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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

Rochelle Nichols-Solomon (right) and other Pay Up PPA members demand more school funding at a PPA board meeting. (Jim Saksa/WHYY News)
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

More parking tickets should mean more school books, activists tell PPA

Funding schools is not the PPA’s primary mission, executive director Scott Petri said.

8 years ago

Syrian refugee girls stand outside their tent at a camp near the border with Syria in eastern Lebanon on June 13. (Hussein Malla/AP)
NPR
International

U.S. refugee program ‘in danger’ amid steep drop in refugee arrivals, advocates warn

At current rates, about 22,000 refugees will have resettled in the U.S. by Sept. 30, the end of the 2018 fiscal year. That is less than half the 2018 cap of 45,000.

8 years ago

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attended an investment summit in June in National Harbor, Md. In March, Ross, who oversees the census, approved adding a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Commerce Secretary grew impatient over census citizenship question, emails reveal

The administration is facing six lawsuits from more than two dozen states and cities, plus other groups, that want the question removed.

8 years ago

President Trump now says he worries Russian President Vladimir Putin is interfering with U.S. democracy — in order to help Democrats this fall. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Trump, now acknowledging Russian interference, claims it’s aimed at helping Dems

President Trump resumed acknowledging Russian election interference on Tuesday and said he fears that this year, it will benefit Democrats.

8 years ago

South Korean soldiers at a guard post near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing two Koreas in the border city of Paju in August of last year. (AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

South Korea says it plans to reduce guard posts on the DMZ

North Korea's state-run media has also "toned down" its attacks on the U.S. and South Korea in recent days.

8 years ago

U.S. Senator Bob Casey is running for reelection against Congressman Lou Barletta. (AP file photo)
Elections

Casey stumps on economy, immigration in Harrisburg

U.S. Senator Bob Casey brought his quest for a third term to Harrisburg on Monday.

8 years ago

Former CIA Director John Brennan and other former top national security officials could lose their security clearance if the White House follows through on a threat made Monday. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
National

Trump wants to revoke security clearances of ex-officials who’ve criticized him

Former CIA Director John Brennan, for example, said Trump's failure to stand up for the U.S. intelligence community at the Helsinki summit was "nothing short of treasonous."

8 years ago

A large cooling tower and other buildings at the Salem nuclear power plant known as Artificial Island can be seen near a farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J. The project calls for connecting Delaware’s electric grid to powerlines adjacent to the plant via a 230-kilovolt transmission line buried in the sediment underneath the Delaware River. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Delaware
Energy

Plan for underwater power line connecting Delaware to New Jersey back on

Plans to build a power line under the Delaware River may be back on the table after a decision to reconsider how the costs would be split.

8 years ago

(Big Stock photo)
Economy
New Jersey
Taxes

N.J. moves forward on recreational pot, but expert says tax bounty may be limited

Legislative leaders are working to coordinate bills for expanding the state’s medical marijuana program as well as legalizing recreational use for adults.

8 years ago

In New Jersey, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state identification card for those lacking the personal documents required to get a federally compliant driver’s license. (WHYY file photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Economy
Politics
Taxes

As New Jersey sues over cap on local tax deductions, Congress keeps arguing

New Jersey's Legislature and governor created a law that allows school districts, municipalities and counties to create their own charitable funds.

8 years ago

Women dressed as characters from the television show “Handmaids Tale” gather on Broad Street outside the Union League to protest Vice President Mike Pence’s appearance on behalf of Republican Senatorial candidate Lou Barletta.
Elections
Pennsylvania

‘We’re just getting started,’ says Pence in Philly stump for Barletta; so were protesters

Speaking to 300 people at the Sheraton Hotel, Pence praised the Trump administration’s policies on immigration, the canceled Iran nuclear deal, and low unemployment.

8 years ago

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with a group of foreign ministry officials in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 22, 2018. Rouhani warned President Donald Trump against provoking his country while indicating peace between the two nations might still be possible. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Radio Times
International
Military

Iran in the Trump age

Guests: Jonathan Landay, Jason Rezaian, Trita Parsi Iran has come under fire by the Trump administration in recen ...

Air Date: July 24, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
Former Delaware state Rep. John C. Atkins has been charged with domestic violence for the third time in 12 years. (Delaware State Police)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Law

Former Delaware lawmaker charged with domestic violence — for third time

The arrest is the third for Former Delaware state Rep. John C. Atkins on domestic violence charges in the 12 years. This time it's a felony -- strangulation..

8 years ago

Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' is seen as it is hung for display at Sotheby's Auction Rooms in London, Thursday, April 12, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
National Interest

Lots of tips on how to live sanely in Trumplandia

The pollsters at Pew recently reported that 68 percent of Americans are suffering from news exhaustion, and that jibes with what I witness on an anecdotal basis.

8 years ago

Beck Dorey-Stein, a former White House stenographer, walks with members of the White House press pool from Air Force One upon arrival at Wattay International Airport in Laos in 2016. (Saul Loe/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability

Ex-White House stenographer: With no official transcript, Trump can muddle the truth

Beck Dorey-Stein says "everything changed" with the inauguration of President Trump, whose team "didn't know that stenographers existed."

8 years ago

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