Play3min 05secA Twin Cities teacher feels we are teaching in circlesOctober 10, 2008 3:59 PMBy Tom CrannA Twin Cities teacher looks at his life and work, and gives it a lackluster report card. Nathan Miller has tried to reconcile these internal conflicts in his new book.
Play4min 08secMinnesota's Latino advisory council celebrates 30th anniversaryOctober 10, 2008 2:35 PMBy Elizabeth BaierThis month marks a milestone for the Chicano Latino Affairs Council, a small agency created in 1978 to be a liaison between Latinos and the state government.
Play4min 11secEconomic pain stresses people and servicesOctober 9, 2008 3:00 AMBy Dan OlsonThe number of people seeking food, shelter, medical care and other necessities is up and social service agencies are feeling the demand.
Play2min 58secDeveloper scraps plans for sober housingOctober 7, 2008 6:11 PMBy Laura YuenA nonprofit developer behind a large sober-housing proposal in St. Paul said Tuesday it's scrapping its plans because of intense opposition from neighbors. Opponents created an anonymous Web site that featured photos of drug syringes and people passed out in yards.
Play4min 26secLooking at the upside of pessimismOctober 6, 2008 5:41 PMBy Nikki TundelThe country's financial turmoil has many Americans fearing for the worst. And, according to some, the nation's newfound pessimism might not be such a bad thing.
Play4min 38secWhite Earth prepares criminal code to replace state lawOctober 6, 2008 2:25 PMBy Dan GundersonThe White Earth Nation plans to enact a tribal criminal code. The intent is to eliminate state jurisdiction over tribal members on the reservation.
Play53min 59secColor, culture and the race for the White HouseOctober 6, 2008 12:00 AMA recent Associated Press poll suggests that racial prejudice could cost Obama as much as 6 percentage points of support. Midmorning asks what role race will play in this presidential election.
Play53min 54secThe Rosenbergs, revisitedOctober 6, 2008 12:00 AMThe younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg came face to face with an uncomfortable revelation recently: that his father was guilty of spying for the Soviet Union. Both Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to pass atomic secrets to the Soviets in 1953. And for most of his life Robert Meeropol believed his parents were not spies.
Play4min 15secComo residents oppose recovery developmentOctober 2, 2008 4:42 PMBy Laura YuenIn a quiet St. Paul neighborhood, residents are taking extraordinary measures to keep a proposed sober-housing development out of the community.
Play4min 15secSome schools look for ways to allow cell phones, without distractionsOctober 2, 2008 3:00 AMBy Tom WeberSchools worry that cell phones distract from learning, but with most students owning one, how best to regulate them?