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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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Elvis Costello and Jim Lauderdale, left, perform during at the Americana Honors & Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Film Festival, Elvis Costello, H.E.R, Afro-art redux at Delaware Art Museum, and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Despite the positive strides made in the battle against COVID, uncertainty and varying mandates ...

4 years ago

Listen 4:33
Students line up to enter Christa McAuliffe School while wearing masks
Education

N.J. parent group continues to press Murphy on virtual school option

Gov. Phil Murphy remains committed to schools being open for in-person instruction only. New York City has taken the same approach. Philadelphia hasn’t.

4 years ago

Listen 3:26
President Joe Biden speaks in front of an American flag backdrop
Politics & Policy

Big changes in White House ideas to pay for $2 trillion plan

The White House is floating new plans for ways to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion proposal for expanding social services and tackling climate change.

4 years ago

Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter principal Le'Yondo Dunn spoke along with other Philadelphia principals about the impact of gun violence on students in the district at a press conference demanding more support from the city to combat gun violence around district schools on Oct. 20, 2021, a few days after a student was seriously wounded at Lincoln High School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly principals demand more robust response to gun violence near schools

Educators, politicians, racial justice organizers, and clergy gathered Wednesday evening to call for a coordinated, citywide strategy to stop the violence.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Community

Philly P.D. selected for Justice Dept.’s National Public Safety Partnership

The police department will receive training and technical assistance on gun violence prevention, criminal justice collaboration, community engagement.

4 years ago

A health care worker holds a syringe containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: State contractors must be vaccinated or tested weekly

All future contractors for the state of New Jersey must prove that they or their employees are vaccinated or be subjected to weekly testing for COVID-19.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon.
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Construction manager: Comcast hired contractors at 10x usual rate to win Bobby Henon’s support for franchise deal

After the owner of MJK Electrical bribed Johnny Dougherty, his company scored a $9 million deal with Comcast.

4 years ago

Closeup of a police vehicle in Philadelphia
Health

Just 1 in 10 Philly cops reported their vaccination status, but city still says no to stricter vaccine mandate

Plus, less than a quarter of all firefighters submitted proof of vaccination. Officials again declined to impose a tougher mandate on municipal workers.

4 years ago

Delaware State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness
Courts & Law

$550-an-hour hired gun or public defender? How will taxpayers foot legal bill for indicted Delaware auditor

Kathy McGuiness wants an expensive former top prosecutor to defend her against public corruption charges at state expense. The state calls her request “absurd.”

4 years ago

File photo: Former NFL players Ken Jenkins, right, and Clarence Vaughn III, center right, along with their wives, Amy Lewis, center, and Brooke Vaughn, left, carrie tens of thousands of petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the NFL, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2021
Courts & Law

NFL agrees to end race-based brain testing in $1B settlement

The NFL is set to propose changes to the $1 billion concussion settlement after an outcry over test score adjustments known as “race-norming."

4 years ago

(6abc)
Courts & Law

Charges unlikely for riders who saw Philadelphia train rape

“It’s still an open investigation, but there is no expectation at this time that we will charge passengers,” said Margie McAboy, spokeswoman for the Delaware County DA.

4 years ago

An illustration of houses, with someone being evicted
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Why $1 billion in rent relief isn’t keeping some Pa. tenants safe from eviction

While a long-feared wave of evictions hasn’t come to pass, a lack of coordination between programs and courts leaves some renters in a pinch.

4 years ago

Josh Shapiro speaks to a crowd from a podium
Politics & Policy

Shapiro reports $10M in campaign cash for gubernatorial run

Shapiro, considered the likely Democratic nominee to succeed Gov. Tom Wolf, has raised a little over $9 million this year, his campaign said.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Courts & Law

Court breathes new life into Harrisburg gun laws challenge

A divided state Supreme Court said that Firearm Owners Against Crime and other plaintiffs have legal standing to take on the Harrisburg city gun ordinances.

4 years ago

Jhaimarion lays with his head on his arm
Courts & Law

Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children

The debate over disproportionate use of force by police that followed George Floyd’s death has largely ignored some of the most vulnerable targets: children.

4 years ago

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