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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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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 June 16, 2017, file photo, dilapidated storefronts stand along baskets of pink petunias that hang from light posts all over town, watered regularly by residents trying to make their city feel alive again in Aberdeen, Wash. From drivers paying more for gas and families bearing heavier child care costs to workers still awaiting decent pay raises to couples struggling to afford a home, people throughout the economy are straining to succeed despite the economy’s gains. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Community

Why many Americans aren’t benefiting from robust US economy

The numbers of a vibrant economy don't reflect reality for a range of Americans who still feel far from financially secure even nine years into an economic expansion.

8 years ago

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Science

Shortage of rural veterinarians puts farmers, food supply at risk

There's been a shortage of large-animal vets in rural areas since 2003. That's because of low wages, long hours and fewer new graduates wanting to live outside a major city.

8 years ago

Jeff Colombini looks over bing cherries in one of his orchards in Friday, June 1, 2018, in Stockton, Calif. Colombini is worried about the financial impact of retaliatory tariffs on his 1,800 acre farm, which grows and exports apples, cherries and walnuts. Mexico, Canada and the EU are threatening tariffs on a variety of US products in response to the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
Politics & Policy

From distillers to farmers, trade war would cause casualties

China is poised to penalize $50 billion in U.S. goods — many of them produced by supporters of President Donald Trump in the America's agricultural heartland.

8 years ago

The March For Our Lives movement is hitting the road this summer to register young people to vote ahead of the November mid-term elections. (Miami Herald/TNS via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Parkland survivors launch tour to register young voters and get them out in November

A nationwide tour will make 50-plus stops in more than 20 states, including Iowa, Texas, South Carolina and Connecticut.

8 years ago

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as her mother, who seeks asylum, is detained at the Southern border near McAllen, Texas, in June. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump administration to open temporary tent shelter in Texas for migrant children

The number of migrant children detained by the U.S. government has grown to almost 2,000 minors.

8 years ago

Choir members sing worship songs during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. (Jeffrey McWhorter/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Even the faithful push back on mixing politics, religion

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

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Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at District Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday. A judge ordered him to jail ahead of his trial in connection with alleged witness tampering. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Judge orders Paul Manafort detained amid witness tampering allegations

Manafort is facing charges that include alleged money laundering, tax evasion, conspiracy and failure to register as a foreign agent.

8 years ago

The FBI seal is attached to a podium prior to Director Christopher A. Wray speaking at a news conference at FBI Headquarters, Thursday in Washington, D.C.
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

The huge Justice Department IG report is out. What comes next?

The Justice Department's internal watchdog agency unveiled a report Thursday that provides an inflection point in the never-ending war over the 2016 presidential campaign.

8 years ago

Helping those who are suffering know they are not alone is one step toward suicide prevention, researchers say. (Veronica Grech/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

U.S. suicide rates are rising faster among women than men

The biggest change was seen among women in late middle age.

8 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court addresses question of foreign law in U.S. courts

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for a unanimous court.

8 years ago

A new Justice Department report faulted the decisions in 2016 made by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and then-FBI Director James Comey.
(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Report condemns FBI violations in 2016 Clinton probe but finds no political bias

A DOJ watchdog criticized Comey for violating long-standing department guidelines and mishandling the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2016.

8 years ago

Assistant curator Matthew Skic looks the newly-hung Commander-in-Chief's Standard, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The faded and fragile blue silk flag marked General George Washington's presence on the battlefield during the Revolutionary War. The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing on Thursday, June 14, Flag Day, until Sunday. Its appearance at the museum is the flag's first public display in Philadelphia since the war. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Arts & Entertainment

Washington’s battlefield flag on view in Philly at Museum of American Revolution

The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing from Thursday through Sunday.

8 years ago

A Carlisle Historical Society exhibit depicts the
Community

A century after deaths, Native American kids buried at Pa. boarding school to return home

The remains of four Native American children were being disinterred Thursday so they can start the long journey home.

8 years ago

A sign announces a polling place in Spanish outside of the Harrison Community Center during New Jersey's primary election June 5. (Julio Cortez/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court strikes down state law barring ‘political’ apparel in polling places

In an extremely narrow opinion, SCOTUS Thursday struck down a law that bars voters inside a polling place from wearing political badges, buttons, and other insignia.

8 years ago

Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 19 during the March for Life. (Susan Walsh/AP)
NPR
Community

Americans’ support for abortion rights wanes as pregnancy progresses

While a majority of Americans support legalized abortion in early pregnancy, most oppose it in the later stages, according to the survey.

8 years ago

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