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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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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker
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Mayor Parker’s $2B housing proposal clears major hurdle with critical Philadelphia City Council votes

The plan is one of the administration’s top priorities. It calls for expanding and preserving the city’s housing supply.

4 weeks ago

President Donald Trump speaks
Politics & Policy

Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday

President Donald Trump is again banning people from countries his administration deems dangerous from coming to America.

4 weeks ago

Matt Meyer speaks
Politics & Policy

‘Rocky start’: Progressives say Delaware Gov. Meyer’s transparency efforts are a mixed bag

Advocates had hoped Gov. Meyer and progressive lawmakers would introduce significant transparency initiatives this year.

1 month ago

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Courts & Law

N.J. law targets disruptive pop-up parties and inciting public brawls

A new N.J law establishes penalties for inciting a public brawl. It’s designed to stop young people from organizing pop-up parties on social media.

1 month ago

Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to supporters and media after a court appearance
Courts & Law

Newark mayor sues New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site

Mayor Ras Baraka says the Trump-appointed attorney had pursued the case out of political spite. Baraka was denied entry to Delaney Hall and arrested on May 9.

1 month ago

The rotunda at New Jersey's statehouse
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers consider bill that’s designed to help older adults during a natural disaster or emergency

A New Jersey Senate committee has approved a bill to create emergency registries, to let older adults sign up for assistance during a crisis in the county where they live.

1 month ago

Listen 0:59
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Studio 2
Politics & Policy

Discussing President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’

President Trump’s budget bill passed the House by a single vote and faces a legislative showdown in the U.S. Senate. Could the bill pass? And how would it impact our region?

Air Date: May 28, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 52:04
Kathy Sanders lost her two grandsons, Colton (middle) and Chase (right), in the Oklahoma City Bombing terrorist attack. (Courtesy of Kathy Sanders)
The Pulse
Science

The grandmother and the bomb builder: How one woman’s search for the truth forged an unlikely bond

For 30 years, Kathy Sanders has sought answers about the terrorist attack that killed her grandsons. She hopes a new piece of evidence will bring her closer to the truth.

1 month ago

Listen 26:14
State Capitol building
Politics & Policy

Delaware advocates urge passage of inspector general bill as part of decadeslong fight for more government transparency

The push by the Delaware Coalition for Open Government is part of a 20-year fight for more government transparency.

1 month ago

Listen 1:02
Mike Johnson speaking to reporters
Politics & Policy

Trump’s big tax bill has passed the House. Here’s what’s inside it

The House early Thursday passed a legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding and other priorities.

1 month ago

Congresswoman Rep. LaMonica McIver demands the release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after his arrest while protesting outside an ICE detention prison, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J,
Politics & Policy

Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says

House Democratic leaders decried the criminal case, calling the charge “extreme, morally bankrupt” and lacking “any basis in law or fact.”

2 months ago

Ro Khanna speaking
Politics & Policy

U.S. Rep. Khanna, of California, returns home to Bucks County to blast the president and Republicans over budget cuts

The “Benefits Over Billionaires” event is part of Ro Khanna’s tour in GOP-leaning districts to criticize Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans in Congress.

2 months ago

Listen 1:12
Sally Moore fills out a mail-in ballot application at Montgomery County voter services mobile location in King of Prussia, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia suburbs could make history this election

Joi Washington could become Media Borough’s first woman mayor. Erica Deuso could become Downingtown’s first openly transgender mayor.

2 months ago

Vials containing samples of PFAS
Politics & Policy

What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means

On Wednesday, the agency said it plans to weaken limits on harmful “forever chemicals” — roughly a year after the Biden administration finalized national standards.

2 months ago

An American flag flying with a Penn flag
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Trump’s grant and contract cuts in Philadelphia approach $280 million (and counting)

The feds have slashed funding for university research, public health, climate resiliency, public service and food banks.

2 months ago

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