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Last week, the Pentagon announced that no one would be disciplined for the U.S. drone airstrike that killed ten Afghan civilians in August.New reporting suggests that decision follows a pattern. Locals in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria are killed
Nick Offerman is an actor, a woodworker, and he's also written a few books. But you may know him best as the super libertarian Ron Swanson from NBC's hit comedy, Parks and Recreation. We talk to him about his new book called Where the Deer and
By 2025 over 1.1 billion people will be postmenopausal, but if you ask the average person on the street, they'll likely say no one talks about it. We get into the nitty-gritty of what happens during menopause, why, how to deal with the symptoms
"We really tried to select stories that would go across the spectrum of American life," journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones told us.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on
It's safe to say that living through a pandemic has changed our relationships with our wardrobes.But our clothes still matter — to ourselves and to the rest of our world.This idea — we are what we wear — is the inspiration behind Emily Spivack'
"I think the best president that would serve as an example for Biden might be Abraham Lincoln, who was facing a war... and used his second inaugural address to bring healing to the country. I think that in some ways Biden will have to do the sa
Humans can hear 20 to 100 times faster than we can see. Companies have capitalized on our tendency to link emotions and decision-making to what we hear. We explored the power of a connection between a sound and a brand. This week, we're sharin
It might have seemed like a good idea to the framers of the Constitution in the 1780s, but we've been arguing about the Electoral College ever since. Who is at the forefront of the fight for a fairer system? Want to support 1A? Give to your loc
Experts have been warning us for months that the presidential election may not be decided on November 3. And we might not know the winner for a while after that. So what could happen in the interim?Want to support 1A? Give to your local public
"Women [in detention] are faced with this problem where they don't have [medical] choices and they don't have the liberty to go find those choices," says migrant rights advocate Michelle Brané.She also remarks about how for-profit prisons fit i
One hornet scouts out a honey bee hive. Then, the hornets attack. But how worried should we actually be?Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.
Film critic Sam Adams says he wasn't interested in seeing Contagion again. But once he did, he felt a little comforted. "One of the great things about horror movies is that they end."Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station a
Research shows people will successfully defend themselves with a gun in less than 1% of violent crimes. Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.
"The Cline case demonstrates just how unprepared the legal system is for this," reporter and co-host Lauren Bavis told us. She said in several states there is no law against doctors inseminating their patients.Want to support 1A? Give to your l
"After six hours with Manson's prosecutor, Vince Bugliosi, I realized he told me only what was in his book," journalist Tom O'Neill told us. "Until we went off the record and he told me something explosive ... and it sent me down the rabbit hol
"We have no idea what the role of mental illness is," Vanderbilt professor Jonathan Metzl said about mass shootings. "And so it seems to me like a code word and a distraction and a deflection."We spoke with Metzl, former FBI agent Michael Germa
The term 'identity politics' gets thrown around a lot, and studies show that our identities – like race, religion, and gender – heavily influence how we vote. Writer and political scientist Francis Fukuyama says identity politics could be a thr
Romance novels are having a moment. The industry is worth more than $1 billion.Surprised? You really shouldn't be. In 2015, 75 million Americans said they had read a romance novel in the past year. What's so compelling about these novels? And
They have the ear of the most powerful person in the country. They pillow talk with the president. They are... the first ladies.As Americans celebrate with fireworks and talks of the Founding Fathers, it's the women behind these presidents that
Being healthy in America these days looks a little different than it did in years gone by.We sit down with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to talk about how he's tackling the job this time around. He also served as surgeon general under the O
School's out and summer is in session. But for some, this season is anything but relaxing. That's because many colleges have shut their doors, for good. Since the onset of the pandemic, colleges have been shutting down rapidly, now at a rate of
Going into the beginning of July, we take stock of the Supreme Court's recent term, including a rush of a dozen cases it released in the last week.The Supreme Court considered controversial topics this summer, including Donald Trump and preside
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump meet in Atlanta, Georgia for a memorable debate.The Supreme Court temporarily blocks the Environmental Protection Agency's "Good Neighbor Plan" and blocks the multibillion Purdue opioid sett
Since the dawn of mankind, humans have been have been taking food to fire. After thousands of years — and probably tons of really awful woolly mammoth meat — we've learned to make grilling taste good. With summer here and summer holidays just a
What do bison, beaver, wolves and sea otters all have in common?They're keystone species. That means they have an outsized impact on their ecosystem. It took humans driving some of these to near extinction to realize just how important they are
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