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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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GOP vs. Civil Rights…batting .500

Nobody’s perfect.      ...

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Delaware workers’ comp reform signed into law [video]

Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a package of workers’ compensation reforms into law during a signing ceremony in his Dover of ...

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Pew says Philly can collect 30 percent of unpaid property taxes

Updated   A new Pew study released today finds that Philadelphia’s level of del ...

13 years ago

 The Subaru
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Low Philadelphia Flower Show attendance brings horticultural society layoffs

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ― host of the Philadelphia Flower Show ― has laid off 22 of its 133 staff members to help deal ...

13 years ago

 Scott Rader models his Civil War uniform after his great great great Grandfather Lewis Dreher (pictured) who fought with the 27th Indiana infantry.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Civil War re-enactment a ‘hobby’ to many, a way of life for some

Scott Rader is an avid Civil War re-enactor. Re-enactors run the gamut from moderately extreme to obsessively devoted to authenticity. It ...

13 years ago

 Through the Delaware River Sojourn, paddlers gain new appreciation for the river's ecology and history. (Photo courtesy of Delaware River Sojourn)

Kayak trip raises awareness of Delaware River’s importance to the region

This is part of a series from Ilene Dube of The Artful Blogger. Every river has its stories. For the Del ...

13 years ago

 Pa. State Police looking for some four-footed troopers (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)

Pa. State Police looking for some four-footed troopers

Pennsylvania State Police are seeking a special type of officer … one with four hooves. The state police mounted patrol only ...

13 years ago

Special Investigating Committee holds second hearing on Philly building collapse

For Philadelphia’s 2nd hearing into this month’s fatal building collapse, City Council is listening to business, union and co ...

13 years ago

 (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Politics & Policy

At Gettysburg, many died so the American idea would not

What did they die for, these young men in blue? And why should it matter now, 150 years later?&n ...

13 years ago

A sports betting room in Delaware. (Steve Ruark/AP, file)

Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act could help N.J. get sports betting

This week’s Supreme Court ruling striking down part of the Voting Rights Act could impact whether New Jersey can allow sports betti ...

13 years ago

Delaware Symphony Orchestra making music again

No longer stuck in contract purgatory, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and its musicians union have finally ratified a new three-year agr ...

13 years ago

25-year-old man brutally attacked on SEPTA bus in Logan [video]

Philadelphia Police released video on Thursday of a violent assault on a SEPTA bus in an attempt to identify three unknown suspects. (Upd ...

13 years ago

Pa. lawmakers look to link Medicaid expansion to state bugdet

Pennsylvania lawmakers effort in the state Legislature to push the issue of Medicaid expansion may be picking up steam. For at least a we ...

13 years ago

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JerseyCAN school rankings get to heart of achievement gap

This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. This past April the N.J. ...

13 years ago

National Interest

On gay marriage, Republicans dig themselves deeper hole

  It was fascinating yesterday, in the wake of the high court’s historic gay marriage rulings, to see so many furious R ...

13 years ago

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