Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Is civic literacy essential to vote?
  Midmorning asks what a well-informed citizen should know about America while preparing to vote, and whether, as some have suggested, such civics knowledge should serve as a prerequisite to casting a ballot.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Richard Brake: Director of University Stewardship at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  Mark Osterloh, MD: Physician and political reformer. In 2006, he led a ballot initiative that would automatically make each person who casts a vote eligible to win $1 million in unclaimed state lottery money.
  More from MPR
  Revamped citizenship test focuses more on concepts (10/01/2008)
  A sample of the revised citizenship test (09/29/2008)
  Resources
  Take a civics quiz
  U.S. Immigration's new civics test for citizenship
• Fact check of the latest campaign ads
  The presidential candidates have released one last flurry of ads to sway voters before election day. Midmorning looks at what's true, what's false, and what messages have worked.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Bill Adair: Washington Bureau Chief for the St. Petersburg Times, and editor of PolitiFact.
  Michael Fauntroy: Professor of public policy at George Mason University.
  Resources
  Politifact
  Michael Fauntroy's Web site
  2008 Presidential Campaign Ads
• An election eve portrait of last minute campaigning
  A historic race draws to a close and campaigning in a number of close races is heated. Kerri Miller talks with MPR reporters covering the U.S Senate race in Minnesota. Also what journalists in battleground states are seeing in the last hours of the long election season.4:06 a.m.

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Of Note

• Talking Volumes
  The new season of Talking Volumes welcomes Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
• Reporter forum
  Join Kerri Miller and intelligence reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal for a discussion about national security.
• What Kerri's Reading
  Check out what Kerri's reading, see her upcoming conversations or listen to past episodes.
• Recommended Reading
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• Midmorning's Leadership Series
  Conversations with leaders of organizations, nonprofit and for-profit companies, who reflect on how they work and what they've learned.

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