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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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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a news conference Friday, June 29, 2018, in Trenton, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Transportation

N.J. Gov: Rail commuters entitled to anger over cancellations

Note to New Jersey's beleaguered rail commuters: Gov. Phil Murphy feels your pain.

7 years ago

The single dog tag in the 55 boxes of human remains turned over to the U.S. by North Korea last week was still readable. It was presented to Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel's two sons at a ceremony on Wednesday.
(Jay Price /Member station WUNC)
NPR
Home & Family
Military

Sons get ‘certitude’ after receiving their missing father’s Korean War dog tag

Charles McDaniel, Jr., and his younger brother Larry were presented with their father's ID tag by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at a ceremony in Arlington, Va.

7 years ago

Susan Bro stands on 4th Street SE in Charlottesville, Va., where where her daughter Heather Heyer was killed. Heyer died in August 2017 during a violent white nationalist rally.
(Justin T. Gellerson for NPR)
NPR
National

Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer’s mother picks up her baton

One year ago, a car rammed into counter-protesters during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Paralegal and activist Heather Heyer was killed.

7 years ago

Construction is under way at the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, which the developer says will also serve as a training center for elite youth athletes and offer athletic, educational and leadership programs for poor city children. (Cris Barrish/WHYY. Inset courtesy of Buccini/Pollin Group)
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Kids
Sports

As Sixers break ground on new Wilmington fieldhouse, developer makes promises to the neighborhood

The arena for the 76ers minor league team will also be a training center for elite youth athletes and offer programs for low-income city kids, developer Rob Buccini says.

7 years ago

Listen 3:09
Shaun Harris, Tim White and Jerry
NewsWorks Tonight
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

The long road to becoming Pa.’s first black-owned brewery

This weekend, Pittsburgh is slated to host the first festival of black craft beer brewers from around the country.

7 years ago

Listen 5:08
Radio Times
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Amplifying voices of color

Guests: Michelle Saahene, Melissa DePino MICHELLE S ...

Air Date: August 9, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 31:59
NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 8, 2018

After Parkland, some data suggests young Pennsylvanians are becoming more active voters, but there is room for skepticism. Inside a netwo ...

Air Date: August 8, 2018

Listen 22:00
(Tuckerton Seaport image)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Transportation

Ferry service to Long Beach Island, mainland begins soon

Free ferry service will begin on August 19 and run through Sept. 30, connecting the Tuckerton Seaport and Beach Haven.

7 years ago

Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected to a
NPR
Media
Politics
Technology

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explains why Alex Jones isn’t banned, in big tech exception

Jones is facing five defamation suits, most of them centering on comments about school shootings.

7 years ago

Local students from Philly (in white shirts) and New Jersey, in grey shirts, are joined by students from Parkland, FL and around the country during a March For Our Lives National Tour stop in Philadelphia, on Tuesday (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

Parkland survivors, other student activists, barnstorm through Philly

The panel of eight spoke to an audience of a couple hundred at Universal Audenried High School, in an environment that felt more intimate than boisterous.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 7, 2018

Advocates for New Jersey’s new bail system now question whether it too can lead to unequal racial outcomes.  In the Poconos, a con ...

Air Date: August 7, 2018

Listen 21:12
Early in the morning, Duquesne Light crews prepare their trucks for the day ahead installing new transformers, poles and auto-switches to reroute power around outages. (Amy Sisk / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania

As more storms roll in, how will power companies keep the lights on?

Utilities need to be acting now to better prepare for severe weather, an expert said

7 years ago

World War II veteran Charles Reddig, flying a mission over Japan, saw the atomic bomb explode over Hiroshima and the devastation it left behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
History
Military

When the Atomic Age began 73 years ago, this Pennsylvania man was there

Charlie Reddig happened to fly his plane over Hiroshima the same day U.S. forces hit it with an atomic bomb. 'What happened to all these people,' he wondered.

7 years ago

Listen 4:29
Members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention march for justice on Market Street in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion
Social Justice

Calling for justice, hundreds march in Philly to start off national Baptist conference

The main goal of Monday's march along Market Street was emphasizing the importance of registering to vote, organizers say.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 6, 2018

The Broke in Philly team details the high cost of being poor.  A local WWII vet is one of the last alive who actually witnessed the bomb ...

Air Date: August 6, 2018

Listen 21:30
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