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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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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers the keynote address during the General Assembly of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Immigration
National

Immigration judges accuse DOJ of undermining independence

No one was immediately available to comment at the Justice Department.

7 years ago

The sun sets behind the steeple of St. Benedict The Moor Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion

Report on Catholic Church abuse delayed (again) by objections from clergy

A redacted version could have been released Tuesday, but clergy named in the report have filed objections.

7 years ago

Members of white nationalist groups gathered around a statue of Robert E. Lee during a rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
NPR
Public Safety

Judge: app can’t hide identity of woman accused in planning Charlottesville rally

The unnamed woman is one of the dozens of people accused of using the gamer chat app Discord to organize violence at that event.

7 years ago

Judge's gavel on wooden table with law books. (bigstockphoto.com)
NPR
Elections
National
Politics

Judge shuts down multimillion-dollar loophole in election law

A widely used loophole for funneling secret "dark money" into political ads closed quietly last weekend.

7 years ago

This courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates (right) answering questions by prosecutor Greg Andres as he testifies in the trial of Paul Manafort in Alexandria, Va. (Dana Verkouteren/AP)
NPR
National
Politics

As Manafort trial continues, the defense gets its shot at ex-partner Rick Gates

Tuesday is Gates' second day on the witness stand.

7 years ago

Rick Gates, Paul Manafort's former business partner, is expected to testify in federal court Monday.
NPR
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Paul Manafort’s ex-partner Rick Gates testifies they broke the law together

Paul Manafort's former business partner, Rick Gates, took the witness stand on Monday for the most highly anticipated testimony in Manafort's trial on bank & tax fraud charges

7 years ago

Delaware has tested nearly 900 rape kits that had languished, untested, in police stations and hospitals -- some for more than three decades.  (Courtesy of Delaware Criminal Justice Council)
NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Public Safety

Rape kit-testing effort spurs arrest in 2014 assault; Del. officials expect more matches

Delaware officials have made their first arrest under the sexual assault kit initiative.

7 years ago

Listen 1:58
Bishop Ronald Gainer of the Diocese of Harrisburg discusses child sexual abuse by clergy during a news conference. Harrisburg is the second Pennsylvania diocese under investigation to release names of clergy accused of abuse before the grand jury report will be made public in August 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion

Ahead of redacted report, some Pa. Catholic dioceses release names of accused priests

The report, lead by the Pa. Attorney General, is the result of a nearly two-year investigation that probes back seven decades and identifies more than 300 “predator priests"

7 years ago

The defense team has accused former Manafort associate Rick Gates of embezzling money and said Gates is cooperating and lying to investigators to cover his tracks. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Criminal Justice
National

4 insights as Manafort trial enters week 2

Bank and tax fraud trials normally aren't very compelling theater.

7 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Health Care
National

Will the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade? And if it does, what happens to abortion rights?

Pro-choice advocates began losing sleep the minute Donald Trump was elected.

7 years ago

California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jaimi Kenyon blows into a alcohol breathalyzer during a demonstration of devices used to test drivers suspected of impaired driving May 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers and police are hoping new devices will be developed to effectively test for marijuana use by drivers. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
NPR
Law
National
Policing
Public Safety

The pot breathalyzer is here. Maybe

With few accurate roadside tools to detect pot impairment, police have to rely largely on field sobriety tests developed to fight drunk driving or old-fashioned observation.

7 years ago

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo announced the end of the department's investigation of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas on Friday. Lombardo told reporters that officials could not determine a
NPR
National
Public Safety

Las Vegas shooting investigation closed. No motive found

As the end of the probe was announced on Friday, officials still could not explain the "why."

7 years ago

Virginia McKale protests outside Family Court Friday. She’s been separated from her grandchildren since October. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Home & Family
Philadelphia

Philadelphia parents separated from their kids protest city, state agencies

Dozens of Philadelphia parents and guardians accuse the Department of Human Services of corruption. Their allegations include falsifying reports and denying them due process.

7 years ago

Listen 3:17
Natalia Oliveira da Silva and her daughter, Sara, 5, hug at a Catholic Charities facility in San Antonio, TX. They were separated in late May. (Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Immigration
National

Government, immigration advocates continue court clash over family reunification

New court filings released late Thursday indicate that the Department of Justice and immigration advocates are still far apart in working out a process for reuniting families.

7 years ago

Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was released from his second detention in El Paso, Texas last week, just hours before a federal judge's deadline for the government to produce documents justifying the detention. (Monica Ortiz Uribe for NPR)
NPR
Immigration
Media

Mexican Journalist released, awaits asylum appeal

ICE didn't respond to NPR's inquiry about why Gutiérrez's name appeared on the fugitive target list months before his asylum request was denied.

7 years ago

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