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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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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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Students walking on Penn's campus
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Religion

Federal judge orders Penn to turn over information on Jewish staffers as part of discrimination investigation

Penn argued that complying with the request for information would put employees and students at risk.

3 months ago

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Kelvin Lesene (left) and Kai Wright (right)
Community Events
Delaware
History

Delaware State University honors Tuskegee Airmen, inspiring the next generation of aviation leaders

Delaware State University's Tuskegee commemoration connects history with opportunity, introducing students to careers in aviation and STEM.

3 months ago

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ICE agents standing and talking at the Philadelphia airport.
Philadelphia
Policing
Transportation

TSA union leaders, city officials call for ICE to depart from the Philadelphia airport

City Council will soon consider legislation that would further regulate ICE’s activities in Philadelphia, though Mayor Parker remains tight-lipped on the issue.

3 months ago

Allison Posner, an organizer for an upcoming
New Jersey
Politics
Protests

N.J. suburbanites embrace anti-Trump resistance before No Kings protests in Philadelphia, across U.S.

A growing faction of concerned citizens in the Philadelphia suburbs and across the U.S. are positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance.

3 months ago

ICE agents at Philadelphia Airport
Immigration
Philadelphia
Policing
Travel

‘ICE, play nice’: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE agents deployed to airport amid government shutdown

Unmasked agents were observed standing near entrances to security check-in lines at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday.

3 months ago

Listen 0:57
Protesters with the No Kings rally listen to speakers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on June 14, 2025.
Explainers
Philadelphia
Protests

Philadelphia ‘No Kings’ protest 2026: What to know ahead of March 28 rally

Millions gathered across the U.S. last year as part of the demonstrations against the Trump administration. More will take place this weekend.

3 months ago

Liza Meiris tabling for PA Youth Vote
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Politics

Young Philadelphians are finding success with PA Youth Vote, tipping peers toward civic involvement

Through the nonpartisan nonprofit, students are working on projects to improve civic education and to motivate young people to vote.

3 months ago

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Economy
Government
Kids
National

Trump child savings accounts: What they are, who they can help and their impact on wealth inequality

Trump Accounts — or 530A investment accounts — stem from a concept called “baby bonds,” which the creators hoped would reduce the racial wealth gap.

4 months ago

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President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Government
National

Key takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union: Sales mode on economy, heavy on patriotism, dark turn on Democrats

President Trump used his address to sell a booming America, even as voters worry about the economy.

4 months ago

A large banner with Trump's face hangs on the side of a building
Elections
Government Accountability

Trump has stocked his administration with people who have backed his false 2020 election claims

Those election conspiracists now holding official power range from the attorney general to lawyers filing lawsuits for the Justice Department.

4 months ago

Donald Trump and Howard Lutnick announcing new tariffs
Economy
Government Accountability
Law
Taxes

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda

The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country.

4 months ago

A National Park Service employee restores a panel to the slavery exhibit at the President's House site on Independence Mall.
History
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s slavery exhibit is being restored at the President’s House

“This is the American people fighting back and saying we will not accept this,” said one Independence Mall visitor. “Will not allow history to be rewritten.”

4 months ago

Four workers are using crowbars to remove signs from a brick wall
History
Philadelphia
Politics

Judge orders the immediate restoration of Philly’s President’s House slavery exhibit

The Trump administration said Tuesday it plans to appeal the judge's earlier ruling ordering the park service to restore the exhibit.

4 months ago

Protesters, including Alyssa Bigbee of Philadelphia
History
Philadelphia
Politics

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks in Philadelphia and other cities, lawsuit argues

A federal judge on Monday ordered that an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia.

4 months ago

Protesters, including Alyssa Bigbee of Philadelphia
History
Philadelphia
Protests

The Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly’s President’s House, federal judge rules

The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."

4 months ago

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