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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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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Mitt Romney – job exporter, or victim of cheap shot?

It’s only July, and the mind reels trying to follow the fast-moving controversies in the presidential race – Obama charging t ...

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N.J. ice cream ordinance may leave vendors on the outs

For young Jersey shore beach-goers, the “Fudgie-Wudgie” man is a hero. Day after day he battles the blazing hot sun, pushing his wide ...

14 years ago

Drug bust blotter: Pot dealing SEPTA driver, guns and dope in Del.

Incidents in Pennsylvania and Delaware have resulted in arrests for drugs and guns. A sting operation ...

14 years ago

Politics & Policy

No room left in Unhappy Valley for excuses, rationalizations

The poet T.S. Eliot once ...

14 years ago

Missing tortoise travels from Maryland to Pennsylvania

It had been over week since Maryland resident Bill Athey last saw Chester, his 12-year-old African tortoise. Sometime on July 4th, Cheste ...

14 years ago

Who’s on first? Council challenges Nutter!

Leave it to City Council to spice up the summer months. According to ...

14 years ago

Joe Pa’s halo removed from Penn State mural

Since the allegations, charges and subsequent trial of Jerry Sandusky, a mural located downtown State College has gone through a few alte ...

14 years ago

Cooking oil scheme causes Hazmat scare in Old City

Two men are in custody today after an anonymous call reporting suspicious activity led police to a parking lot near 3rd and Market street ...

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Overnight shootings leave 2 dead, 1 critical in N.J., Pa.

Three overnight incidents have left two men dead in Camden and one man critically injured in Philadelphia.   Police office ...

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Top 4 stories to watch in NW Philly this week

Here’s a look at what’s coming up this week 1. The St. James School in the city’s Allegheny Wes ...

14 years ago

Johnson House quilter stitches together stories of freedom

When Nancy Shell walked through the door of the Johnson House something indescribable came over her. She was there to discuss the possibi ...

14 years ago

Philly’s property tax plan may cause confusion

Philadelphia officials are worried about confusion over property taxes.   Mayor Michael Nutter says even when residents recei ...

14 years ago

Politics & Policy

Suburban lawmakers stick with party in health care vote

When the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act, congressional representatives in Philadelphia’ ...

14 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

In photos: A car guy on American and Hazzard Streets

I’ve never been a car person, but you have to admit that the sight of a bright yellow 1957 Chevy in front of a garage painted in ye ...

14 years ago

Mt. Airy Eye Institute to move to Chestnut Hill

The Mt. Airy branch of The Eye Institute (TEI) of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry will be relocating by summer’s end. TEI ...

14 years ago

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