Every day, 1A convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.
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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Despite state vaccine requirements, many southwest Oregon counties and schools aren't reaching immunization levels needed for herd immunity. -
Over the past decade, invasive European chafer beetles have taken hold in Western Washington. Crows, racoons and other animals are tearing up lawns in search of the grubs. -
An investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission into the former CEO of a social services nonprofit serving Josephine and Douglas Counties was dismissed on Friday. -
Unprecedented flooding is driving tens of thousands of people from their homes. As local authorities share resources, the state is asking for federal aid. -
The federal government denied a petition to list Chinook salmon along the Oregon and Northern California coasts as endangered. -
The Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative helps Jackson, Josephine and Klamath County students understand wildfire science. -
Floating solar could help meet clean-energy goals, but researchers found ecological trade-offs vary widely, showing why each reservoir may need its own environmental review. -
Medford voters narrowly passed Measure 15-238, clearing the way for a hotel tax increase to help fund a major downtown redevelopment project. -
Three homeless camps in Roseburg are owned and operated not by the city, but by Elk Island Trading Group, a landowner that flips blighted real estate. -
Medford voters are being asked to approve a hotel tax increase this November. It started as an effort to bring a Minor League Baseball team to Medford. But the idea has now turned into a major conference center with a possible baseball stadium on the side.
