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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, (right), and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, (center), greet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2019 for trade talks between the United States and China. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Money

Trump’s tariffs on China: What are they? How do they work?

The Trump administration asserts, and many independent analysts agree, that Beijing has deployed predatory tactics to try to give China an edge in advanced technologies.

7 years ago

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó and congresswoman Olivia Lozano join in the singing of the national anthem during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 11, 2019. Guaidó has called for nationwide marches protesting the Maduro government, demanding new elections and the release of jailed opposition lawmakers. (Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Venezuela’s Guaidó asks for relations with U.S. military

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó on Saturday said he's instructed his political envoy in Washington to immediately open relations with the U.S. military.

7 years ago

In this Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, a man guides a raft through a polluted canal littered with plastic bags and other garbage in Mumbai, India. United Nations officials say nearly all of the world's countries have agreed on a deal to better manage plastic waste, with the United States a notable exception. A
Politics & Policy

UN: Plastic waste pact approved with U.S. among few holdouts

Almost every country in the world has agreed on legally binding framework for reducing plastic waste, with the U.S. a notable exception, United Nations officials said Friday.

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (Jared Wickerham/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Saying consumers will suffer, Toomey objects to Trump tariffs on Chinese goods

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey proposes legislation that would force any president to come before Congress before unilaterally imposing tariffs.

7 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Philly breakdancers ready to battle as Red Bull world competition comes to town

Red Bull BC One is an international contest in search of the greatest breakers in the world. On the line are bragging rights — and potential sponsorships.

7 years ago

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The bacterium that causes the plague travels around on fleas. This flea illustration is from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in London in 1665. (Getty Images)
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Health

Bubonic plague strikes in Mongolia: Why is it still a threat?

The medieval plague known as the Black Death is making headlines this month.

7 years ago

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and Britain's Prince Harry leave after attending the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day in London, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Community

Ecstatic Prince Harry says Meghan has ‘healthy’ baby boy

A beaming Prince Harry said his wife Meghan gave birth to a baby boy early Monday morning.

7 years ago

People watch a TV showing a file footage of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 4, 2019. North Korea on Saturday fired several unidentified short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said. (Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

North Korea fires several short-range projectiles into sea

South Korea's military has bolstered its surveillance in case there are additional weapons launches, and South Korean and U.S. authorities are analyzing the details.

7 years ago

Pauline and Judel Schuster on their wedding day in Stalingrad in April 1945. Judel died in 1997; Pauline died in 2011.
(Courtesy of Esther and Abe Schuster)
NPR
Community

‘We were lucky’: Kids of Holocaust survivors learned their parents’ life philosophy

This Holocaust Remembrance Week, Abe and Esther Schuster reflect on their parents' joyful view of life in a recent StoryCorps conversation.

7 years ago

A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure, at DEA Headquarters in Arlington Va., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Health

China regulates fentanyl in hopes of stemming supply to U.S.

Most of the powerful synthetic opioid comes here from China. Officials hope strict new rules will curtail the flow that’s driving overdose deaths.

7 years ago

An opponent to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro high fives a rebel soldier on a highway overpass outside La Carlota air base amid tear gas fired by loyalist soldiers inside the base in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets in Caracas with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed troops early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the military to rise up and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. (Boris Vergara/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Street clashes erupt as Venezuela’s Guaido urges uprising

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers early Tuesday.

7 years ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a press conference at the closing of the Belt and Road Forum at Yanqi Lake on the outskirts of Beijing, Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Xi: China wants to expand sprawling infrastructure project

President Xi Jinping called for more countries to join China's sprawling infrastructure-building initiative.

7 years ago

Sri Lankan police and army officers display gelatin sticks, detonators, back packs and other bomb making material recovered from the hide out of militants after Friday's gun battle in Kalmunai, in eastern Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country's east, leaving behind 15 bodies, including six children. (Achala Upendra/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Indian police uncovered a plot, but Sri Lanka didn’t act

The first intelligence brief from India arrived April 4, more than two weeks before the bombings.

7 years ago

(Meek Mill Instagram/@meekmill)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Why Meek Mill can’t go see the Sixers in Toronto

The Philly rapper is still on probation — and his lawyers couldn’t get the proper signoffs for travel.

7 years ago

More than 200 attendees filled the seats at the Ulmer Planetarium at Lock Haven University Friday night to hear Nigel Farage, member of the European Parliament and leader of the Brexit Party, give a speech on the rise of populism. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy

In Lock Haven, Brexit leader Nigel Farage talks populism in America, Europe and worldwide

More than 200 attendees filled the seats at the Ulmer Planetarium at Lock Haven University Friday night to hear Nigel Farage.

7 years ago

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