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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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Politics & Policy

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New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy order allows parents to attend sporting events

The rule change allows two parents or guardians per student to attend indoor and outdoor practices and competitions.

4 years ago

In this Aug. 30, 2019, file photo, migrants, many of whom were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration's
Immigration
National

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US

The move is a major step toward dismantling one of former President Donald Trump's most consequential policies to deter asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.

4 years ago

State Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York, (left) speaks in support of Senate Bill 60, also known as the “Buyer Beware Act,” during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 14, 2020. Also pictured, from left: state Rep. Paul Schemel, R-Franklin, Rep. Sheryl Delozier, R-Cumberland, Rep. Todd Stephens, R-Montgomery and Rep. Matt Dowling, R-Fayette/Somerset. (Courtesy of Phillips-Hill chief of staff Jon Hopcraft)
Elections

Dozens of GOP state lawmakers wanted Pa.’s electoral votes overturned. Two reflect on their decision.

Republican state lawmakers are mulling changes to Pa.'s election law this session. They say that effort is aimed at improving the process for the state’s upcoming contests.

4 years ago

An American Flag flies at half staff at the U.S. Capitol
Radio Times
Law
Politics

Democrats make their case for impeaching Trump

On day two of the impeachment trial of President Trump f House Democrats laid out their arguments why Trump should be found guilty of inciting the riot at Capitol Hill.

Air Date: February 11, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:41
Security video shows pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol
Law
National

Rioters acting on Trump’s ‘orders,’ Democrats say in trial

Lawmakers prosecuting the case aim to prove that Trump bears singular responsibility for the siege.

4 years ago

(Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion
Spotlight PA

Wolf administration refuses to release details after failure derails Pa. clergy sex abuse relief

The Department of State disclosed that it had no system in place to prevent such an error, which has devastated clergy sexual abuse survivors.

4 years ago

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Elections
National
Pennsylvania
Politics

‘If not for Donald Trump’: Montco’s Dean links riot to ‘actions of a desperate president’

But the bulk of Dean’s remarks had to do with the “pressure” she said Trump exerted over state and local election officials in Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney holds a signed copy of legislation mandating an increase in the amount of energy Delaware gets from renewable sources. (State of Delaware screenshot)
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Delaware to boost renewable energy requirements by 2035

Forty percent of Delaware’s energy will come from renewable sources under new legislation signed by Gov. John Carney Wednesday afternoon.

4 years ago

A video screengrab shows Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated as rioters breach the Capitol
Law
National

Police beg for help, senators flee in Trump trial video

Trump is charged with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection after encouraging a crowd to “fight like hell” over his defeated election.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Radio Times
Government Accountability
Law

Impeachment trial preview

On day one of the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, we discuss the proceedings and the legal arguments on both sides.

Air Date: February 9, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
Acting Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett leads impeachment managers through Statuary Hall to the Senate for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
Law
National
Politics

Senate agrees to hear Trump case, rejecting GOP arguments

Trump is charged by the House with inciting the violent mob attack on the U.S. Capitol to overturn the election.

4 years ago

Rep. Madeleine Dean (left) and Bruce Castor (Matt Slocum and Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Law

Trump impeachment trial makes Montco ‘center of the universe’ as Dean battles Castor

Rep. Madeleine Dean, an impeachment manager, is considered a rising Democratic star. Bruce Castor, a former DA and county commissioner, will defend Trump.

4 years ago

Listen 3:10
The number of Wilmington shootings rose in 2019 from a year earlier but were far below the record bloodshed of 2017. (WHYY file)
Delaware
Government Accountability
Gun Violence

Is gun violence a health crisis in Delaware? Republicans say ‘no’

Republican state senators bristle at a resolution calling Delaware’s gun violence a public health crisis. Don’t “pick on” guns, says one GOP lawmaker.

4 years ago

Frank Dermody speaks at a podium
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

How some Pa. lawmakers score a ‘golden parachute’ to pad their pensions

Ex-state legislators are frequently on the shortlist to join Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board, which boasts an annual salary of $145,000.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a news conference
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is officially running for U.S. Senate

The Western Pa. Democrat is the first major candidate to officially launch a campaign for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022.

4 years ago

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