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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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 Superintendent Hite says schools will open on time but with another round of 'hopefully temporary' cuts aimed at narrowing a large budget gap. At Friday's announcement were, from left: Deputy Paul Kihn, Hite, SRC members Bill Green, Farah Jimenez, Marjorie Neff, and Sylvia Simms (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Education

Five things to know about the Philly School District’s decision to open schools on time

Here are five key points about the District’s latest plan for dealing with its budget gap. Flanked by four members of the Sc ...

12 years ago

Webcomic: Wasting a day at the Shore

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12 years ago

 Philadelphia's Mo'ne Davis, top center, shakes hands with the players from the Chicago team after Philadelphia lost 6-5 in an elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

ESPN’s Kyle Peterson talks Taney Dragons on Morning Edition

The Little League Baseball World Series is underway in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, about three hours northwest of Philadelphia. Th ...

12 years ago

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Down the Shore

Video: The resilient food purveyors of the Seaside boardwalk

Zagat, the international restaurant rating service, recently visited the Se ...

12 years ago

 (photo courtesy: longlongtime.net)

August 15th – 22nd: Long Long Time: Tribute to Billy Joel, Blue Tail Fly and Locals Under the Lights

From concerts and movies to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware.  Here are some ...

12 years ago

 Protester Janelle Pittman holds her 6-year-old daughter, Kat, as police in riot gear stand guard in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
National Interest

Rand Paul is right about racial injustice and militarized cops

Like a stopped clock twice a day, Rand Paul occasionally gets it right. So let’s give him props for speaking out yesterday against ...

12 years ago

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Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers withdraws from election (video)

Facing new allegations from a former deputy, Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers has ended his campaign reelection.  Flower ...

12 years ago

 Reggie Bugmuncher of Olde City Sideshow contorts her body around blades in a box. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse

Swords, whips and cotton candy: The science of the circus

An unveiling of the science behind the circus blade box, a human blockhead, sword swallowing and more.  The circus is full of ...

12 years ago

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 The Queen Lane Apartments tower will now be imploded one day earlier than scheduled. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

New date set for Queen Lane Apartments implosion

After community outcry, city officials announced a date change for the highly-anticipated demolition of a public-housing high-rise in Ger ...

12 years ago

 State Rep. Pamela DeLissio, shown here monitoring results on election night, will host an event at Roxborough Memorial Hospital on Monday. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

State Rep. DeLissio to host town-hall event in Roxborough on Monday

State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio will host a town-hall meeting focused on state-government reform at Roxborough Memorial Hospital on Monday ...

12 years ago

 Pauly Shore (left) and Stephen Baldwin starred in “Bio-Dome,” a 1996 movie about two friends who locked themselves in a bio-dome for one year with environmental science students. (Photo by Motion Picture Corporation America)
Keystone Crossroads

Spud Marshall on public pianos, transient communities, and ‘Bio-Dome’

“Five Questions with…” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some o ...

12 years ago

 A barrel of blue crabs. It's whats for dinner. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Making memories down the shore without going to the beach

Summer doesn’t officially start until I visit the Jersey Shore, bicycle on the boardwalk, eat my weight in fudge, and let seagulls ...

12 years ago

With ICARUS ‘spaceship,’ Philly artists hope to inspire others at Burning Man Festival

ICARUS, a battle-beaten, low-tech “spaceship” is in the last phase of being “restored” before it will be shipped ...

12 years ago

 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett tries to win laughs at a candidates' comedy night Thursday (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Pa. politicians raise $25K for charity with bad jokes

What’s harder than running the country’s sixth most populous state? How about doing stand-up comedy? Pennsylvan ...

12 years ago

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Politics & Policy

DNC + Philly: What’s in it for the city?

12 years ago

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