December 16, 1984 - MPR’s Doug Hamilton interviews former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy about the War Powers Act. McCarthy is in the Twin Cities for a Hamline University Forum on U.S. involvement in Granada.
December 21, 1984 - Angela Davis, black activist and teacher, speaking at the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis, and by the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women. Davis’s address was titled "Women and the Fight Against Racism.” She talks about women, race, and poverty and the effects of the Reagan administration policies on female heads of households.
December 26, 1984 - Cicero Wilson, director of the neighborhood revitalization program at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, provided the keynote speech at the 1984 Itasca Seminar. The theme of the seminar was "Competition and Cooperation - Power and Sharing: Finding the Balances". Wilson spoke about the forces of competition and cooperation in revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. After his presentation, Wilson took several questions and comments from conference participants. Cicero Wilson was educated at Harvard and Columbia and was president of the "Students' Afro-American Society" at Columbia during the student protests of 1968. The Itasca Seminar is organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation. This year's seminar was also co-sponsored by 17 different corporations, foundations and other organizations in the Twin Cities.
December 31, 1984 - Nancy Amidei, director of the Food Resources Action Coalition, speaking to a Twin Cities forum sponsored by the Mayor's Task Force on Food Policy in Saint Paul. Amidei’s address was titled "The Politics of Food." Focus of speech was on the poor and hunger. Afterwards, there were follow-up responses by Cy Carpenter and Ruth Ann Wefald.
January 5, 1985 - On this Weekend program, St. Paul Mayor George Latimer and Robert Ebel, both members of Minnesota Tax Study Commission, discuss commission's recommendations to the governor and the 1985 legislature.
January 7, 1985 - Minnesota Journal host Gary Eichten presents a collection of reports and news items for Monday, January 7, 1985.
January 16, 1985 - MPR Special coverage of Don Fraser giving the State of the City address at the Lutheran Brotherhood Auditorium in downtown Minneapolis.
January 28, 1985 - On this Midday call-in program, a discussion with Jim Nichols, Minnesota's Agriculture Commissioner about the impact of farm crisis. Nichol's office has been a very busy one lately coordinating efforts of farmers and legislators to ease the farm debt crisis. Farmers have been organizing in 1985 to a greater degree than at any time since the Great Depression.
February 11, 1985 - Dave Durenberger, Minnesota U.S. senator (I-R), speaking at Minnesota Press Club. Durenberger shared his views on the deficit. Following speech, Durenberger answered audience questions.
February 15, 1985 - Vin Weber, Minnesota U.S. representative, discusses the Conservative Opportunity Society, a group of influential, generally younger House Republicans; and about major issue before the current session of Congress. Weber also answers listener questions.