March 4, 1991 - Midday presents “Who's in charge in the 90s?” documentary series, which focuses on bio-medical issues facing the decade. Part three of series focuses on past Nazi Germany medical atrocities, the U.S. Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and how to keep sound ethics behind modern medical experimentation in the United States by utilizing peer review and informed consent.
March 8, 1991 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews Nellie Stone Johnson, an African American civil rights activist and union organizer. A native Minnesotan, Johnson shares her memories and commentary on labor efforts, politics, and race.
March 14, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on Island View, where a small population along Rainy Lake are coming to terms with the demise of there city as a possible way to get blacktop roads. Without a resident tax base to fix those roads, city dissolution and becoming part of Koochiching County might be their best option.
March 23, 1991 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the Governor's Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans and their recommendations in a report on Minnesota gay quality of life, which determined that gays and lesbians are targets of widespread discrimination. Report includes comments from members of task force.
March 25, 1991 - Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Minnesota educator and author, speaking in the Neuwman Center at the University of Minnesota. Nelson-Pallmeyer’s address was titled, "Why U.S. Foreign Policy Opposes Liberation Theology". Nelson-Pallmeyer worked for the "Politics of Food Program" of Clergy and Laity Concerned, and for the Minnesota-based "Hunger and Justice Project" of the Lutheran Church. He has lived in Central America and is a past co-director of the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College. Nelson-Pallmeyer currently teaches at Metro State University. Nelson-Pallmeyer’s books include "Hunger for Justice: The Politics of Food and Faith", "Water: More Precious Than Oil", "The Politics of Compassion", and "War Against the Poor: Low Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith".
April 5, 1991 - Skip Humphrey (aka Hubert Humphrey III), Minnesota's attorney general, discusses various law enforcement issues, including gang violence, gun limits, and environmental law. Humphrey also answers listener questions.
April 5, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles The Ojibwe News, an independent newspaper serving Bemidji area. The paper focuses on tribal and reservation news, with some controversial stances. While read by many, the paper’s independence from Red Lake Reservation tribal government does not keep some from questioning paper’s objectivity as a Native press.
May 9, 1991 - Dr. Riffat Hassan, theologian and author, speaking at day-long seminar entitled, "The American Influence on Worship" held at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. Hassan’s address was on the topic "Muslims in America." After speech, Hasan answered audience questions. Dr. Hassan is chair of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Louisville. For the past 15 years, she has been an active participant in inter-faith dialogue. As a Muslim woman, Dr. Hassan's primary interest has been the common problems that Muslim women share with women across the world in all faiths.
May 24, 1991 - Guthrie Theater actress Sally Wingert reads the Meridel Le Sueur essay, "I Was Marching.”
June 14, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe reports on the controversy behind state land auctions of lakeshore lots in northern Minnesota and the land management issues that followed. One such auction, of a cabin along Lake Kabetogama, caused discomfort for both lease holder and new purchaser.