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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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Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump responds to his guilty verdict by falsely blasting a ‘rigged trial’ and attacking star witness

Trump and his campaign had been preparing for a guilty verdict for days, even as they held out hope for a hung jury.

1 year ago

Battleship New Jersey
Courts & Law

After more than a month in drydock, the Battleship NJ sets date for Camden return

With new reinforcement plates and a fresh coat of paint, the Big NJ will soon return to its Camden home.

1 year ago

People walk the sidewalk off North American Street
Arts & Entertainment

Forman Arts Initiative acquires a city block in Kensington for an arts campus

The future art incubator hub at the 2200 block of North American Street will be designed with community input.

1 year ago

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Sunflowers in a garden
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly City Council passes Land Bank acquisition bill considered key to garden land security

Advocates say the bill preserves an important tool for protecting garden land from development.

1 year ago

Listen 1:08
Dr. Herb Conaway
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: A New Jersey primary fight to fill Andy Kim’s congressional seat

As Andy Kim campaigns for Bob Menendez’s U.S. Senate seat, five Democrats and four Republicans are competing for Kim’s U.S. House seat.

1 year ago

Listen 1:02
Incyte's offices in the Wilmington suburbs of Alapocas. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY)
Community

Hundreds of biotech employees to work in Wilmington’s downtown

Biopharmaceutical company Incyte expects to relocate 400 employees from its Pennsylvania offices and expand in downtown Wilmington by 2026.

1 year ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Courts & Law

Delaware nonprofit calls for oversight hearings into theft of taxpayer funds by former state worker

WHYY News revealed the embezzlement of taxpayer money from the unemployment trust fund in 2023 after receiving a tip about the theft.

1 year ago

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Chief Justice John Roberts
Courts & Law

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Alito flag controversy and Supreme Court ethics

A day earlier, Alito rejected demands he recuse himself from cases involving Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 rioters because of flags flown at his N.J. and Virginia homes.

1 year ago

People react to the guilty verdict announced against former President Donald Trump outside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York.
Politics & Policy

Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here’s how that affects the 2024 presidential race

The judge set sentencing for July 11, just four days before the scheduled start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

1 year ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy holds up a flier promoting “Murphy’s Sourz,” a strain of cannabis named after him, produced by Prolific Growhouse, a Black-owned cannabis cultivator based in Mt. Holly, Burlington County. (Edwin Torres/N.J. Governor’s Office)
Community

N.J. Gov. Murphy wants more equity in the state’s flowering cannabis industry

The governor’s visit to a Black-owned cultivator in Burlington County — which named a cannabis strain after him — comes amid a push for more diversity in the industry.

1 year ago

Listen 1:20
People react to the guilty verdict announced against former President Donald Trump outside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York.
Politics & Policy

Here’s what you should know about Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial

Leading strategists in both parties believe that Trump still remains well-positioned to defeat Biden, even as he now faces the prospect of a prison sentence.

1 year ago

A demonstrator reacts to the guilty verdict announced against former President Donald Trump outside Manhattan Criminal Court
Politics & Policy

Trump could still vote for himself after New York conviction if he’s not in prison on Election Day

Even if he is elected president again, Trump will not be able to pardon himself of state charges in New York.

1 year ago

Organizers lead a discussion activity on Bucks County's immigrant community members' needs and ideas at an event at the Mercer Museum on May 29, 2024
Community

Bucks County immigrants brainstorm, advocate for more welcoming policies

Suggestions from the “big listening campaign” will be passed on to county officials.

1 year ago

Listen 1:16
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Politics & Policy

President Biden and VP Harris reach out to Black voters in Philly

Biden and Harris were joined by Black elected leaders, including Mayor Cherelle Parker, Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, as they made their case to voters.

1 year ago

Shawmar Pitts speaking at a podium
Politics & Policy

Affordable housing, rental assistance and home repairs: Philly progressives are pushing City Council for a ‘worker’s budget’

As City Council negotiates a budget with Mayor Parker, some council members and advocates seek more funding that directly impacts working-class Black and brown Philadelphians.

1 year ago

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