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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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 Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Former prosecutor doesn’t buy Kane’s case

A former prosecutor who’s handled state and federal cases says that much of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s cas ...

12 years ago

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 Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, before the  Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
National Interest

Surgeon general nominee foiled by NRA weaponocracy

In a more rational world, a world not governed by fear and cowardice, the new U.S. surgeon general would be Vivek Murthy, a Yale-educated ...

12 years ago

 Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks as Attorney General Eric Holder looks on as they discuss the importance of universal access to preschool and the need to reduce
The Philadelphia Experiment

A black dad reacts to racial school-discipline disparities

As a black father, my concerns for my children are much the same as those of other parents. I want my children to be safe, to be brillian ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

AG Kane should stand on her own feet

This is how crazy it is: The attorney general of Pennsylvania comes to a newspaper editorial board meeting Thursday and brings a lawyer, ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How to report bike lane potholes

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

March 24: Open data frustration | Family Court art | Feibush cultivating committee people | Rental trends | Collapsing buildings, L&I triage | 27th/Girard mixed-use plans

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

March 24-28: Looking at Cities | Neighborhood Change | Cultural Communities | Learning from Asian Cities | TEDx

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Fishtown Neighbors hope “feeding the fish” will curb litter

12 years ago

 From left, Megan McDermott, Bruce Graham, David Edwards, Carl Wallnau and George Deihl in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production of 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' (Photo courtesy of Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at times

Bah-da-BOOM! That’s the nutshell description of Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” the compendiu ...

12 years ago

 In this July 1, 2007 file photo, the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. prepares to protest outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Phelps, the founder of the Kansas church known for anti-gay protests and pickets at military funerals, died late Wednesday, March 19, 2014, his family said. He was 84. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
National Interest

Fred Phelps did gay Americans a big favor

It’s bad manners to speak ill of the newly dead, but perhaps we can bend that rule for Fred Phelps. Seriously, is it possibl ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

TEDxPhiladelphia: The new two-wheeled workshop of the world

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

March 21-23: Academy of Natural Sciences turns 202 | Bicycle art benefit auction | Antique-a-Palooza | Philly Chili Bowl | Morris Arboretum kids’ art series

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

March 21: School District property sells for $37M | Building collapse site donated to city | Fear of looming SEPTA strike | Fabric Row facelift | Kelly Drive detour

12 years ago

 Mary Martello (left), Jane Ridley and Damon Bonetti in Walnut Street Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: When ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is a potent mix

If the Walnut Street Theatre, which is 205 years old, doesn’t know how to gently roast an old chestnut to bring out its taste, then ...

12 years ago

 White House pastry chef Bill Yosses  (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo, file)
National Interest

Michelle Obama’s chef inspires right-wing recipe

Ever wonder what it’s like to live inside the conservative cocoon, where facts are tweaked and parsed and distorted for the purpose ...

12 years ago

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