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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

Should New Jersey legalize recreational pot, Ocean City will likely bar marijuana shops from setting up shop. (Big Stock photo)
New Jersey

Jersey Shore towns already discussing pot store prohibition

As New Jersey lawmakers hold hearings on whether to legalize recreational marijuana, some municipalities are taking steps to keep dispensaries from setting up shop.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd while speaking at a campaign rally for Republican Rick Saccone in a hangar, Saturday, March 10, 2018, in Moon Township, Pa. Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election being held on March 13 for the Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District vacated by Republican Tim Murphy.
National Interest

Profiles in cowardice: The congressional Republicans’ red line

It's often said that one's moral courage is truly tested in times of crisis; leave it to the Republicans to dwell exclusively in the realm of dollars and cents.

7 years ago

Many women and children arriving from Central America are claiming they're eligible for asylum because they've been the victims of gangs or domestic violence in their home countries. The claims are creating a large backlog and some critics, like former immigration judge Andrew Arthur, say seeking asylum has become a “sort of catchall for truly inventive lawyer
NPR
Immigration

Trump administration moves to reshape who qualifies for asylum

Sessions has intervened in two cases that could have big implications for people who come to the U.S. and seek asylum.

7 years ago

Joe Hoeffel
Pennsylvania

Former 3-term congressman Joe Hoeffel enters the race for redrawn Montco district

With the newly redrawn lines favoring Democrats in his Montgomery County congressional district, Hoeffel says it’s time for him to reenter the political arena.

7 years ago

Republican candidates for governor of Pennsylvania (from left), Laura Ellsworth, Paul Mango, and Scott Wagner, participates in a debate at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Personal Finance

Trump effect? Pa. GOP governor candidates won’t show tax returns

The three Republicans running for the party's nomination for Pennsylvania governor say they will not release copies of their tax returns.

7 years ago



The Bastille Day festivities in Paris last summer gave President Trump the inspiration to call for a military parade in Washington. But the Pentagon says there will be no tanks in its parade in November. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Military
National

Trump’s military parade is set for Veterans Day

The Pentagon says a military parade requested by President Trump will take place in Washington on Veterans Day.

7 years ago

Altogether, the Constitution has only been amended 17 times since the Bill of Rights, and one of those amendments (the 21st) was done just to repeal another (the 18th, known as Prohibition). (National Archives via AP)
NPR
History

The zombie amendments to the Constitution you’ve probably never heard of

The first 10 changes to the Constitution were easy. Since then, it has been an uphill battle every time, and some of those battles are, at least technically, still undecided.

7 years ago

A device called a
National
Public Safety

Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks

The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks.

7 years ago

A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Tokyo, Friday, March 9, 2018. (Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)
National Interest

On North Korea, Trump flunks Diplomacy 101

If anyone out there can truly explain what's going on with Trump and North Korea, please raise your hand.

7 years ago

(ShutterStock)
New Jersey

Nominee to lead N.J. Health Department promises better medical marijuana program

Shereef Elnahal said increased access to medical marijuana could result in diminished opioid use.

7 years ago

(Rob Tornoe/for WHYY)
Delaware
K-12

Despite some perceptions, Delaware students aren’t lazy millennials

Students at about 20 schools throughout Delaware will walk out of their school simultaneously on Wednesday to protest gun violence at schools around the country.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. primaries … who knows??

Guests: Chris Potter, John Baer, Holly Otterbein  There are a lot of primary elections in Pennsylvania on the ho ...

Air Date: March 12, 2018 10:00 am

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A commission of Pennsylvania lawmakers and state officials is working in Harrisburg to come up with a plan to pay down the state's pension debt. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Dems see surge of legislative candidates

Democrats hoping to claw their way out of a deep minority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives got some good news this week.

7 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy gives an update on storm recovery efforts in New Jersey following two nor'easters. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office.)
New Jersey

With thousands still out of power, N.J. governor orders review of what went wrong

Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s frustrated and angered by uneven levels of storm preparation by the utility companies.

7 years ago

N.J. State Capitol dome in Trenton (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Business
New Jersey
Taxes

New Jersey thinks now might be the time to raise corporate taxes

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.

7 years ago

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