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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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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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 Mike Dorsey as Benjamin and in the forefront, Lori-Nan Engler as Mrs. Robinson in Eagle Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘The Graduate’ in another form

The stage play adapted from “The Graduate” works best when it’s following the script of the 1967 movie that by now is o ...

11 years ago

 James Risen, the New York Times reporter the Justice Department tried for the longest time to put in jail for refusing to reveal a source, addressed the awards luncheon on Saturday. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Where journalism is alive and growing

It’s not hard to get bummed at the state of journalism these days, for a lot of reasons. But I got a healing dose of encoura ...

11 years ago

 Senator Robert F. Kennedy, D- N.Y., who had campaigned in Indiana Thursday, April 5, 1968  was shaken as he informed an audience in a black section of Indianapolis,
National Interest

An RFK memory: Guts, grace, and the greatest stump speech

I’m on the move this morning, so I’ll leave you with this apt reminiscence of Robert F. Kennedy. The anniversary of hi ...

11 years ago

A standardized test. (via Shutterstock)
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Education

For and against standardized tests: Two student perspectives

These two essays were written by students in Katherine Cohen’s 7th-grade English class at Greenberg Elementary in Northeast Philade ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Hillary and the burdens of being married to “a new kind of post-presidential celebrity”

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Urban Planning

Spotted: Skateable Sculptures in Paine’s Park

11 years ago

 In InterAct Theatre Company's production of 'The Three Christs of Manhattan,' from left: Akeem Davis, Dan Hodge, Leah Walton and Judith Lightfoot Clarke.
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Inside the minds of ‘The Three Christs of Manhattan’

In Seth Rozin’s witty  war of values — a new play called “The Three Christs of Manhattan” — the questi ...

11 years ago

 Governor Rick Perry pauses as he addresses attendees at the 2014 Red State Gathering, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
National Interest

Rick Perry, criminal defendant for president

Rick “Oops” Perry is ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The Woodlands charts new course built on old assets, broad appeal

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National Interest

Post-9/11 politics: Scaling back domestic snooping

Politically speaking, we’ve come a long way from 9/11. In the aftermath of those attacks, with emotions running high, Congre ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Mayor 99: Steal these six ideas from Diaz

11 years ago

 Democratic mayoral candidate Jim Kenney (left); a marijuana plant; and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (Photos by Stephanie Aaronson/The Next Mayor; Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo; and Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Wolf taking Kenney’s cue on marijuana?

In the wake of Jim Kenney’s convincing win in Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral primary, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he b ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Beau Biden and the death of decency

Way back in 1954, Army lawyer Joseph Welch famously rebuked right-wing demagogue Joe McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?& ...

11 years ago

 Stephen Sondheim watches a performance of his work at a concert Monday night, during which Arden Theatre presented him with its first Master Storyteller Award. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

At Arden Theatre’s gala to award Stephen Sondheim, surprises planned and unplanned [photos]

Everything was going swimmingly for the Arden Theatre Company as its gala evening was beginning last night. And it ended with an exhilara ...

11 years ago

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 Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert gestures as he speaks in Washington in 2009 following the unveiling of his portrait. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivai, files)
National Interest

Dennis Hastert completes the hypocrisy trifecta

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11 years ago

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