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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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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf creates commission to study redistricting

The governor on Thursday signed an executive order to create the Pennsylvania Redistricting Reform Commission.

6 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kane reports to Montco jail

In August 2016, a jury convicted Kane of all nine charges, including perjury and obstructing the administration of law. Afterward, she lost her law license and resigned.

6 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane arrives at Montgomery County courthouse
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Former Pa. AG Kathleen Kane ordered to jail by Thursday, 2 years after sentencing

Kane has been out on $75,000 bail since her October 2016 sentencing.

6 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane arrives at Montgomery County courthouse
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Former Pa. Attorney General Kane loses appeal, may soon head to jail

The former top prosecutor for the state of Pennsylvania is likely to soon be behind bars, more than two years after she was convicted and ...

6 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. candidates will devote unused millions in campaign contributions to transition costs, building clout

Every year, politicians raise hundreds of millions of dollars to finance their campaigns. But insiders kn ...

6 years ago

Listen 1:57
Janet Serino is the superintendent of Wyoming Area School District in Luzerne County, Pa. She is seen here at a conference on Oct. 18, 2018 in Hershey. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Women are more likely to work in Pa. public schools — but a lot less likely to lead school districts

"You are, as a female, really having to stand up, and maybe sometimes stand up a little taller and be noticed," said one superintendent.

7 years ago

Election workers pore over Pennsylvania Senate's 6th District race in the Bucks County Courthouse. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Tina Davis, down 72 votes, files suit over Bucks County Senate race

Though Pennsylvania’s state legislative elections are over and done, one Senate race is still under contention.

7 years ago

Listen 4:57
Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Department of Corrections to provide costly hepatitis C treatment to nearly 5,000 inmates

Pa.'s DOC has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years.

7 years ago

Midterm voter turnout increased up statewide in Pennsylvania from 43 percent in 2014 to 58 percent this year. (Emily Previti)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Voter turnout up in every Pa. county compared to 2014 midterm

Pennsylvania's turnout jumped from 43 percent in 2014 to 58 percent in this year’s midterm.

7 years ago

At the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Thursday, the national anti-death penalty organization Witness to Innocence calls for Pennsylvania to abolish the death penalty. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Exonerated death-row inmates push Pa. to abolish capital punishment

Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia, ...

7 years ago

The Future Ready PA Index assesses schools by several discrete standards, instead of assigning a single number grade. (Carolyn Thompson/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania launches long-awaited school assessment site

The Future Ready PA Index has been a long time coming.

7 years ago

Attorney Jeff Anderson announces a suit against the Pennsylvania’s eight Catholic dioceses on behalf of victims of clergy child sexual abuse. He is joined by victim Daniel Hillanbrand and Hillanbrand’s wife, Donna. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

New lawsuit against Pa. Catholic dioceses demands more secrets be revealed

Two people who have accused priests of molestation in Philadelphia have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and ...

7 years ago

Listen 1:22
A rally took place at Point State Park Friday, November 9, 2018, to honor the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. (Virginia Alvino Young/WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Should the accused Tree of Life shooter be executed? It depends on who you ask

The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe ...

7 years ago

Listen 4:51
Tamaqua parent Rebecca Kowalski supports the school board's new policy that would authorize the training and arming of some teachers and staff. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

In Pa. coal country, debate flares over arming teachers to prevent school shootings

Nearly three hours into a special meeting about a policy that would ask some staff at the Tamaqua Area School District to carry guns, par ...

7 years ago

Listen 5:32
(via Bigstock Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Court mulls case that would make districts liable for ongoing harassment between students

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could set state precedent, holding school districts liable for ...

7 years ago

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