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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

Nancy Pelosi,
National Interest

The ridiculous Democratic rebellion against Nancy Pelosi

There's an old saying, attributed to nobody in particular, that Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

8 years ago

Midterm voter turnout increased up statewide in Pennsylvania from 43 percent in 2014 to 58 percent this year. (Emily Previti)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania

Voter turnout up in every Pa. county compared to 2014 midterm

Pennsylvania's turnout jumped from 43 percent in 2014 to 58 percent in this year’s midterm.

8 years ago

Members of the freshman class of Congress pose for a photo opportunity on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

Deadline looms on U.S. bill that could affect thousands of low-income Pa. residents

Time is running out for Congress to pass a new farm bill before both chambers break for the year. In Pennsylvania – and around the coun ...

8 years ago

Listen 1:28
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could soon be facing criminal charges from the Department of Justice, according to language discovered in an unrelated court document by terrorism researcher Seamus Hughes. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
NPR
Technology

How a ‘court records nerd’ discovered the government may be charging Julian Assange

It remains unclear whether any charges against Assange have been filed.

8 years ago

A man holds a poster showing images of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman and of journalist writer Jamal Khashoggi, describing the prince as
International

Trump on Khashoggi death tape: ‘No reason for me to hear it’

''I know everything that went on in the tape without having to hear it."

8 years ago

A Utah County election worker verifies signatures on mail-in ballots for the midterm elections on Nov. 6. (George Frey/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections

Sign here: Why elections officials struggle to match voters’ signatures

The art of the signature has become less important and less practiced, and that has meant less certainty for elections officials who are still counting midterm votes.

8 years ago

Demonstrators hold placards in London on Friday. (Alastair Grant/AP)
NPR
International

Here’s what you need to know about Brexit after a tumultuous week in the U.K.

The tentative deal triggered the resignation of two of May’s cabinet secretaries.

8 years ago

Migrant children who travel to the United States to be reunited with a parent often make the difficult journey alone. But reunification with a parent after years of separation rarely goes as smoothly as they expect. (Sara Wong for NPR)
NPR
Immigration
Public Health

Migrant kids survive hardship to reunite with parents. Then what?

Years of separation, a history of grief and trauma, and the stresses of suddenly having to adapt to a new culture often get in the way.

8 years ago

For the first time since women have been allowed to apply, a woman has passed the initial Special Forces Assessment and Selection process, placing her on the path to become the first female Green Beret. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
NPR
Military
National

Woman qualifies for Special Forces training, could be the first female Green Beret

For the first time since women have been allowed to apply, a female soldier is one step closer to becoming a member of the Green Berets.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney delivers Friday an update on the city's emergency plan to combat the opioid crisis. (Joel Wolfram/WHYY)
Addiction
Homelessness
Philadelphia

Placement of new shelter sparks confrontation at briefing on Kensington opioid crisis

Tensions flared Friday over Philadelphia's plans to build another shelter for people addicted to opioids in Kensington.

8 years ago

Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Immigration

Migrants won’t see armed U.S. soldiers on border

Still, for many migrants, the barriers and barbed wire were an imposing show of force.

8 years ago

Alyssa Edling, center, and Thomas Malia, second from right, both with PEN America, join others as they hold signs of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during a news conference about his disappearance in Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in front of The Washington Post in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
International

Official: U.S. intel says prince ordered Khashoggi killing

The Saudi government has denied the claim.

8 years ago

Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts as he looks at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy rolled through in Mantoloking, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Environment
Insurance
New Jersey

Lawmakers introduce legislation to save federal flood insurance program

Lawmakers have introduced legislation to reauthorize the debt-ridden National Flood Insurance Program that is set to expire.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat of Delaware talks with the Washington Post's Michael Gerson and Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee at the U.S. Global Leadership forum in Wilmington Friday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Economic Development

Coons, Corker tout importance of global leadership at Wilmington forum

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware has made a name for himself of late as someone who tries to coax his Republican colleagues out of march ...

8 years ago

One analysis has found that joining the nation’s separate power grids could have significant benefits. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
National
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf joins governors calling for unified, national power grid

A bipartisan group of governors, including Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, is calling on federal regulators to look at unifying the nation’s power grids.

8 years ago

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