May 7, 2009 - In an industry that is focused more than ever on the bottom line, it's hard for young writers to get published. But some say there are more great writers working now than ever before. Midmorning takes a look at some of the writers starting to make a name for themselves.
April 6, 2009 - Many private colleges are admitting more students in 2009 fearing that fewer students will be able to pay tuition to attend their school. MPR’s Kerri Miller finds out what this means to students applying for either a "reach" school or a "safety" school.
March 10, 2009 - Penumbra's artistic director Lou Bellamy and actors join Midmorning to talk about Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun."
February 18, 2009 - MPR’s Kerri miller interviews Lori Montgomery, a financial reporter for the Washington Post, and Cheryl Peterson, the manager of the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity foreclosure counseling service in Minneapolis.
November 24, 2008 - MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews Arthur Levine, President of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and Vincent Tinto, Professor at Syracuse University, on the cost of high education.
November 3, 2008 - Join Kerri Miller tonight at 7pm for an election-eve special. Kerri will get the latest from MPR reporters covering the senate race, talk to journalists from battleground states, and check in with correspondents abroad to see how the rest of the world is observing the U.S. election. That's tonight at 7pm on Minnesota Public Radio.
September 26, 2008 - It's considered one of the greatest novels about politics ever written, but some would say it's not as much about politics as it is about the human condition. The Midmorning Book Club examines Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men."
August 28, 2008 - How to influence the political brain.Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/28/2008, 7:06 p.m.One author claims that political decisions are wrought from a battle between emotion and reason. Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver is the venue for the last night of the Democratic National Convention. Guest: Drew Westen: Author of "The Political Brain."
August 28, 2008 - What Obama's candidacy means to the movement.August 28, 2008. Barack Obama is preparing to accept the Democratic nomination in an evening sparked with history. Forty five years after Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speech known as "I have a dream," we ask whether the civil rights movement has achieved most of its goals. Guests: Derrick Alridge: Director and associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Georgia. By phone from Athens. Jelani Cobb....an Associate Professor of History at Spellman College and a columnist for The Root. Also: Spotlighter Interview is with NBC's Tom Brokaw.
August 27, 2008 - What it takes to unite the Democratic Party.Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/27/2008, 7:06 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. ? Delegates to the Democratic National Convention began casting their votes for the party's presidential nominee today, in a process that remains a mystery. Staunch supporters of Hillary Clinton would like to see a roll call vote that polls every state. But some expect Clinton to ask her delegates to throw their support to presumptive nominee Barack Obama by acclamation. Political reporter Matt Bai says there's another issue that Democrats have to grapple with -- how race will figure into the general election. Guest: Matt Bai: Covers national politics for the New York Times Magazine. He's the author of "The Argument: Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics."