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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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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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Jury returns for 2nd day of priest deliberations

A Philadelphia jury is deliberating for a second day in the trial of a Roman Catholic priest charged with molesting an altar boy in 1997. ...

12 years ago

Pa. jobless rate falls again, hiring flat in Jan.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped in January to its lowest rate since 2008, although hiring remained flat. The state ...

12 years ago

 An AshBritt subcontractor hauls away Katrina. Ashbritt was later hired following Sandy in N.J.  (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)

Feds says N.J. acted properly hiring Sandy contractor AshBritt

A federal audit finds New Jersey did nothing wrong when it used a no-bid contract to hire a firm to clean up debris left behind by Supers ...

12 years ago

 (AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune, Robin Loznak)

Delaware extends muskrat trapping season

February’s frigid weather involving snow and ice has prompted Delaware’s Division of Fish and Wildlife to extend the muskrat ...

12 years ago

March 7th – 14th: Planetary Perceptions, Les Miserables and Celtic Harvest

Hey Delaware, are you looking for something to do this weekend? We have some recommendations on what’s happening around the First S ...

12 years ago

 (AP images)
Politics & Policy

Vignettes from Russian-American history

I once owned a Pete Seeger vinyl record containing several Woody Guthrie songs including this catchy ditty composed in 1942: ̶ ...

12 years ago

 (Charlie O'Neill/WHYY)

Thousands attend Del. job fair as jobless numbers come out [video]

More than 2,000 job seekers looking for full or part-time work exchanged resumes with more than 90 potential employers at the Chase Cente ...

12 years ago

 This lot on Mitchell Street in Roxborough has been vacant for nearly 30 years. (Kayla Cook and Sean Smith of Philadelphia Neighborhoods/for NewsWorks, file)

Local dog-lovers to raise funds for Roxborough park on Saturday

Sarah Koenig and her neighbors have a makeshift system in place for the upkeep of a long-vacant lot on Mitchell Street that functions as ...

12 years ago

Philly archdiocese discusses details of 2015 event

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is planning to announce details of a major Roman Catholic gathering in Philadelphia next year. Arc ...

12 years ago

Chris Christie
National Interest

Chris Christie, reduced to pandering

How sad it was yesterday to see Chris Christie ...

12 years ago

 Bricks and debris are visible at one of the Potter's Field excavation sites behind the long-shuttered Queen Lane Apartments tower. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks, file)

Looming Queen Lane Apartments demo considered ‘huge weight lifted off the community’

Corliss Gray couldn’t be happier that construction vehicles will soon start rumbling and beeping across the street from her Germant ...

12 years ago

 Caution tape remains at the site of a Thursday night hit-and-run on Domino Lane in Roxborough. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Roxborough hit-and-run victim identified, no vehicle information available [updated]

Update: The victim was identified Friday morning, but there is still no information regarding the vehicle which struck him and fled. Poli ...

12 years ago

 Jackie Robinson signs autographs at spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers, March 06, 1948, part of “Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American,” opening March 13 at the National Museum of American Jewish History. (Photo courtesy of NMAJH)

Weekly Entertainment Guide – Cirque Eloize, ‘Coppélia,’ and Chasing Dreams

Looking for something to do this winter season? WHYY’s Robin Bloom has some recommendations on what’s happening around the Ph ...

12 years ago

 The Phillie Phanatic and George Cretekos, mayor of Clearwater, Florida (Photo courtesy of Cretekos)
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Talking Phillies’ spring training with the mayor of Clearwater

For Philadelphians, the Phillies are a part of everyday life. But for the uninitiated, what’s it like when the Phillies come to tow ...

12 years ago

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Explainer: Where Sandy aid money comes from and how it works

It seems like every week or so, the Governor’s Office sends out another press release, announcing yet another pot of storm recovery ...

12 years ago

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