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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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Politics

Anti-abortion demonstrators, including Phyllis Schlafly, foreground, rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1992. The high court upheld most provisions of a restrictive Pennsylvania abortion law.
The Why
Courts & Law

Deja Roe

A Pennsylvania case that got to the Supreme Court in 1992 could have spelled the end for Roe vs. Wade.

Air Date: October 29, 2018

Listen 14:19
Appellate court nominees Bridget S. Bade and Eric D. Miller are sworn in during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Only two senators — Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah — were in attendance. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump, Republicans continue remaking the federal courts — even as Senate on recess

President Trump and Senate Republicans are remaking the federal courts in their own image.

8 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden talks with 27th Congressional District Democratic candidate Nate McMurray after greeting workers and patrons in a restaurant, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, in Lancaster N.Y. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden on mail bombs: ‘This division, this hatred, this ugliness — it has to end’

Biden quoting Yeats, "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."

8 years ago

Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa., N.J., and Del. upgrading voting machines — not in time for midterms

The three states use electronic voting machines that can be hacked, and don’t have a paper trail to facilitate vote audits.

8 years ago

Wilmington police and postal officials are investigating a suspicious package on the 1500 block of Lancaster Avenue. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Two packages addressed to Biden intercepted in Delaware

None of the bombs have detonated and no one has been hurt.

8 years ago

A pedestrian walks through a hallway as supporters of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Menendez, left, rallied against supporters of Republican candidate Bob Hugin outside of the NJTV Studios where the two are scheduled to engage in a debate, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy

Menendez, Hugin clash in N.J. Senate race’s only debate

Sparks flew as New Jersey Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Republican rival Bob Hugin clashed in their first and only debate.

8 years ago

900 Callowhill St., Philadelphia (Google Streetview)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Trump’s development tax break presents ‘unusual’ opportunity for Philly, Drexel fellow says

The Treasury Department this month issued proposed guidelines for the program, which includes 82 zones in Philadelphia, 300 in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

New York City Police Dept. officers arrive outside the Time Warner Center, in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. A police bomb squad was sent to CNN's offices in New York City and the newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
Community

Crude pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clintons, CNN; no injuries

All the confirmed bombs appeared to come from the same person or persons.

8 years ago

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, pictured in this Thursday, July 27, 2017 file photo, announced his resignation days after being found guilty of federal corruption charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Former Allentown mayor gets 15 years in prison on corruption charges

Pawlowski was denied bail. After sentencing, he was handcuffed and taken from the courtroom.

8 years ago

(Bigstock photo)
Radio Times
Health

The ACA and the politics of health care

Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...

Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Gov. Tom Wolf is considering legislation that would broaden Pennsylvania's standards for allowing courts to order treatment of a mental illness. The measure has passed in the state House and Senate. (Chinnapong/Bigstock)
Health

Pa. moves to loosen requirements for court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment

The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.

8 years ago

Running for congress in Pennsylvania's 7th district: Republican Marty Nothstein, Democrat Susan Wild and Libertarian Tim Silfies. (AP Images and Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Lehigh Valley congressional race in play for control of the House

Three candidates, Democrat Susan Wild, Republican Marty Nothstein, and Libertarian Tim Silfies are contending for the open seat.

8 years ago

Listen 4:52
T.I. performs on stage at ONE Musicfest on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Of caring and Trump

Sooner or later, someone was going to respond to Donald Trump’s uncouth behavior with the same level of rudeness that the president has often exhibited.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Incivility wars

Guests: Diana Mutz, Joanne Freeman If you think the rancor in Congress is bad now, back in the days leading up to ...

Air Date: October 19, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga. (Branden Camp/AP)
NPR
Science

EPA boasts of reduced greenhouse gases, even as Trump questions climate science

The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.

8 years ago

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