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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

In this file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden is flanked by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (right) as he arrives to attend a special audience celebrates by Pope Francis with participants at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact in the Paul VI hall in Vatican City, Vatican. (Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press)
Delaware
National
Religion

Biden denied communion for abortion stance

Former Vice President Joe Biden was refused communion at a South Carolina Catholic church over the weekend. It’s happened to other Catholic Democrats.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, workers try to clear boats and debris from the New Jersey Transit's Morgan draw bridge after surge from Sandy pushed boats and cargo containers onto the train tracks. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, File)
Environment
New Jersey

On Sandy anniversary, Murphy announces new climate change initiatives

Resilience program will seek to make New Jersey better prepared for the next huge storm to make landfall.

6 years ago

Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection facilityyt, provides people with clean injection supplies. Photo by Elana Gordon, WHYY

Suburban Philly Republicans say they won’t allow supervised injection sites. The problem? No one is proposing one.

Republican candidates in suburban Philadelphia county commissioner and council races have raised the issue of supervised injection sites, even though none has been proposed.

6 years ago

Shown is a paper ballot during a demonstration of the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. lawmakers, county officials raise concerns about implementing election reforms

State lawmakers are on track to send a voting reform bill to Gov. Tom Wolf after negotiations over election security funding provisions went late Monday.

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center, July 19, 2019. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Immigration
Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf and a Berks County official are plotting ways to close an immigrant detention center

The controversial Berks Family Residential Center is one of three facilities in the US that detains undocumented parents and children together.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Elections
Billy Penn

Diversifying contracts, crime victim rights, more borrowing: Philly ballot questions for the 2019 general election

It’s not just elected officials you’ll get to vote on come Nov. 5.

6 years ago

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Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s Guide to the 2019 general election in Philly

A cheat sheet for being informed on Election Day.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2019, photo a Chinese tourist takes pictures of Washington DC t-shirts at a tourism kiosk in Washington. (Bani Sapra/AP Photo)
Economy
National

U.S. travel industry to Chinese tourists: What trade war?

Washington, D.C., has dangled hotel discounts tied to the Chinese Lunar New Year.

6 years ago

President Trump on Monday released a photograph of the dog used in the weekend raid in Syria that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State. The dog was injured in the operation but is making a full recovery, defense officials say. (President Trump's Twitter account)
NPR
Military

Dog injured in Syrian terrorist raid is hailed as a hero in the mission

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the dog performed "a tremendous service" in the operation that targeted Islamic State founder Baghdadi

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Monday that the House will vote to formalize its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Above, she speaks to reporters earlier this month. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
National

House will vote to formalize impeachment procedures in ongoing inquiry

House Speaker Pelosi announced in a letter to Democrats on Monday that the House will vote to formalize the procedures in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

6 years ago

Prison union leaders have long expressed concern about the commonwealth's rising parolee population and shrinking inmate one. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Policing
PA Post

Tension between Pa. DOC and prison staff union flares after hot mic comment

Union leaders interpreted Corrections Secretary John Wetzel’s quiet aside at a prison closure hearing as dismissive.

6 years ago

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks on a phone as House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures during a break in taping of NBC's
Radio Times
Media
Politics

Talk Radio’s America

Journalist Brian Rosenwald details the circumstances that led to the rise of AM talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, all the way to the election of Donald Trump.

Air Date: October 29, 2019 12:00 am

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PlanPhilly
Economy
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s budget team is strategizing for the next recession

Municipal budgets are healthier than they were a decade ago. Still, departments have been asked to prepare proposals for a variety of scenarios.

6 years ago

President Trump says that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, has been killed in a U.S. Special Operations mission in northwestern Syria. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Military

Trump says Islamic State leader was killed in special operations raid

President Trump says that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, has been killed in a U.S. Special Operations mission in northwestern Syria.

6 years ago

Campaign accounts must be used for “influencing the outcome of an election.” But what qualifies is largely open to interpretation. (LM Otero/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

The 10 most extravagant or bizarre campaign expenses by Pa. state lawmakers

Campaign accounts must be used for “influencing the outcome of an election.” But what qualifies is largely open to interpretation.

6 years ago

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