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.
September 28, 1992 - Sharon Sayles Belton, president of the Minneapolis City Council, shares her thoughts after the shooting death of Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf. Sayles Belton also discusses community-oriented policing and United for Peace group.
September 29, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten talks with former Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza about the professional life and mindsight and how it is impacted by some aspects of the work, social environment, and local politics.
October 2, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten presents a summary report of the week since shooting death of Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf. Eichten shares various audio clips of police and activists speaking on the crime and its aftermath in the community.
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.
November 19, 1992 - On this Midday program, host Gary Eichten talks with police officers Pat McGowan and John Rouncer about what it's like to be a policeman. The two guests also take calls from listeners.
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.