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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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The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
National
Policing

Prosecutor: Former Memphis officer pleads guilty to state and federal charges in Tyre Nichols’ death

The remaining four officers have a May 6 trial date in federal court. A trial has not yet been set in state court.

3 years ago

Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
Government Accountability
Incarceration
New Jersey

Gov. Murphy closes part of N.J.’s only women’s prison amid reports of misconduct there

The move partly fulfills a promise made more than two years ago to close the facility amid reports of sexual abuse and misconduct there.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court
Elections
Government
Law
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What are judicial retention elections, and how do they work in Philadelphia?

These yes/no questions are often overlooked by voters, but they give judges up to a decade more on the bench.

3 years ago

A Wilmington police car
Delaware
Government Accountability
Law
Policing

‘All standards fly out the window’: NAACP accuses Wilmington police of unconstitutional searches, traffic stops

The lawsuit claims city cops bend the rules to search for evidence, especially with probationers, but Mayor Purzycki calls the allegations “offensive.”

3 years ago

Listen 1:43
A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly prison break review finds major security problems led to May escape

District Attorney Larry Krasner presented part of his extensive review into what led to the escape. He would not make it totally public due to security issues.

3 years ago

Smokestack at a power plant.
Energy
Environment
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. court rules climate program is an illegal tax, says state cannot join RGGI

Commonwealth Court said the Department of Environmental Protection did not have the constitutional authority to collect revenue from the program.

3 years ago

Donald Trump Jr. waits to testify in New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in New York. Seth Wenig/AP
NPR
Business
Government Accountability
Politics

Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in New York civil fraud trial

His testimony is expected to be followed by his younger brother Eric, another vice president of the family's landmark business.

3 years ago

broken police tape at a crime scene.
Crime
Gun Violence
Policing
Public Safety

Who cleans up after shootings? Philly hires professionals to handle blood in the streets after years of residents shouldering the work

When someone is shot on a Philadelphia street, residents often handle the crime scene. City leaders are piloting a new protocol to help.

3 years ago

Listen 4:43
The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their personal social media pages. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
Law
National

Can public officials block you on social media? It’s up to the Supreme Court

The cases — from Michigan and California — echo issues raised in a now-defunct suit against then-President Donald Trump for blocking his critics on Twitter.

3 years ago

Philadelphia city skyline.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia Bail Fund ceases operations indefinitely

Anyone arrested in the next several years will have to find bail from some other source besides the Philadelphia Bail Fund.

3 years ago

People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Elections
Government Accountability

Court arguments begin on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause

The Colorado hearing is the first of two states' lawsuits that could end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.

3 years ago

Johnny Doc walking into the courhouse
Business
Crime
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Ex-union leader John Dougherty’s embezzlement trial starts this week. He could get jail time.

There’s also a pending federal extortion charge against the formerly powerful IBEW leader.

3 years ago

A sign on top of a building reads 3M.
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Delaware filed lawsuit against 3M for alleged role in PFAS contamination

The lawsuit seeks monetary damages to restore natural resources and for public health services.

3 years ago

Josh Kruger and his beloved cat, Mason.
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

Man charged with murder in deadly shooting of Philadelphia journalist Josh Kruger

Robert Edmond Davis, 19, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump during a trial in New York on Tuesday. A judge in a different case — happening in Washington, D.C. — issued a limited gag order that the ACLU said sweeps too broadly in restraining Trump's speech. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Law
National

Siding with Trump, the ACLU says a judge’s gag order in Jan. 6 case is too sweeping

The ACLU says a judge's gag order against former President Trump restricts too much of his speech on matters of public importance.

3 years ago

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