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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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 Ahren Potratz and Allen Radway in Simpatico Theatre Project's production of 'In a Dark Dark House' (Photo courtesy of Daniel Kontz)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The things that go on ‘In a Dark Dark House’

The playwright Neil LaBute is confrontational in a raw way – his characters go full-force at each other, social filters removed. ...

12 years ago

 Isabelle Barker (left) and Cara Palladino filed a lawsuit in federal court in September of 2013, arguing that Pennsylvania should recognize their 2005 marriage in Massachusetts. (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)

First arguments on Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban heard in federal court

A federal judge heard arguments today in Philadelphia on whether Pennsylvania must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states ...

12 years ago

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 Michael Hanrahan, president of Preservation New Jersey talks with Jennifer Coffey about his organization's selection of the 10 most endangered sites in New Jersey. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

The 10 most endangered historical sites in the Garden State, according to Preservation New Jersey

Preservation New Jersey has released its 20th annual list of the most endangered historical sites in the Garden State. The list in ...

12 years ago

Pill mill bill heads to hearings in Philadelphia City Council

A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to tighten controls on so-called “pill mills” where people are getting prescriptions too ...

12 years ago

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Former Trenton Mayor Tony Mack sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison

Former Trenton Mayor Tony Mack has been sentenced to 58 months in jail on corruption charges. Forty-eight-year-old Mack was found ...

12 years ago

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 Runners set out in a 10K commemorating the Friends of the Wissahickon's 85th anniversary. (Photo courtesy of FOW/Bérénice Linck)

Weekend 10K to commemorate Friends of the Wissahickon’s 90th anniversary

Three hundred runners will line up along Forbidden Drive for Sunday’s F ...

12 years ago

 City Council President Darrell Clarke (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Philly City Council president pitches school-funding deal

There is a new plan afoot by the Philadelphia City Council to fund the school district. City Council President Darrell Clarke says ...

12 years ago

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 Law enforcement officers are shown escorting John Jordan Lewis from an airplane in Philadelphia, on Friday Nov. 9, 2007. Wanted for the shooting death of Philadelphia police officer Chuck Cassidy, he had fled for Miami. Having been convicted of murder, he was sentenced to death, and Gov. Tom Corbett has signed his death warrant. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Death penalty reveals American culture of wrath, costs us dearly

In Pennsylvania, we exact punishment on murderers in a rudimentary way — through killing them ourselves. As long as the law has been ap ...

12 years ago

N.J. Attorney General: Hospital was right to ban poodle from E.R.

A New Jersey hospital didn’t discriminate when it refused to accommodate a California man who claimed his 12-pound poodle was a ser ...

12 years ago

Animal groups agree to pay nearly $16M to Ringling

The parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says it has received a nearly $16 million settlement from the Hum ...

12 years ago

Richie Sambora to perform at N.J. drug forum to raise awareness about opioid abuse

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Richie Sambora is expected to perform a new song at a drug forum in New Jersey. The event is aim ...

12 years ago

 Joel (right) and Jeff Eckel are beekeepers in Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of <a href='http://www.webeebrothers.com/'>webeebrothers.com</a>)

Advice from an apiarist: Get into your bees’ groove

In the spring, those of us with desk jobs start to envy others who get to work outside in the sunshine. On this week’s Recap, ...

12 years ago

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 Philadelphia fast food workers and supporters march down Broad Street to demand a pay raise to $15 an hour. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Joining movement for higher wages, some Philly fast-food workers go on strike

Workers took a break from flipping burgers, bagging donuts and cooking french fries in Philadelphia Thursday to take part in an internati ...

12 years ago

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Delaware teen arrested after gun found in locker

A Wilmington high school student is behind bars for bringing a loaded handgun to school. According to the Wilmington Police Depart ...

12 years ago

Philly art museum to detail renovation plan

This summer, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present an exhibition focusing not on the world’s great art but on its own future. ...

12 years ago

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