People aged 50 and older have grown from about 10 percent of the homeless population to half. That's according to the most recent federal data.The increase is being driven by a number of factors including housing affordability and fixed incomes. It comes as social safety net programs like Medicaid are on the chopping block and fears grow over the future of Social Security under the Trump Administration.We talk about the reasons behind the dramatic increase in homelessness among seniors and how can they be protected.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 11.06.2025Seniors Are The Fastest-Growing Group Experiencing Homelessness. Why?
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Folge vom 11.06.2025The 1A Record Club Listens To The Songs Of SummerThe first official "Song of Summer" award was given to One Direction in 2013 for... well... "Best Song Ever." It's been more than a decade since that inaugural MTV Video Music Award. But has the way we consume music evolved so much that a "song of summer" is a relic of the not-so-distant past? How can we measure what makes a good summer song?We convene the 1A Record Club to get into it.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 09.06.2025If You Can Keep It: Rehiring The Federal GovernmentAfter slashing the federal workforce by tens of thousands earlier this year, the Trump administration is looking to fill those empty positions again.But this time, they want Trump loyalists.It's a move that challenges more than 150 years of precedent set forth in the Pendleton Act of 1870, which created a nonpartisan civil service.The outlook for the federal workforce is changing again under Trump. Today, we talk about what it means for the government now and down the line,Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 06.06.2025The News Roundup For June 06, 2025Donald Trump's travel ban is back. Its second iteration blocks all travelers from 12 countries and partially restricts those from seven more starting next week.The GOP's budget bill has made its way to the Senate, but not all Republicans are falling in line to pass it.In the Gaza Strip, at least 80 people are dead and hundreds more wounded in a series of shooting attacks near aid distribution sites.Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said this week that his country would not stop enriching uranium.This week, after the latest rounds of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia floundered, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking for a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy