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.
Dave Davies looks at what might unfold from this week’s indictment of longtime Congressman Chaka Fattah, and Katie Colaneri tries to clear up a still murky picture of how security around the papal visit will affect Philadelphia.
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