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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

Gymnast Jessica Howard, who was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, speaks on behalf of the victims of Catholic priests, urging Pennsylvania to adopt a law that would suspend the statute of limitations in claims of child sexual abuse. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Kids
Pennsylvania

Survivors of child sex abuse again push Pa. to suspend statute of limitations

Lawmakers are also urged to provide a two-year window for past victims to file civil charges retroactively.

8 years ago

Listen 1:47
People drive over a drawbridge in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., as they evacuate the area in advance of Hurricane Florence, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic hurricane Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 140 mph (220 kph) and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

‘Big and vicious’: Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

Florence is expected to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during the 9/11 Flight 93 memorial service in Shanksville, Pa., Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trump salutes sacrifice of Flight 93 passengers, crew at 9/11 ceremony

'We honor their sacrifice by pledging to never flinch in the face of evil, and to do whatever it takes to keep America safe,' president tells crowd

8 years ago

Listen 5:22
The President's Daily Briefing, or PDB, is the top-secret intelligence report the CIA presents to the president every weekday. The book shown here is for a briefing delivered to President George W. Bush in 2002.
(Damian Dovarganes/AP)
NPR
National

Sept. 11 revealed the importance and limits of the president’s daily briefing

That landmark day captured both the critical importance — and the frustrating limits — of the President's Daily Briefing, or PDB.

8 years ago

Left: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)
Right: Scott Wallace (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Elections
Pennsylvania

Fitzpatrick running as moderate, trying to hold onto Bucks seat for GOP

With millions of dollars pouring into the district, Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District race is one of the races to watch during the 2018 midterm elections.

8 years ago

Listen 5:45
An original 1779 minute book of Pennsylvania’s unicameral Revolutionary General Assembly has returned to Pennsylvania for safekeeping in the Pennsylvania State Archives. (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)
History
Military
Pennsylvania

Long-lost Revolutionary War-era book returns to Pennsylvania

Historians are always a bit skeptical about items supposedly from the 1770s because of all the reproductions out there, but this volume proved to be the real deal.

8 years ago

The Ford Focus Active, a small crossover car currently sold in Europe, was slated to begin production in China for the U.S. market. Ford canceled those plans, citing tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
(Ford Motor Company)
NPR
Business
National
Transportation

Ford says despite Trump’s tweet, Focus Active won’t be produced in U.S.

Ford does not intend to start producing the small crossover Focus Active in the United States — no matter what the president has tweeted on the topic.

8 years ago

Colourful overlapping silhouettes of hands voting in fabric texture. (smartboy10/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
National

On the sidelines of democracy: Exploring why so many Americans don’t vote

Just in the past few months, elections in the U.S. have been decided by hundreds of votes.

8 years ago

Sen. Ben Sasse
National Interest

All talk, no action: Ben Sasse, Republican metaphor

The congressional Republicans continue to abet and excuse Donald Trump's relentless assaults on democratic norms and the rule of law.

8 years ago

President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Montana on Thursday. His summer was marked by tweeting insults about black Americans who criticize him and praise for black celebrities who back him
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

‘Low IQ,’ ‘SPECTACULAR,’ ‘dog’: How Trump tweets about African-Americans

NPR examined Trump's Twitter feed between and June 1 and Labor Day. It provided a snapshot of a president who directs venomous tirades at black public figures who bash him

8 years ago

Former President Barack Obama speaks to students at the University of Illinois, where he accepted the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government on Friday in Urbana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Obama begins midterm push, urging rebuke of Trump and politics of ‘fear and anger’

America, Obama argued, has been through similar trials before.

8 years ago

At left, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, a three-term Democratic incumbent, will face Republican challenger Rob Arlett in the Nov. 6 general election. Both easily won their primary races Thursday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Elections

Arlett takes on Sen. Carper, who won’t take Delaware election ‘for granted’

The primaries are over, and now Delaware’s U.S. Senate nominees are preparing for a two-month sprint to the Nov. 6 general election. ...

8 years ago

Listen 2:03
Kerri Evelyn Harris is cheered by supporters in Wilmington after U.S. Sen. Tom Carper defeated her Thursday in Delaware's Democratic primary.
Delaware
Elections

After Delaware primary defeat, progressive Harris vows to keep working for public

Despite her loss to incumbent U.S. Sen. Tom Carper Thursday, progressive Democrat Kerri Evelyn Harris pledges to stay involved in public service.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Law
Race & Ethnicity

What a week!… a news roundup

Guests: Jeffrey Rosen, Adam Serwer, Tyler Tynes We’re going to delve into some of the biggest stories of the la ...

Air Date: September 7, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Kathy Jennings, who won Thursday's Democratic primary for attorney general, shakes hands with a voter about 6:30 p.m.  outside Lincoln Towers apartments in Wilmington's Trolley Square neighborhood. (Cris Barrish/WHYY News)
Delaware
Elections

Jennings, Walker among big winners in Delaware primary races

Kathy Jennings coasted to victory in the Democratic primary for Delaware attorney general Thursday, triumphing over three other candidate ...

8 years ago

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