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Social Issues

Experts caution against rush to judgment on meth

Two national experts are urging the public to use caution in reacting to methamphetamine. While it is highly addictive they say, getting off the drug is not hopeless.

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Unequal justice

A new book reveals the injustice of the segregated U.S. Army in Europe where African American soldiers were executed at a higher rate than whites during World War II.

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Buying and selling humans

An estimated 50 thousand women and children are sold to people in the United States each year. The worldwide problem of human trafficking still can be addressed by individual states, according to Midmorning's guest.

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Finding Home: Fifty Years of International Adoption

In the past decade, the number of foreign children adopted by Americans has nearly tripled to more than 20,000 a year. But international adoption first started exploding half a century ago. "Finding Home" explores how adoption has changed over the last 50 years.

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Warroad Ojibwe want federal recognition

A group of Ojibwe Indians who have lived in and around Warroad for centuries is not recognized by the U.S. government. Now, the Warroad Ojibwe community is beginning the long and daunting task of seeking that federal acknowledgment.

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The true story behind "North Country"

The new Charlize Theron movie "North Country" opens Friday. It tells the true story of sexual harassment in the iron mines of Northern Minnesota. The American RadioWorks documentary "No Place for a Woman" explains that the women miners broke new legal ground, and helped change the workplace forever.

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So help me

The history of good Samaritans reveals surprising problems with an act that defines the best of human nature.

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Is God a conservative?

Rabbi Harold Kushner talks about why a conservative approach to religion is gaining popularity.

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White-collar blues

Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed" explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in "Bait and Switch," the best-selling author enters another hidden realm of the American economy: the world of the white-collar unemployed. Barbara Ehrenreich joined host Kerri Miller for Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series. Midmorning showcases their conversation, which was recorded at Macalester College on September 29.

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