May 31, 1990 - Robert Kuttner, columnist at the New Republic; Paul Starr, author and professor of sociology at Princeton University; and Debra Stone, author and professor of Law at Brandeis University, take part in panel discussion at Minnesota Meeting. The topic was on “American Prospect.” Kutnner, Starr and Stone exchange ideas and comments with the audience. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 1, 1990 - Norval Morris, professor of law and criminology at the University of Chicago, speaking at a Phi Beta Kappa Lecture held at University of Minnesota Law School. Morris’s address was titled “The Honest Politician's Guide to Drug Control." He states that America's drug policy is in disarray, and that the war on drugs has failed. After speech, Morris answers audience questions.
June 4, 1990 - Theodore Sizer, professor of education at Brown University and chair of the Coalition of Essential Schools, speaking to an audience of educators at the University of Minnesota. Sizer’s address was on the topic of school reform.
June 4, 1990 - Joyce Epstein, of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, speaking at Parental Involvement in Public Schools Conference held at the University of Minnesota. Epstein spoke about her research on parental involvement in the schools.
June 11, 1990 - Le Ly Hayslip, author of the autobiography "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places," speaking at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. Hayslip’s address was titled "A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace." She shared a harrowing story of her life as a child and young woman in wartime Vietnam. Hayslip has founded the East Meets West Foundation, to build medical clinics and provide supplies to hospitals and orphanages.
June 18, 1990 - A speech given by one of the nation's preeminent civil rights leaders, James Farmer. He is considered one of the "Big Four" of the civil rights movement along with Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Whitney Young. This is the 1990 Putnam Lecture in Social Ethics at Hamline University in St. Paul.
June 20, 1990 - A presentation of the MPR documentary "Season of Discontent: Migrants in the Red River Valley," which highlights Hispanic migrant farm workers who work the sugar beet fields. Following documentary, Stephen Cooper, Minnesota Human Rights Commissioner, discusses the issues migrant workers face in the state.
June 26, 1990 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on St. Paul City Council passage of ordinance banning discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing, education, and public services. Wareham interviews advocates and opponents of the measure.
July 2, 1990 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen reports on the shortage of rural foster homes and a community alternative in Worthington…the creation of the Bridgeway Center, a group home for emergency foster kids.
July 4, 1990 - Benjamin Barber, American political theorist, speaking at a G. Theodore Mitau Lecture at Macalester College in St. Paul. Barber’s address is on the topic “How Democratic is the Constitution?”