May 19, 1992 - A panel forum discussion, titled "Are Middle-Class Values Cultural Impositions or the Only Real Way Out of Poverty?", sponsored by the Center of the American Experiment. Panelists Imam Matthew Ramadan, the executive director of the Northside Residents Redevelopment Council; Steven Belton, a lawyer with Leonard, Street and Dienard; Luanne Nyberg, the director of the Children's Defense Fund in Minnesota; Laura Waterman Wittstock, president of MIGIZI Communications; and Mitchell Pearlstein of the Center of the American Experiment, provide commentary on poverty and social economic issues. Forum was moderated by John Brandl, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.
January 2, 1987 - Midday presents the Public Policy Unit documentary "Dropouts: Falling off the Bottom Rung." MPR’s Stephen Smith, Bill Catlin, and Dan Olson create a collaborative report on Minnesota high school dropouts.