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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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(Walter Wallace Sr. speaks to the media the day after his son was shot by Philly police officers XIMENA CONDE / WHYY)
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Philly police rebuffed offers from crisis response center to work together, director says

The department has a clear “disconnect” in terms of mental health resources, Commissioner Outlaw said.

5 years ago

The scene on Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway after a van with propane tanks and torches inside was left on the road. (NBC10)
Philadelphia
Policing
NBC10

Abandoned van with propane tanks and torches inside found in Center City

The van was recovered on the Ben Franklin Parkway a Logan Circle around 10 p.m. Wednesday. The ATF and the Bomb Squad were both called to the scene to investigate.

5 years ago

Michael Imms, with Chester County Voter Services, gathers mail-in ballots after being sorted for the 2020 General Election in the United States, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Elections
Pennsylvania

U.S. Supreme Court won’t throw out Pa.’s extended ballot deadline — for now

Pennsylvania can continue to accept mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day until Nov. 6.

5 years ago

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Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Washington.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Delaware
Government Accountability

Delaware dissolves companies set up by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort

Manafort and Gates were accused of using the companies to launder $75 million from the Ukrainian government to help Manafort and Gates in tax fraud and other crimes.

5 years ago

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., administers the judicial oath to Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the Supreme Court
NPR
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

A newly sworn in Justice Barrett faces a motion to recuse herself in Pa. election case

The motion to recuse was filed by the Luzerne County Board of Elections in an 11th-hour case brought by the Republican Party and Republican state legislators.

5 years ago

Anti-abortion-rights activists participate in the March for Life rally near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Gender
Public Health

A world without legal abortion: How activists envision a ‘post-Roe’ nation

With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.

5 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner called the video of Walter Wallace Jr.’s shooting by police, concerning at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

DA Krasner leading investigation into police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

Krasner said he has not yet decided whether he will pursue charges against the two officers who shot Wallace on his West Philadelphia block.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony
Law
National
Politics

Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await

Barrett was confirmed Monday by the Senate in a 52-48 virtual party line vote. She is expected to begin work as a justice on Tuesday.

5 years ago

City Councilmember Curtis Jones. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing
Politics

Police shooting interrupts hearing on proposed police oversight commission

As people began protesting another Black man’s death at the hands of police, Council was discussing a ballot measure meant to create more police oversight.

5 years ago

An employee of the Philadelphia Commissioners Office examines ballots at a satellite election office at Overbrook High School on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)
Elections
Pennsylvania

GOP asks Supreme Court again to block Pa. ballot extension

The Republican Party's late Friday filing came four days after the justices divided 4-4 on putting a hold on the extension.

5 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Latest Mariner East violation in Lebanon County could draw penalties against Sunoco

Sunoco reported an inadvertent return, or spill, of about 200 gallons of drilling fluid into Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township on Oct. 19.

5 years ago

The White House
Elections
National
Politics

Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle

Attorneys for the Republicans and the Democrats are already clashing in courts across the U.S. over mailed-in ballot deadlines and other issues brought on by the pandemic.

5 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Aging
Law
New Jersey
Public Health

Murphy signs two laws to improve N.J. long-term care facilities as pandemic rages on

Long-term care centers suffered heavy losses at the height of the pandemic. Both laws deal with contact residents have with caregivers, friends and family.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania's mail ballot is pictured alongside both its envelopes.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. Supreme Court rules mail ballots cannot be rejected based on signature comparison

Friday’s unanimous ruling on use of signature comparisons was hailed as a victory by Democrats and voter rights groups.

5 years ago

Voters line up at Philadelphia City Hall to drop off their mail ballots
Elections
Pennsylvania

Trump campaign loses again in suit over Philly voter offices

A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel in 2-1 decision upheld a judge's rejection of the Trump campaign's lawsuit against Philadelphia.

5 years ago

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