1A

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January 06, 2020 When Prices Increase, But The Minimum Wage Has Not
The federal minimum wage is $7.25, and that hasn't changed in over 10 years. Is it enough to make ends meet?

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36 min
January 03, 2020 The News Roundup for January 3, 2020
The Pentagon confirmed the death of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. What happens now?

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1 hr 31 min
January 02, 2020 How Should We Regulate Homeschooling?
As many as 1.5 million families homeschool their kids. Who gets to decide how homeschooling should happen? And how are the rules enforced?

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36 min
January 01, 2020 From Texas To Minnesota: 1A Across America In 2019
"If we are not able to have conversations across the aisle as Gen Z or Millennials, it's going to make it harder and harder as we get more entrenched in our beliefs," student Republican MyChale Cooper told us.

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48 min
December 31, 2019 'Taking Chances' With Sharon Van Etten
"I feel like over the course of ten years, I've found writing music my form of therapy," Van Etten told us.

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20 min
December 30, 2019 Changing The Game? The NCAA Opens The Door For College Athletes To Profit
"The NCAA maintains as a legal fiction that the reason people care about college sports is that they are true college students," says economist Andy Schwarz.

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35 min
December 27, 2019 The News Roundup for December 27, 2019
Questions remain about where the articles of a presidential impeachment go from here. Protests continue to rock France, India and Iran. And Cuba has a prime minister for the first time in 43 years.

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1 hr 28 min
December 26, 2019 'She Had Me, I Had Her:' Robyn Crawford Opens Up
Robyn Crawford said that she and Whitney Houston "just were," and their love was bigger than anything imaginable.

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36 min
December 25, 2019 Jingle Sells, But Who's Buying?
What is it that makes so many artists want to sing about Christmas? And after decades of holiday hits, is there anything new to do with the genre?

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35 min
December 24, 2019 The Perks And Perils Of Plant Parenthood
"Sometimes you are going to lose a few plants. Sometimes leaves will turn yellow," plant blogger and author Darryl Cheng told us.

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36 min

About 1A

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Listening to the news can feel like a journey. But 1A guides you beyond the headlines – and cuts through the noise. Let's get to the heart of the story, together – on 1A.

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