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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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The pipe organ of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, one of the most famous in the world, was spared from the cathedral fire on April 15, but major restoration needs to be done on the instrument. (Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

After the flames, Notre Dame’s centuries-old organ may never be the same again

The main issues may be fixing the water damage to the organ's wind chest from when firefighters put out the blaze.

7 years ago

Sri Lankan firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
Community

Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

More than 200c people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital.

7 years ago

In this file image provided by Nekton on April 14, 2019, the submersible carrying Seychelles President Danny Faure is seen from a submarine belonging to Ocean Zephyr, during a descent into the Indian Ocean in the outer islands of Seychelles. The British-led Nekton scientific mission on Thursday, April 18, 2019 completed a seven-week expedition in the Indian Ocean aimed at documenting changes beneath the waves that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the coming decades. (Nekton via AP, File)
Science

Groundbreaking Indian Ocean science mission reaches an end

The oceans' role in regulating climate and the threats they face from global warming are underestimated and missions are crucial in taking stock of the ecosystems' health.

7 years ago

A makeshift memorial is seen at the scene outside the office building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., on Sunday.
Community

Group: Americas saw greatest deterioration of press freedom

The report said that never before in the United States have journalists been subjected to so many death threats or turned so often to private security companies for protection

7 years ago

A man reads a newspaper showing photos, from left of U.S. President Donald Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Seoul, South Korea, last week. North Korea test-fired a
Politics & Policy

North Korea test-fires new ‘tactical guided weapon’

The test comes as North Korea and South Korea seem deadlocked after a failed nuclear disarmament summit in Hanoi between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Trump.

7 years ago

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Rebuilding from loss in Philadelphia and Paris

The fire at Notre Dame brings our relationship with the buildings we know into sharp, emotional relief.

7 years ago

Sawsan Ali, left, and son Maaz Mohammed celebrate the fall of Sudanese leader Omar Al-Bashir. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Local Sudanese happy to see longtime dictator al-Bashir removed

These sentiments echoed through the approximately 3,000 members of the Sudanese community in greater Philadelphia this weekend.

7 years ago

A hole is seen in the dome inside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Firefighters declared success Tuesday in a more than 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers and the purported Crown of Christ. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
Community

‘It’s more than memories – it’s France’; French expats in Philly wonder if Notre Dame will be restored

French expatriates in Philly remember the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as a landmark of their youth, and they wonder if it will ever be the same after Monday’s fire.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Mary Norris, the "Comma Queen" joins Marty to discuss her new book "Greek to Me."

Air Date: April 16, 2019 10:00 am

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Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Community

Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Firefighters continue working as massive blaze in brought under control at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.

7 years ago

Ariel Ramos, 50, is tearing out coca leaves to be processed into coca paste, a substance that can be smoked or used for making cocaine powder.
NPR
Community

In Colombia’s coca heartland, photos and drawings show life between war and peace

A Venezuelan photographer travels to a Colombian coca-growing region and uses instant photography and drawings to portray a country in limbo.

7 years ago

Police bundle WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy into a police van in London after he was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019. (@DailyDOOH via AP)
Politics & Policy

Lawyer alleges Ecuador spread lies about WikiLeaks founder

The Latin American country has claimed Assange actions deteriorated before his arrest and included putting excrement on walls and leaving soiled laundry in the bathroom.

7 years ago

People watch a TV screen showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 12, 2019. Kim was elected chairman of the State Affairs Commission, and a new premier was chosen by the government's parliament, the Korean Central News Agency reports. (Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump.

7 years ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night early on Wednesday. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Analysis: Does Netanyahu’s win maintain status quo or push Israel further right?

This week's election victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues a long winning streak for Israel's right wing.

7 years ago

Top government leaders told NPR that federal agencies are years behind where they could have been if Chinese cybertheft had been openly addressed earlier. (Bill Hinton Photography/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

As China hacked, U.S. businesses turned a blind eye

Technology theft and other unfair business practices originating from China are costing the American economy more than $57 billion a year, White House officials believe.

7 years ago

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