Public Affairs
YMCA CEO Chris Francis on Community Center partnership
-As planning for a new Cook County Community Center continues, one of the options being looked at is a management partnership with the Duluth YMCA.
Looking At Other Community Centers: Part 1
-As planning for a new Cook County Community Center continues, we're taking a closer look at schools around the state that have attached community centers, to find out how that’s working and what
Relatives of Titanic sinking victim recount memorial cruise 100 years later
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Ann Possis spoke Apr. 27 with Jane and Frank Allen of Devon, England, about their recent experience on the Titanic memorial cruise. The ship retraced the 1912 route of the Titanic, arriving at the sinking site exactly 100 years later, where a special service was held. Jane's great-uncle Thomas Pears, who was on his honeymoon on the Titanic, perished in the disaster.
Social ethics professor & author Gary Dorrien on Obama...has he lived up to his promises?
-Bob spoke Mar. 30 with Gary Dorrien, professor of social ethics at Union Theological Seminary, and author of "The Obama Question: A Progressive Perspective." Has Obama been a major disappointment, or has he made significant strides for the country?
Community members share thoughts on Community Center at Public Input Meeting
-The Cook County Community Center Steering Committee held a public input meeting on Tuesday night. Over 30 people attended the meeting, and WTIP’s Kelly Schoenfelder has this report.
It's not a 'post-gender' world yet...Minnesota women & girls still shortchanged
-Bob spoke Mar. 23 with Debra Fitzpatrick, director of the Center on Women and Public Policy at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, U of MN, about their recent report on the status of women and girls in Minnesota. You can find the report here. You might be surprised at how far women haven't come, even in 2012.
Who was first to come to North America? New book challenges old assumptions
-Buck spoke March 9 with Dr. Bruce Bradley, co-author of the new book, "Across Atlantic Ice," which proposes that the first people to come to North America actually crossed the Atlantic by boat nearly 20,000 years ago.
What's it like to be in the U.S. illegally? New book shares stories of real people behind the issue
-Bob spoke March 2 with Dr. Marie Friedmann Marquardt, author of "Living 'Illegal': The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration," a new look at the real people behind this complex issue.
LSProject: Giganawnedaamin Nibi ("We must take care of the water")
, -There are valuable minerals in the rock around Lake Superior—copper, nickel, and iron. And people want to get at it. There’s money to be made and demand for the material.
Gar Alperovitz discusses current crises in the U.S. political & economic systems
-Bob spoke Jan. 20 with Gar Alperovitz, author of "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy," about possible approaches and solutions to the current state of affairs in American society.