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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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 Local resident Rick Alvarez speaks with Councilman Mark Squilla at the Somerset Neighbors For Better Living meeting on Monday. (Joel Wolfram/For WHYY)
Community

Kensington residents say drug users causing more problems in the wake of Conrail cleanup

Residents in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood say conditions have gotten worse there since the city and Conrail began sealing ...

9 years ago

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Courts & Law

Philly cop who killed suspect has good chance of getting job back

A soon-to-be-fired Philadelphia police officer could get his job back. On Thursday, the police department announced that Officer R ...

9 years ago

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Shots of liquor for sale at a
Courts & Law

Why lawmakers, neighbors want to crack down on Philly’s ‘stop-and-go’ stores

Pastor William Brawner shook his head. Across the street, a handful of older men was carousing around a car parked at the far end ...

9 years ago

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Courts & Law

New Jersey hoping an amnesty approach on Medicaid fraud might work

New Jersey is trying a pilot program that will allow Ocean County residents who fraudently obtained Medicaid to avoid prosecution if they ...

9 years ago

Asa Khalif, organizer of Black Lives Matter's Philadelphia chapter, Rowena Faulk, and Isaac Gardner, protested outside police headquarters Thursday to demand murder charges be brought against officer Pownall.
Courts & Law

Philly officer will be fired for shooting fleeing suspect in back

A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a fleeing suspect in the back during a routine traffic stop has been suspended and will be ...

9 years ago

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 Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 President John McNesby is sh9own speaking at a Back the Blue rally at the FOP lodge in Northeast Philadelphia on Aug. 31. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks)
Speak Easy
Community

Union leader’s racist comment makes him a bad rep for Philly police

Last week John McNesby provided a disturbing display of racism, which reflected very poorly on the officers he represents.

9 years ago

Rochelle Bilal (center), president of the Guardian Civic League, and Brian Mildenberg (right) attorney for a group of African American police officers, level charges of racism against the leadership at the Philadelphia narcotics unit. (
Courts & Law

Several African-American cops allege racism, corruption in Philly police unit

A group of African-American cops wants the Philadelphia Police Department to investigate allegations of racial discrimination and corrupt ...

9 years ago

Courts & Law

Mayor criticizes McNesby over ‘rabid animals’ comment

Philadelphia’s mayor is criticizing the head of the city police union for labeling protesters outside an officer’s home a ...

9 years ago

Community

After recent protest at Philly cop’s home, hundreds gather in Northeast to ‘Back the Blue’

One week after a small, but controversial protest outside a veteran Philadelphia police officer’s home, the city’s largest po ...

9 years ago

Condos at 1834 Frankford Ave. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Kensington vandalism aimed at Feibush project under investigation

Police are still searching for the person who tried to set fire to a condo building under construction in Philadelphia’s gentrifyin ...

9 years ago

A state trooper examining what was discovered to be an imitation explosive device in Toms River Thursday morning. (Photo: Toms River Police Department)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Imitation explosive device found in Ocean County parking lot

Local, county, and state authorities responded to an Ocean County auto dealership parking lot Thursday morning after workers discovered w ...

9 years ago

Joe Arpaio
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Arpaio pardon; future of DACA

Guests: Antonia Farzan, Mike Riggs, Elise Foley, María Sotomayor On Friday, Tr ...

Air Date: August 30, 2017

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Interim Philadelphia DA Kelley Hodge
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Health

Interim DA Kelley Hodge / what is boredom?

Guests: Kelley Hodge, Mary Mann Interim district attorney of Philadelphia ...

Air Date: August 24, 2017

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 Brittan Holland was forced to wear a GPS monitor after he was charged with aggravated assault in South Jersey bar fight. The incident sparked a challenge to New Jersey's criminal justice overhaul. (Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick via Wikimedia Commons)
Courts & Law

Challenging N.J. criminal justice overhaul, South Jersey man sues for right to cash bail

One of the first major challenges to New Jersey’s new bail system hinges on an unlikely argument: that defendants should be able to ...

9 years ago

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 Hans Menos is the new head of the Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission. (Photo provided by the City of Philadelphia)
Community

New leader named for citizens’ board overseeing Philly police

Philadelphia’s citizen-led board for police oversight has a new leader. Hans Menos, 34, a social worker who helped create a ...

9 years ago

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