MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

100 years later: What America learned in WWI
"The War That Changed Us - Songs and Stories of World War I America," is a show created by Minnesota musician and writer Dan Chouinard, featuring an all-star cast of local performers.
A story half told: Looking at the genocide in Cambodia 42 years later
MPR's Greg Barron reported from the refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodia border and produced a 1979 documentary titled, "Trampled Grass." He revisits that story in his new documentary, "Follow the Moon."
Finnegans CEO and co-founder talks turning beer into food
Jacquie Berglund, the co-founder and CEO of Finnegans beer is Chris Farrell's guest for his series, "Conversations on the Creative Economy." Part of the company's mission is to help people in need.
Experts debate: Does Walmart help or hurt America's economy?
Walmart is the country's largest private-sector employer. Does the big-box retailer push out small businesses and use cheap foreign labor? Or does it provide lots of American jobs and sell affordable goods to consumers?
In rural Wisconsin, researcher found roots of Trump's revolution
Professor Katherine Cramer heard rural voices saying, "we are not getting our fair share" of attention, resources and respect. It was fertile political ground for someone like Donald Trump.
The 'enemies among us' in World War I Minnesota
An historian explores the social context for World War I, a time when Minnesotans cast a suspicious eye on immigrants who might be disloyal. It's a story of fear, and a story of "us versus them," from a hundred years ago.