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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

Danny O'Connor, the Franklin County recorder, speaks during an election night watch party at the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Westerville, Ohio. O'Connor ran against Republican Troy Balderson in a special election race for Ohio's 12th District after the retirement of Pat Tiberi who served as the U.S. Representative from 2001-2018 in the reliably Republican district. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
National Interest
National

A squeaker in Ohio foretells a blue wave in November

As the clock ticked toward midnight in Ohio’s special House election, Donald Trump still had ample time to craft another baldfaced ...

8 years ago

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort
Business
Delaware
Law

Civic groups push for independent review of Delaware LLC laws

LLCs are sometimes used to hide money laundering, arms dealing, drug trafficking and human trafficking, contends an open government group.

8 years ago

NPR
National
Politics

Ohio special election goes down to the wire

8 years ago

At the U.S. War Dog Memorial in Holmdel, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, and K9 teams celebrate the expected creation of the Guardians of America Freedom Medal. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

Military dogs may soon be eligible for U.S. medal honoring service, sacrifice

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez proposed establishing the medal to recognize the valor and achievement of war dogs.

8 years ago

US Senate candidate Lou Barletta is trying to boost his poll numbers before the November midterm elections. (Photo by AP)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Barletta boards bus in effort to raise name recognition, money

Republican US Senate candidate Lou Barletta is on a bus tour across the commonwealth with his golden retriever, Reilly.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Philadelphia
Taxes

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart

Guests: Rebecca Rhynhart  Philadelphia City Controller, ...

Air Date: August 7, 2018 10:20 am

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Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health

DEP fines Sunoco for damaging drinking water in Berks, Chester and Lebanon counties in 2017

Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline resulted in cloudy water for some; others lost use of their wells

8 years ago

Alderman James Cappleman holds his CityKey ID card, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Chicago. The city of Chicago is sending out staffers into various communities to get the municipal ID cards into the hands of undocumented immigrants, homeless people, senior citizens and others who often find it hard to obtain a valid form of identification. Officials hope that in a couple of years more than 100,000 Chicago residents will have the cards that can be used to register to vote and do things like check out a book from the library. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)
Immigration
Philadelphia
Politics

Philadelphia set to roll out municipal IDs in January

Many populations in the city are unable to access services because they lack the proper identification. Issuing municipal IDs is expected to solve that problem.

8 years ago

New Jersey Transit train
New Jersey
Transportation

New Jersey rail commuters are experiencing what some call ‘Summer of Hell 2’

New Jersey commuters trying to get into New York City this morning experienced long delays as 17 trains were cancelled.

8 years ago

Alex Jones and his Infowars channels have been removed from YouTube; Facebook and Apple's iTunes have also deleted most or all of his outlets on their services. He's seen here being escorted from a rally near the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc.
NPR
Media
National

YouTube, Apple and Facebook ban Infowars, which decries ‘mega purge’

"Apple does not tolerate hate speech," the company said in a statement. "We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to others

8 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Radio hosts suspended for slur against Sikh AG return to air

The hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show suspended for calling the nation's first Sikh attorney general "turban man" are back on the air.

8 years ago

Jessica Byrd, the founder of Three Point Strategies, leads a session on stump speeches at the second annual Black Campaign School in Atlanta, Ga.
NPR
Race & Ethnicity

Black campaign school seeks to build black political power

8 years ago

President Donald Trump is seen boarding Air Force One on Saturday in New Jersey, the day before he reiterated his stance that the focus of Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 Trump Tower meeting was to collect incriminating information on presidential opponent Hillary Clinton
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Trump admits his son met with Russian lawyer to get dirt on Clinton

In a tweet early Sunday morning, Trump said the meeting was arranged "to get information on an opponent," and is "totally legal."

8 years ago

A demonstrator holds a
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Majority of black Americans value social media for amplifying lesser-known issues

A new Pew study found that 8 in 10 black Americans value the platforms for magnifying issues that aren't usually discussed.

8 years ago

In this April 30, 2018 photo, Chip Kohser, the Beaver county Republican chairman, stands overlooking the construction of a chemical plant on the banks of the Ohio River near Beaver, Pa., that will help convert natural gas into plastic, creating hundreds of jobs in an area that has seen population dwindle since the collapse in the 1980's of the steel industry. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Economy
Pennsylvania

Jobs boom favors Democratic counties, not Trump strongholds

The jobs data show an economy that is as fractured as the political landscape ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

8 years ago

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