Skip to content
In-depth analysis and commentary on today's biggest news stories as only the BBC can deliver. BBC

BBC Newshour

Listen Live

Listen Live

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.
Next

1A

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.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Archives: Articles

Anti-Trump supporters face off against Trump supporters from a separate pen at a protest held in Collect Pond Park across the street from the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York
Courts & Law

Trump’s surrender at courthouse creates New York spectacle

Hundreds of onlookers, protesters, journalists and a few politicians swarmed into a small park across the street from the courthouse on Tuesday.

3 years ago

Screens display ''Blackhawks Pride Night'' outside United Center before an NHL hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago
Community

NHL’s Pride nights collide with LGBTQ+ political climate

After six NHL players recently opted out of wearing rainbow-colored jerseys on their teams’ Pride nights for the first time, the league’s commissioner says it is weighing the

3 years ago

Smoke from burning police cars rises over protesters at Broad Street and JFK Boulevard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Man gets 5 years after police car set afire in 2020 protests

U.S. District Chief Judge Juan R. Sánchez imposed a 61-month term on obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and firearms counts.

3 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden arrives to speak about climate change and clean energy at Brayton Power Station, July 20, 2022, in Somerset, Mass., with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
Politics & Policy

Biden offers $450M for clean energy projects at coal mines

The Biden administration is making $450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects at the site of current or former coal mines.

3 years ago

PECO headquarters in Center City Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

A workforce program for neurodivergent people is expanding to Philly

Launched in 2016, The Precisionists, Inc. partners with corporations and other private entities to provide sustainable full-time work.

3 years ago

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas speaks at his election night event in Chicago
Politics & Policy

Former Philly schools superintendent Vallas running in Chicago Mayor’s election Tuesday

Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas is a moderate Democrat endorsed by Chicago’s police union and major business groups.

3 years ago

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, (left) shakes hands with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) after handing over his nation's accession document during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters
Politics & Policy

Finland joins NATO in major blow to Russia over Ukraine war

With the Nordic nation entering the world’s biggest security alliance, NATO's land border with Russia has doubled.

3 years ago

fire at a home
Community
6abc

2 children killed, 2 firefighters injured in Upper Darby house fire

"My heart goes out to the family. My heart goes out to our members and their families," said Fire Chief Derrick Sawyer.

3 years ago

Trump sits at court with his lawyers.
Courts & Law

Trump in court reckoning: What happened and what’s ahead

Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony charges in his arraignment in a New York City courtroom.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court
Courts & Law

Trump charged with 34 felony counts in hush money scheme

The arraignment, though largely procedural in nature, was nonetheless the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced a judge in his own criminal prosecution.

3 years ago

On primary Election Day 2023, independents will not be able to vote for candidates outside special elections. (Amanda Berg/Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Supporters hope Pa.’s new legislature will embrace open primaries, but at least one big hurdle remains

Pennsylvania excludes over a million voters from participating in its partisan primaries, something advocates hope could change this year.

3 years ago

The fourth phase of the Ben Franklin Bridge revitalization project focused on installing a new $8 million LED system
Community

‘Even more iconic’: Ben Franklin Bridge lights up Philly skyline with million-dollar lighting installation

The lights can be seen “chasing” PATCO trains as they go across the bridge, and will change colors to reflect the holidays or special occasions.

3 years ago

Listen :59
Jordan Casey is the director of HOPE, which started in July 2021 as an acknowledgement of the relationship between public health outcomes and housing access. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Leitzell)
Urban Planning

New rental housing coalition forms in Delaware County

Community leaders and elected officials are convening to discuss how the county can address the affordable housing crisis.

3 years ago

Montae Dawson played drums with the drill team
Community

Rally against gun violence gives young Philadelphians access to lawmakers and resources

Poets, speakers, and civic leaders encouraged young people to get involved, including sending letters to area lawmakers.

3 years ago

Listen 1:07
Security camera footage of Mercyhurst University student Carson Briere pushing a wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a bar.
Community
6abc

Carson Briere removed from college hockey team after pushing wheelchair down stairs

The incident happened on March 11 at a bar near the campus of Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania.

3 years ago

Page 697 of 8,853« First«...695696697698699...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • As Philly City Council returns, here’s what to watch on affordable housing, tenant protections and tax abatements

    5 hours ago

  • Atlantic City officials respond to concerns about recent ICE operations there

    15 hours ago

    Listen 1:03
  • Horticultural Society teases the roots of the upcoming Philadelphia Flower Show

    15 hours ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Jukebox Journey
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Radio Times Rewind
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© 2026 WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org