January 1, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Minneapolis police officer Sharon Lubinski, who has come out as a lesbian to the department. Lubinski shares both the her reasons and fears on making her sexuality public.
January 1, 1993 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on police and community relations after recent Rodney King beating and murder of Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf. Keith Ellison, rally community leader; Sharif Willis, leader of United for Peace; Dave Dobrotka, Minneapolis Police Deputy Chief; John Laux, Minneapolis Police Chief; Gary Sudduth, director of Minneapolis Urban League; and Matthew Ramadan, executive director of Northside Residents Redevelopment Council, are highlighted.
January 2, 1993 - On this Midday program, MPR’s Jim Wishner chats with University of Minnesota futurist Arthur Harkins about discuss trends for the mid-to-late 1990s...and beyond. Harkins also answers listener questions.
January 14, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen reports that Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (Corporation) has pulled MECC software program “Freedom!” video game after criticism from students and schools, finding it racially inappropriate. The program simulates the attempt by African slaves to escape from an 1830s southern plantation via the Underground Railroad.
January 15, 1993 - MPR’s Catherine Winter interviews Anthony Signorelli and Paul Macadam, editors of “Rooster Crows at Light from the Bombing: Echoes from the Gulf War,” published by Inroads Press (Minneapolis, MN). Poet Thomas R. Smith from River Falls, WI. also takes part in conversation.
January 18, 1993 - MPR’s Bill Catlin reports from the State Capital steps as celebrations take place for Martin Luther King Day celebration.
January 18, 1993 - Lucia Wilkes, co-director of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), expresses her concerns on UN and U.S. actions regarding Iraq.
January 23, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Marjorie Cowmeadow, associate dean of General College and University of Minnesota, about five recommendation actions to address discrimination of gay, lesbian, and bisexuals on campus. Cowmeadow details one of the actions, a proposal for a gay and lesbian studies program.
January 27, 1993 - Roger Moe, Minnesota state senate majority leader; and Curt Johnson, deputy chief of staff for the governor, discuss Governor Arne Carlson’s budget plan. Moe and Johnson also answer listener questions.
February 1, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with local Black journalists Robin Robinson, co-anchor at KTSP; Al McFarland, publisher of Insight News; and Suzanne Kelly, newsroom recruiter at the Star Tribune. The group discuss how Twin Cities media portray the Black community and state of work environment for Black professionals in the field.