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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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Children read in front of Red Clay Consolidated School District Backdrop. (bigstockphoto.com)
Education

Red Clay forms equity panel to address racial disparities

Red Clay Consolidated School District has created a committee to review and change “practices related to racial equity.” ...

8 years ago

City Councilwoman Helen Gym's tweets helped renew the battle over the statue honoring Frank Rizzo. (Emma Lee/NewsWorks)
Politics & Policy

Philly Councilwoman Helen Gym unflinching in calls to remove Rizzo statue

Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym doesn’t mince words when she describes how she feels about  Frank Rizzo. After the viol ...

8 years ago

 Marchers gather at Broad and Green Streets for the Philly is Charlottesville march Wednesday evening. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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On ‘Radio Times’: How to counter the hate after Charlottesville

Thousands of ...

8 years ago

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Women talk justice, wellness, and products at Kinks, Locks & Twists Conference

For black women, hair — and everything it connotes — can be a political act. How hair intersects with social justice and other issue ...

8 years ago

 White House chief of staff John Kelly, (left), watches as President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Education

Lehigh University student petition calls for revoking Trump’s honorary degree

Students and graduates of Lehigh University are urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after his comme ...

8 years ago

A counter demonstrator uses a lighted spray can agains an Alt Right demonstrator at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
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Politics & Policy

Antifa needs a new way to fight the Alt-Right

Antifa and the conservative media attention it draws raises questions about the effectiveness of militant tactics in organized efforts to challenge the violence of fascism.

8 years ago

 Zillah Elcin
Speak Easy
Community

Don’t just feel guilty about your racism; fight against it

For people like me, who have just graduated or are still in high school, the connection between Americans who look down on people of color and Nazis is an easy one to make.

8 years ago

Community

Thousands of Philly marchers condemn white supremacy, racism, Trump … and Frank Rizzo

A protest against the rise of the white supremacy movement flooded Broad Street near Philadelphia City Hall Wednesday night. The e ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York. With Trump are from left, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Five takeaways from the Confederate president

Yesterday was National Relaxation Day, but Hi ...

8 years ago

White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

When do words become hate speech?

When it comes to race, words matter. In the wake of the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave H ...

8 years ago

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Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

‘Remix’ host: Charlottesville a result of recent toxic racialized politics

The racially charged rally resulting in violence and loss of life in Charlottesville, Virginia has left the nation looking yet again for ...

8 years ago

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 President Donald Trump speaks about the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s second Charlottesville statement, translated

At the White House yesterday, Trump said: “… Racism is evil. And those who cause violen ...

8 years ago

 White nationalist demonstrators walk through town after their rally was declared illegal near Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Politics & Policy

On ‘Radio Times’: President Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville

In response to the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, Radio Times talked about white supremacist groups and President Trump’ ...

8 years ago

Politics & Policy

Philly high school students learn the art of protest with Mighty Writers

Nia Peterson, 15, drew a depiction of the American flag, but with rainbow colors, representing the LGBTQ community, instead of ...

8 years ago

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 Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Money

Merck CEO stands against bigotry — and Trump — prompting questions of corporate responsibility

After deadly violence erupted at a white supremacy rally in Virginia last weekend, many people felt that President Trump should ...

8 years ago

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