MPR News Presents

Bill McKibben is the founder of the climate change organization 350.org. He was the featured speaker at the Westminster Town Hall Forum.

Listen to a recording of the second and final presidential debate, held Oct. 22 with President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.

A debate from the Intelligence Squared series, “Has the Electoral College outlived its usefulness?”

In an hour-long special report, NPR explores an extraordinary electoral season that’s coincided with the global pandemic.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman speaks at the University of Minnesota about the 2020 election and America’s future.

Historic protests calling for police reform have erupted across the nation. But just what could these reforms mean? And how should we see the criminal justice system today? Staged in our “Unresolved” format, this debate brings together five experts to tackle pressing questions on the history and future of policing in the United States.

Political science professors Jennifer Lawless and Kathryn Pearson discuss women in the political arena in 2020.

Are today’s judges mere “politicians in robes?” This program reconstructs the wild history of how we got into this dilemma, which has left bitter feelings on all sides. What effect does this have on the functioning of our democracy?

Rebroadcast of the 2020 vice presidential debate with Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris.

NPR reporter Tom Gjelten speaks about America’s immigration history, as part of the Peace and Justice Series hosted by the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth.