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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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Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Commonwealth Court tosses no-excuse mail ballot law; appeal expected quickly

Gov. Tom Wolf has pledged to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court, which recent history suggests will reverse the decision.

4 years ago

Thousands of people rally at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, part of the nationwide March for Science, taking place Saturday, April 22, 2017. They chanted
Science

Americans’ trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows

Republicans' faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more, with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather outside the Michigan State Capitol in 2020. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions

The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't successful.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. (Tyger Williams/ Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. Republicans send doomed congressional map to Gov. Tom Wolf, likely handing the choice to state courts

The state Senate voted Monday to approve a Republican-backed plan that nonpartisan analysts say has a clear GOP advantage.

4 years ago

The deadly fire that engulfed 1855 N. 21st St. began on the second floor.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After a deadly 2018 house fire, Philly didn’t do much. Will this time be different?

Sometimes disasters lead to change. But in Philadelphia, officials failed to take steps after the last deadly group home fire.

4 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to a reporter at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
Politics & Policy

McConnell responds to uproar over comment about Black voters

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the criticism he received over a comment made about African American voters is outrageous and offensive.

4 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady (D-Wilmington) sent a racial slur referring to Chinese women in an email from his official legislative account. (Rep. Brady/Facebook)
Politics & Policy

Delaware State Rep. Gerald Brady will resign after sending racist, sexist email

State Rep. Gerald Brady will step down Feb. 4 more than six months after using anti-Asian language in an email.

4 years ago

Tracy was the first outsider hired to run the Wilmington police force. (City of Wilmington)
Politics & Policy

Wilmington council votes ‘no confidence’ in police chief over lack of officer diversity

Wilmington City Council says the city’s police chief hasn’t done enough to improve diversity on the force.

4 years ago

An Afghan woman holds her children as she waits for a consultation outside a makeshift clinic organized by World Vision in an IDP settlement near Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
Radio Times
Community

Resettling Afghan refugees and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

We look at Afghan refugee resettlement in the Philadelphia region and discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with millions at risk of famine.

Air Date: January 20, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
In this Oct. 18, 2021 photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents

In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters alongside, from left, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during a press conference regarding the Democratic party's shift to focus on voting rights at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022
Politics & Policy

Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster

President Joe Biden’s own party is poised to let the bill fail as two holdout senators are unwilling to change the Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster.

4 years ago

In a long exposure photo, lights from a snowplow illuminate sleet at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Ceremonies scheduled for the site on Monday, to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, have been canceled because of the weather. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

Biden's remarks Monday were among many by politicians acknowledging unmet needs for racial equality on Martin Luther King Day.

4 years ago

In these episodes of Ron's Office Hours, Ron Elving explains the filibuster. (NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. So what is it?

4 years ago

MLK speaking outdoors in Philadelphia
Radio Times
Community

The Regional Roundup – January 17th

In 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined fellow civil rights activist Cecil B. Moore to protest the segregation of Girard College in Philadelphia.

Air Date: January 17, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
Politics & Policy

After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country. Neither has abated a year later.

4 years ago

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