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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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December 17: TLA Video cinema/pub | SLS International tower | Marathon Farm’s future | Rome learning from Philly | Connecting to ‘familiar strangers’ | Hall & Oates to Rock Hall

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Lacking space, Philly shelter must turn away thousands of abuse victims

“No vacancy.” Abused women looking for emergency shelter in Philadelphia are hearing that phrase more and more often t ...

13 years ago

As Shore towns continue to rebuild beyond the boardwalk, residents urge: ‘It’s still a disaster’

As the Jersey Shore continues its recovery, more than a year after Sandy, much of the attention is on popular tourist destinations like S ...

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Politics & Policy

The moral case for rejecting immigration amnesty and expansion.

We hear a lot from the Obama administration and big business and the immigration advocacy groups about the moral reasons why Congress sho ...

13 years ago

 Christmas card, circa 1906. (Courtesy of <a href= Shutterstock.com) " title="santa" width="1" height="1"/>

The first ‘war on Christmas’

There’s a nip in the air, and you can see your breath. The trees are bare. Couples bundle against the cold, walking han ...

13 years ago

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 On Sunday, the Keystone State Boychoir and Pennsylvania Girlchoir presented 'Remembering Newtown: A Concert of Peace and Hope' at Holy Trinity Church on Rittenhouse Square. (Rikard Larma/for NewsWorks)

Pa. children’s choirs sing in memory of Sandy Hook victims [photos]

More than 300 singers from the Commonwealth Youthchoirs gathered on Sunday for a tribute concert to honor the memory of 20 first graders ...

13 years ago

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Plan to force New Jersey towns to build more low-income homes stalled

With less than three months left for the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to meet a state Supreme Court mandate to determine each New ...

13 years ago

 The former clinic of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is shown in a 2010 file photo. Already serving three consecutive life sentences for the murders of babies born alive, he was sentenced to an additional 30 years for running an illegal 'pill mill' out of the clinic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Gosnell sentenced to 30 more years for writing illegal prescriptions

Kermit Gosnell, currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole, has been sentenced to 30 years for running a “p ...

13 years ago

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GOP claims Dems stall on ending payouts for unused sick time, vacation in N.J.

Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly are accusing the Democrats who control the Legislature of not doing enough in the lame duck sessio ...

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philadelphian on the hot seat in state pension controversy

These are tense days at the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System, where the fund’s chief investment officer has left foll ...

13 years ago

 Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer announces at a press conference that he will not renounce gay marriage to avoid being defrocked. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Methodist minister who performed same-sex marriage will not step down voluntarily

The United Methodist minister who officiated at the wedding of his gay son says he will not step down voluntarily from his post in Pennsy ...

13 years ago

Pa. thinking inside the box on prescription drug disposal

With the help of a federal grant, the Corbett administration is launching a drug take-back program in Pennsylvania, intended to decrease ...

13 years ago

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Delaware blames health insurance website, procrastination for low sign up numbers [video]

In the past month, hundreds of Delawareans have successfully signed up for health insurance through the healthcare.gov marketplace, but s ...

13 years ago

Gubernatorial candidates go a-courting at Pennsylvania Society gathering

The 115th annual Pennsylvania Society event, when the state’s political movers and shakers descend on New York City for parties and ...

13 years ago

N.J. legislaton on same-sex marriages will wait until ’14

A bill that would have made gay marriage a law in New Jersey will not come up for a vote in the remaining few weeks of the current legisl ...

13 years ago

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