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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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In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 photo, Brendan Shaughnessy, (left), with the Nuclear Issues Study Group, protests with other activists ahead of a meeting of a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel in Albuquerque, N.M. (Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Photo)
Money

Holtec defends plans for nuclear waste storage facility

A New Jersey-based company is defending plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.

7 years ago

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he didn't understand why furloughed federal workers, or those working without pay, might struggle or need to visit food banks. Democrats called him out of touch.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross downplayed shutdown hardships. Dems raged

Ross told CNBC he is puzzled by reports of federal workers turning to food banks and other forms of relief.

7 years ago

Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., flanked by Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., (left), and Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., (right), speaks to reporters about the partial government shutdown following a Democratic strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Dems prepare own border security package shunning Trump wall

House Democrats are preparing a package that would ignore Trump's demand for a wall and instead pay for other ideas aimed at protecting the border.

7 years ago

A TSA employee visits a Baltimore food pantry for government workers affected by the federal shutdown. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump: Short-term deal to end shutdown OK if it has ‘prorated down payment’ on wall

The president said he's open to whatever results from the discussions between McConnell and Schumer, but Trump would not commit beyond a broad statement.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a healthcare roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Washington; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to reporters after officially postponing President Donald Trump's State of the Union address until the government is fully reopened, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019.  (Jacquelyn Martin and J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photos)
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Politics & Policy

Trump defers to Pelosi and delays State of the Union Address

The staring contest over the State of the Union address between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a week old, and no one is blinking yet.

7 years ago

The chairman of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service says the panel's overarching goal is to
NPR
Politics & Policy

Should public service be required of young Americans?

A federal panel says it is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program and whether it should be mandatory or optional.

7 years ago

A police car sits at the entrance to Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., Saturday, Jan 19, 2019. A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from the Catholic boys' high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial on Friday after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Community

Boys school shuts down amid fallout over Washington videos

Longer videos from wider perspectives emerged later over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

7 years ago

Police office guards the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court returns to gun rights for 1st time in 9 years

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City's prohibition.

7 years ago

Left: Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Right: Sen. Pat Toomey R-Pa. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Philly region members of Congress losing patience with shutdown

President Trump’s offer on Saturday doesn’t appear to be helping break the budget impasse that shut much of the federal government.

7 years ago

The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta is open for the first time in nearly a month, after a grant from the Delta Air Lines Foundation made up for the lack of federal funds from the partial government shutdown.
(Jeff Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Martin Luther King Jr. National Park reopens for holiday, thanks to a private grant

The deal allows the park to avoid the awkward possibility that it would be closed on the federal holiday honoring King.

7 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at Vote For Justice: An Evening of Empowerment with activists and artists at the Newseum in May 2018. (Paul Morigi/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Sen. Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential candidacy

The 54-year-old Harris has been seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party even before she won a Senate seat in 2016.

7 years ago

A student wearing a
NPR
Community

Video of Kentucky students mocking Native American man draws outcry

A crowd of students surrounds the Native American man, laughing and filming on cell phones.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House Saturday.
(Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Democrats reject Trump border wall proposal, calling it a ‘non-starter’

Trump offered to back temporary protections for some immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, many of whom are now adults.

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pelosi dismisses Trump proposal, Senate to take up plan

Minutes before Trump was to unveil his plan at the White House, the California Democrat said early reports about the proposal indicated it was insufficient.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speak to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump expected to float 'Dreamers' for border money proposal

Trump is expected to announce that in exchange for funding the border wall he is open to trading protections for young people brought to the country illegally as children.

7 years ago

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