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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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Men support legislative effort to end lifetime alimony in N.J., poll finds

A measure that would end lifetime alimony in New Jersey is stalled in legislative committees. And a new Fairleigh Dickinson University Pu ...

13 years ago

Privacy issues in mental health care still elusive

A group of national health leaders that convened in Philadelphia Wednesday is aiming to improve how care providers deal with privacy ...

13 years ago

 Congressman Bob Brady, D-Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Education

Will Congressman Bob Brady help find money for Philly’s schools?

Could U.S. Congressman Bob Brady come to rescue of Philadelphia’s schools, ...

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Philly’s Green Light Pantry offers exclusively nutritious food

A new Philadelphia food pantry is breaking with custom to supply only nutritious foods to clients. The effort is part of a new ini ...

13 years ago

Pa. crime victims get right to speak before parole board

A new Pennsylvania law will allow crime victims and their families to speak directly to members of the state Board of Probation and Parol ...

13 years ago

Police arrest one of two men connected to East Falls and Germantown armed robberies

Police have confirmed the arrest of one suspect connected to a string of armed robberies in East Falls and Germantown. Jamal Perki ...

13 years ago

 Frank Rizzo was seen with a nightstick tucked into his cummerbund as he directed police officers in Philadelphia, in this June 13, 1969 photo. (AP Photo)
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Film recalls Rizzo in all his larger-than-life, divisive dimensions

People of a certain generation know where they were when Kennedy was assassinated. I know where I was when I heard Frank Rizzo had died.< ...

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 Dyslexia-screening measures for N.J. kids advance in the Legislature (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

Dyslexia-screening measures for N.J. kids advance

Several measures to improve education in New Jersey for students with dyslexia are progressing through the Legislature. The bills, ...

13 years ago

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Sidecar suspends service in Philly, ending feud with Parking Authority

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Mediocre ratings for teacher prep programs

The National Council on Teacher Quality study, released today, reveals new teachers are ill ...

13 years ago

Graduates celebrate a principal’s legacy at Roxborough High

Eighty-nine students dressed in navy blue and white robes marched across the Roxborough High School football field on Wednesday morning f ...

13 years ago

Pa. Senate panel scales back Corbett plan for pension overhaul

A Pennsylvania Senate committee has approved a scaled-down version of Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to address the commonwealth’s p ...

13 years ago

 Rep. Bryon Short discusses the gender identity non-discrimination bill on the House floor (Photo courtesy of Equality Delaware)

Delaware legislators pass bill to protect transgender residents

The Delaware legislature has passed its second landmark bill on a major social issue. This time it has to do with gender identity. ...

13 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Philly Cultural Alliance leader Tom Kaiden stepping down

The head of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance will step down in July. Tom Kaiden, who has been with the region’s primary c ...

13 years ago

 The first book printed in America, The Bay Psalm Book, is on display at the Rosenbach Museum. This copy, owned by Old South Church in Boston, will be auctioned in November and could raise as much as $30 million. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

Rosenbach Museum and Library shows off two copies of America’s oldest book

Of the 1,700 copies of the very first book printed in what would become the United States, only 11 exist today. On Wednesday the Rosenbac ...

13 years ago

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