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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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Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In boost for Democrats, Pa. Supreme Court dramatically overhauls state’s congressional map [updated]

Analysts think the court-drawn map will give Democrats a shot at winning at least half of Pennsylvania’s 18 districts.

8 years ago

John DeBella
Community

Longtime radio host John DeBella sued for sexual harassment

Jennifer Neill, John DeBella's former on-air sidekick, claims the radio host routinely made lewd comments and groped her. Bosses did nothing to curtail it, she says.

8 years ago

Robert Brown, a cancer patient, meets with Dr. Van De Beek at the Keystone Shops. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Southeast Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens

Chief medical officer of new Pennsylvania dispensary is hoping doctors will begin recommending medical marijuana for patients instead of more addictive opioids.

8 years ago

Listen 1:55
The Rev. Eugene Bettinger celebrates Mass at the Chapel on the Mall on Ash Wednesday last year in Paramus. New Jersey has the second-highest concentration of Catholics in the country.  (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

New Jersey 2nd in U.S. for Catholic and Jewish identification, Gallup poll finds

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

Listen 6:13
R.J., 10, gets his nails clipped at the Delaware Humane Association’s free clinic at the Henrietta Johnson Medical Center in Wilmington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

New Wilmington clinic aims to connect pets, owners with health care

The free clinic, in its fourth month, is packed into a side room of Henrietta Johnson Medical Center on New Castle Road.

8 years ago

Listen 3:00
Friday Arts

Jeri Lynne Johnson: Taking The Lead

Female conductors are still trying to catch up to their male counterparts, and African American music directors are even more rare. That ...

8 years ago

A man walks down a hall toward the light of the Capitol rotunda, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Midnight deadline looms for new Pennsylvania congressional maps

Competing proposals to redraw Pennsylvania’s congressional districts in a high-stakes gerrymandering case are rolling in ahead o ...

8 years ago

Listen 3:29
(From right) Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, Philadelphia Department of Health commissioner Dr. Tom Farley, AIM’s Carol Rostucher, and 7th District City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sanchez. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia DA drops 50 marijuana-possession cases

Most people caught in the city with small amounts of marijuana receive citations, but some are still being charged with misdemeanors.

8 years ago

This shows part of the PennEast Pipeline route. (PennEast Pipeline)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Pipeline showdown: PennEast files for eminent domain against 130 landowners

By far the biggest hit is coming in Hunterdon County, a wealthy rural area of rolling hills and Delaware River-side towns.

8 years ago

A segregated obstetrics ward at
University Hospital,University of Alabama,
Birmingham. (Courtesy of UAB)
The Pulse
Health

Medicare and the desegregation of health care

It wasn’t that long ago that separate hospitals for black and white patients were the norm in America, but then all of that changed — and it changed quickly.

8 years ago

Listen 13:20
U.S. Attorney Lou Lappen says Philadelphia's idea of establishing a facility for those struggling with opioid addiction to use drugs under medical supervision sounds like a “self-suicide site.” (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Philly plan for safe-injection site ‘oxymoronic,’ U.S. attorney says

Federal prosecutor opposes opening a facility for illegal drug use in Philadelphia. City officials say it's part of an effort to get users into treatment — and save lives.

8 years ago

Listen 2:22
Reginald Moore, 60, of Philadelphia's Point Breeze neighborhood, is a SNAP beneficiary and a critic of Trump's plan to overhaul the program.
Politics & Policy

Trump administration proposes limiting food choices for SNAP recipients

The administration has compared the idea, dubbed 'America’s Harvest Box,' to the fresh food service Blue Apron — but critics say the proposed food is far from fresh.

8 years ago

Teacher Jon Kimmel in his classroom at Westtown School in Chester County, Pa. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How difficult is it to redistrict Pennsylvania? ‘Not very,’ say area eighth-graders

Pennsylvania’s contentious congressional map has spurred disagreement among the state judiciary, lawmakers, and the governor. Yet students came up with several solutions.

8 years ago

Listen 3:26
Adam Moore, national director of equal employment opportunity and diversity for SAG-AFTRA
Arts & Entertainment

Actors union presents guidelines on preventing sexual harassment

After deliberating for months, SAG-AFTRA produces a set of harassment-prevention guidelines. Philadelphia hosted the first discussion of the recommendations.

8 years ago

Listen 1:25
(Illustration by Ella Trujillo)
The Pulse
Health

Looking for a black doctor for my kids

A millennial mom wants a black pediatrician for her girls and wrestles with why the search was so hard — and why finding a black doctor matters.

8 years ago

Listen 7:19
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