August 30, 2002 - Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports on labor agreement between Major League Baseball and its players union, which allows the Minnesota Twins to continue one of the team's best seasons without interruption. Twins executives joined baseball teams and fans around the country in hailing the agreement.
August 30, 2002 - Thursday night the Minneapolis city council prepared to listen to feeback on plans to restructure the city's police civilian review authority. They wound up getting a taste of some of the frustrations voiced by members of the black community who feel they've been treated unfairly by police officers. Some of those who offered testimony say a mediator is needed to handle the rising tensions among some inner city residents and police officers.
September 2, 2002 - MPR’s Kate Beeman reports on Duluth tourism. Report includes various commentary.
September 10, 2002 - In the year since the terrorist attacks, thousands of copies of a book by a St. Paul author have made their way to the families of the September 11th victims. The book is called "The Next Place." It's a children's book about dealing with loss and grief.
September 15, 2002 - On this American RadioWorks special radio report, “Nature's Revenge - Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands” looks at a region of the United States that is crumbling and sinking into the sea. Scientists say it's causing one of the worst and least-publicized environmental disasters in America's history. As Daniel Zwerdling reports for NPR News and ARW, there's a moral to this story: when humans try to outwit nature, it can strike back with a vengeance.
September 17, 2002 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports on data from the U.S. Census that show the state's Asian population is economically well-off compared to other minority populations in the state. While the 90's were a prosperous time for Minnesota as a whole, the numbers show many minority groups did not prosper as much as their white neighbors.
September 19, 2002 - A three judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals convened today in St. Cloud. The judges heard arguments in one of Minnesota's longest-running attempts by a local government to shut down a strip club. The King's Inn has put up a passionate fight over the years to stay in business in Benton County. Their fight has also become an important test for a state law that allows local governments to regulate adult businesses.
September 23, 2002 - Children of immigrants often have trouble fitting into North American culture. Language is at the heart of the problem. Some children of immigrants reject their native language and culture in hopes of fitting in. Parents are concerned that different generations in the family may not be able to speak to each other. They are left with a balancing act of preserving language, while joining the the American melting pot.
September 25, 2002 - Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post profiles Jane Gray Swisshelm, a St. Cloud newspaper editor of the 1850s-1860s with strong opinions. She used her position to fight against slavery and for advancement of women's rights…but while she wrote articles advocating more freedom for some, she also pushed horribly racist views toward Native Americans, such as the complete extermination of the state's Dakota Indian population.
September 25, 2002 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports that rankings by the U.S. Census Bureau show members of some immigrant groups in Minnesota remain mired in poverty. While all minorities improved economically during the 1990s, Minnesota has one of the highest percentages of Asians in poverty when compared to other states. The ranking also confirms the widely held belief that there are more Somalis in Minnesota than anywhere else in the US.