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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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Arts & Entertainment

Review: Softly, the FringeArts building opens, with a fitting show

The new FringeArts building at Race Street and Columbus Boulevard, the first permanent home of the organization that runs the annual Phil ...

13 years ago

Chris Christie

Christie: Both parties to blame for fed shutdown

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says both Republicans and Democrats are to blame for the partial shutdown of the federal government.In a m ...

13 years ago

Pa. house cleaner accused of cleaning out clients

Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a woman cleaned clients’ houses and cleaned them out of more than $14,000 worth of silver flatw ...

13 years ago

 Loch Arbour around 10 a.m. Saturday. (Image: TheSurfersView.com)

Weather conditions improving from north to south Saturday

Sun! Sun! Sun! It’s back. (Well, at least a bit in some areas.) Strong high pressure in New England is flexing its muscles t ...

13 years ago

 U.S. Senate candidate Republican Steve Lonegan has fired a longtime adviser (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

Lonegan fires adviser after he rants about Booker

New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Steve Lonegan has fired a campaign adviser after he gave a profane interview bashing Democrat Cory ...

13 years ago

Pa. coroner needs $200K to get through the year

The coroner in an eastern Pennsylvania county says his office needs another $200,000 to get it through the end of the year. Lehigh ...

13 years ago

 Developer Tom Moses (left) loosens boards blocking the entrance to a vacant home on Phil Ellena St. in Mt. Airy. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Top 6 stories of the week in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what you may have missed this week: 1. ...

13 years ago

People watch from the beach Wednesday, July 10, 2013, as a home severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy is demolished in the Normandy Beach section of Toms River, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

Monmouth U. to survey Sandy’s effects on N.J. families

You don’t have to go far at the Jersey Shore to see the lasting effects of Superstorm Sandy, from still-damaged houses to empty lot ...

13 years ago

 Beach erosion during Friday afternoon's high tide at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. (Photo: Mark A. Costa/Mark Costa Photography via Jersey Shore Hurricane News)

Slow clearing possible Saturday; minor tidal flooding could continue all weekend

After days of raw weather from a lingering coastal storm, a slight improvement is possible Saturday, while Sunday will be the pick of the ...

13 years ago

Women’s advocates hope shutdown ends soon

After meeting with President Obama Friday, Republican senators said they are feeling positive about the chances of reaching a deal to end ...

13 years ago

 (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)

Chipping away at Pa. potato sales restriction

If you had every kind of potato package allowed under Pennsylvania law, you could open a weight room. But you’d be missing 8-pound ...

13 years ago

Fiberglass KAWS Companion sculptures invite a comparison between the old and new and PAFA hopes to create a dialogue on the topic. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

KAWS’ cartoon sculptures echo classical works at Pa. Academy of Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has been invaded by a street artist named KAWS. The classical paintings in the historic ...

13 years ago

 STEAMworkPHILLY's Dan Schimmel wearing the GhostFood device. (Zack Seward/WHYY)
Lifestyle

Meals from a climate-changed future: GhostFood

Imagine a future where cod, peanuts and, ...

13 years ago

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 (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

Pa. health exchanges off to a slow start

More than a week after the federal health care exchange opened in Pennsylvania, shoppers are turning to pen and paper to begin their sear ...

13 years ago

 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will reduce its global workforce by 10 percent (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Money

Pharma giant Teva will lay off 10 percent of global workforce

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will reduce its global workforce by 10 percent. The Israeli company has its North American headquarters in ...

13 years ago

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