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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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 Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National Interest

Obama’s Vatican scandal (Not!)

I always thought that Jeb Bush was supposed to be the brainy guy in that family. I now stand corrected. On Thanksgiving eve, he tw ...

13 years ago

 Captain John Fleming took over the 14th District in Nov. 2012. (Jana Shea/for NewsWorks, file)

14th District police captain reflects on a year on the job

Captain John Fleming’s eyes lit up last Dec ...

13 years ago

This week: above normal temperatures most days; chance of rain late Thur-Fri

After last week’s arctic blast, unseasonably warm weather is on tap for much of this week. But don’t break out the flip flops ...

13 years ago

 The MLK Cougars celebrate their first win of the season against John Bartram High School. They would go on to win the rest of their regular season games. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

MLK Cougars band together for historic football season [photos]

“It’s not about what we did out there. It’s about what we did during the week. That jawn was pretty,” said head f ...

13 years ago

Hope Creek nuclear plant goes offline in southern N.J.

LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Hope Creek nuclear plant in southern New Jersey is offline after high moisture was found in t ...

13 years ago

 In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a shooting at the school. Hundreds of children at the school that day survived, but the horrors have been especially difficult to overcome for some of the 6- and 7-year-olds who witnessed the bloodbath, even as the school year resumed in autumn of 2013. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks, file)
Politics & Policy

A year after Newtown, still wondering: What makes a school safe?

It’s been almost a year now. What have we learned since? What have we done since? Just a few days short of one year ago, a m ...

13 years ago

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Get “charmed” by Fairmount Park gems

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Urban Planning

December 2: American made clothes | LeBow Hall praise | Avenue of the Arts North action | Roberto Clemente school reuse | Community policing in the 39th

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Urban Planning

December 2-6: Central Northeast District Plan | Kate Orff | Rail Park fundraiser | Holiday lightings | ‘Engineering Philadelphia’

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Laurie Olin oral history

13 years ago

Critical thinking hallmark of Common Core class

Remembering the plot of a short story is no longer good enough in teacher Amy Lawson’s fifth-grade classroom — or in the majority ...

13 years ago

 Imhotep Panthers running backs Nasir Bonner and Mike Waters prepare to take the field for Saturday's state-quarterfinal playoff game. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Imhotep Panthers return to state semifinals after 49-0 win over Catasauqua

Deandre Scott woke up bright, early and itching to play football on Saturday. Around 6:30 a.m., he reached for his smartphone. ...

13 years ago

100 year old convent to shut its doors in N.J.

A southern New Jersey convent that has housed cloistered nuns for more than 100 years will soon close its doors. The ...

13 years ago

Del. family court gets Justice Department grant

The Delaware Family Court system has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to study ways to improve the handling of child ...

13 years ago

 Next Sunday, the Germantown Oratorio Choir with the Philadelphia Sinfonia will perform Messiah at First Presbyterian Church of Germantown. (Image courtesy of FPCG)

Free ‘Messiah’ concert at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown next weekend

On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Germantown Oratorio Choir and Philadelphia Sinfonia will present their rendition of “George Frideric Handel& ...

13 years ago

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