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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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Government Accountability

Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the President, left, and White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley attend a news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Should there be a TV ban on Kellyanne?

Would the cable shows violate the spirit of the First Amendment if they refuse to book the empress of alternative facts - or would they be performing a public service?

7 years ago

NPR
Health

An epidemic is killing thousands of coal miners. Regulators could have stopped it

More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings.

7 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Top Pa. lawmaker reiterates prediction that budget deficit will be manageable

York County Rep. Stan Saylor, who heads the pivotal House Appropriations Committee, noted that returns are stronger than expected, and the state's on track for a surplus.

7 years ago

The Why
Urban Planning

Arrested development: Why ‘councilmanic prerogative’ land deals persist in Philly

Why a practice good-government groups and affordable housing advocates say is unfair and harmful to taxpayers continues in Philadelphia.

Air Date: December 18, 2018

Listen 13:58
A Facebook posting, released by the House intelligence committee, for a group called
NPR
Politics & Policy

New reports detail expansive Russia disinformation scheme targeting U.S.

They infected every major social media platform, extensively targeted African Americans and amounted to what researchers called a "propaganda war against American citizens."

7 years ago

South Central Emergency Services Chief and CEO Jason Campbell stands next to an EMS vehicle. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health
PA Post

Pa. offering paramedics wrong naloxone dose, health dept says

The Department of Health's policy directs the use of intravenous doses, not the nasal spray.

7 years ago

Mick Mulvaney (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Politics & Policy

Trump names Mick Mulvaney acting chief of staff

After several others publicly turned down the job, the budget director will step in to replace outgoing John Kelly.

7 years ago

Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine Dec. 4, 2018, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

A new coal mine is opening in Pennsylvania. Is Trump to thank?

A new mine in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country has not brought new jobs to the region.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 14, 2018 photo, Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talks with reporters following a photo opportunity on Capitol Hill in Washington.  While tea party Republicans swept to power to stop things -- repeal Obamacare, roll back environmental regulations and decrease the size and scope of government -- Democrats are marching into the majority to build things back up. And after spending eight downcast years in the minority, they can’t wait to get started. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

No tea party here: House Democrats can’t wait to govern

As House control is about to switch, it serves as a reminder about Democrats: They like government. And governing.

7 years ago

Between 1993 and 2018, nearly half of the homes seized by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office were in just four ZIP codes in North Philadelphia and Kensington. Some areas, like Center City, never experienced a single forfeiture. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

Philly’s forfeiture machine: How selling homes seized by cops hurt poor neighborhoods

Selling homes seized by law enforcement was supposed to improve communities. But a new WHYY investigation found it's added to blight in some of Philly's poorest neighborhoods.

Air Date: December 11, 2018

Listen 12:31
Father Michael Doyle talks about his role in the Camden 28, a group of activists who in 1971 broke into a draft board office to destroy the records of draft registrants in protest of the Vietnam War.
Politics & Policy

Camden 28 revisit court where they were tried for ’71 break-in to protest Vietnam War

As war casualties mounted, several draft board raids occurred throughout the country. But the Camden 28 case was the only one where all defendants were acquitted.

7 years ago

323 North Olden Avenue in Trenton, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Tim Larsen/New Jersey Office of the Attorney General/New Jersey Office of the Attorney General)
Courts & Law

New Jersey’s environmental justice initiative targets polluters in poor, minority neighborhoods

Grewal announced Thursday his office had filed eight lawsuits against companies from Newark to Trenton to Camden.

7 years ago

(AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Compared nationally, state and local tax burden on Pa. residents ranks average

Pa. residents pay a larger share of income to gambling, liquor and cigarette taxes.

7 years ago

An empty hallway at the old West Philadelphia High School (Ashley Hahn/PlanPhilly)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Report: Philly schools lose more to corporate handouts than any other big city

Philly schools face an estimated $1B funding shortfall by 2022. A new national report found that the city is walking away from more school tax revenue than any of its peers.

7 years ago

A woman runs past a pile of litter next to a Big Belly trash can on South Broad Street. (Ariella Cohen/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly litter czar says new street sweeping program coming in 2019

Philadelphia is the only big city without regular street cleaning.

7 years ago

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