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.
Pending Senate approval, Franklin County prison warden John Wetzel will take the lead at Pennsylvania’s state corrections department. WHYY’s Melanie Herschorn reports on why Wetzel says he qualified to oversee the state’s facilities and their 52,000 inmates.
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