992 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on a mediation program focused specifically for Native Americans in Minnesota. The mediation panel consists of twelve 11 Elders trained to assist with courtroom alternative. Several local Indian organizations banded together to create the council.
August 3, 1992 - Daniel Farber, University of Minnesota law professor, talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about his concerns on the process of electing judges.
August 4, 1992 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on legal battle over judicial election process. Alan Page, former Minnesota Viking and Minnesota Assistant Attorney General, is filing lawsuit to get on ballot for Minnesota Supreme Court. The lawsuit argues against move by governor to seek term extension rather than a public election for seat.
August 7, 1992 - MPR’s Catherine Winter reports on court decision over judicial election process. The decision allows Alan Page, former Minnesota Viking and Minnesota Assistant Attorney General, to be on ballot for the Supreme Court seat that Justice Lawrence R. Yetka currently holds.
September 4, 1992 - MPR’s Catherine Winter reports on advertising of candidates for Supreme Court seat. Report includes clips of campaign ads and comments from candidates.
November 8, 1992 - Mary Frances Berry, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, giving inaugural lecture in a new series of Hamline University Lectures on "Creating Community Through Diversity". Berry’s speech was titled "Achieving the American Dream". Berry gained national attention in 1983, when she and several other commissioners on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were fired by President Reagan for criticizing the President's civil rights policies. Berry successfully sued the government and was reinstated by a Federal District Court. She is a former Assistant Secretary for Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is now a Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.
December 11, 1992 - An MPR report, titled "Fighting for Family," brings an inside look at family preservation and at one family's struggle to stay together. What is the cost of keeping a troubled family together compared to the cost of splitting up the family? There are hundreds of thousands of children in this country living in foster homes away from their parents. Foster care has been part of the formula used to "fix" troubled families since the turn of the century. But is it the best method? Is it cost effective? What is the emotional price paid by family members forced to live apart from each other? These are questions being asked by social workers, judges and elected officials who must apportion money to pay for solutions to the growing number of neglect and abuse cases being reported each year. As an alternative to foster care, some people in the child welfare system are raising the banner for what is called family preservation. Its advocates say that family preservation holds great promise for families who want to remain together and work out their problems. Program is narrated by Vertamae Grosvenor Received First Place, National Sigma Delta Chi Award: Public Service category.
January 4, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews newly elected Associate Supreme Court Justice Alan Page. They discuss the court, expectations, race, and Page’s career path.
January 4, 1993 - MPR’s Catherine Winter reports on swearing-in of Alan Page to the Minnesota Supreme Court, the only person of color in the State appellate court system.
February 8, 1993 - Mary Mauler, director of Regional Affairs at Social Security Administration, explains when one needs to pay social security taxes for wages on work done.