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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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Mt. Airy USA to throw 10th annual fundraising gala at historic Sedgwick Theater

Mt. Airy USA’s annual fundraising event, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, celebrates its 10th anniversary this Saturday, March 1 ...

13 years ago

 After watching her former home flattened, Theresa Kuczynski embraces Amy Sumoski, a case worker for the Blue Acres program, which purchases Sandy-damaged homes in flood-prone areas and demolishes them. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

‘Bittersweet’: N.J. demolishes first Sandy buyout home [photos]

After spending 25 years in their Sayreville, N.J., home, Theresa and Marty Kuczynski watched as it was reduced to rubble in only 30 minut ...

13 years ago

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 Surveillance footage of the man who used a sawed-off shotgun to rob a Stenton Avenue convenience store on Tuesday morning. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Police Department)

Stenton Ave. convenience store robbed by pair with sawed-off shotgun [video]

Philadelphia Police are seeking a pair of men who used a sawed-off shotgun to rob the 7-Eleven location near Stenton and Chelten avenues ...

13 years ago

 Zach Galifianakis interviews President Barack Obama in his web series 'Between Two Ferns'
National Interest

A president is accused (yawn) of demeaning his office (yawn)

Wow, big surprise. The usual suspects are incensed that President Obama plugged the health reform law during a deadpan-humor ...

13 years ago

Delaware beach town to celebrate Bacon Fest

Behold the power of bacon: Dewey Beach will host its first Bacon Fest next month. Organizers are planning a bacon lover’s dr ...

13 years ago

 the Manayunk Development Corporation printed business-sized cards explaining the MNYKINDESS Project. (Emily Brooks/for NewsWorks)

Manayunk looks to encourage random acts of kindness with new project

They say a small act of kindness can go a long way. But just how far can it go? By “paying it forward” can you turn one small ...

13 years ago

 (Shana O'Malley/for NewsWorks)

Delaware lawmakers prepare for spring session

From “banning the box” to repealing the death penalty, the 147th General Assembly will have a host of bills to debate when they retur ...

13 years ago

 Andy Karl as Rocky in the new Broadway musical version of the film, which opened Thursday night. (Photograph courtesy of Matthew Murphy)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Broadway’s ‘Rocky,’ but still Philly’s fighter

Can a bum from the neighborhood ever be anything more? You sense the underlying sadness right away. It gave the original “Ro ...

13 years ago

 Drucie McDaniel (left) and Maureen Torsney-Weir in Azuka Theatre's production of the new play,
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: A ‘Skin & Bone’ with plenty of meat

Down in the Florida panhandle, where the Old South still reigns, two sisters and their house rapidly decline. The ladies’ knees and ...

13 years ago

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Urban Planning

Logan Resident Survey: What the neighborhood really needs

13 years ago

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Urban Planning

St. Bonaventure condemned, but who will salvage its soul?

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

CSX testifies on derailment, 25th Street Bridge

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

March 13: Immediate SEPTA strike unlikely | Union wants new fire trucks | Salvaging St. Bonaventure | N3RD Street | Development coming to 13th & South

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Council bills focus on tax relief for homeowners, low-income workers

13 years ago

Smoking withdrawal changes brain network connectivity, Penn team finds

Less than a third of smokers are able to go a full year without a cigarette, even when they’re getting help from a nicotine pa ...

13 years ago

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