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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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Government Accountability

Daniel Elkin, director ejecutivo del Centro Comunitario Bellevue
Politics & Policy

Organizaciones sin fines de lucro de Delaware advierten que los recortes al servicio nacional y las entregas de alimentos perjudican a residentes desfavorecidos

Los líderes de Delaware advierten que los recortes de $1.1 millones a AmeriCorps y a la ayuda alimentaria de USDA afectará servicios.

1 month ago

Jamie Gauthier sits in front of a microphone
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s zoning board may gain leverage to hold private developers more accountable

A bill moving through City Council would require developers to legally commit to creating affordable housing they’ve promised the community.

1 month ago

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Dock at the Wilmington port
Urban Planning

Questions arise over progress of $635 million Wilmington port project after Gov. Meyer’s office provides few details

Meyer’s cabinet secretaries skipped a port expansion task force meeting for a second month in a row and required questions in writing.

1 month ago

Listen 1:22
Bruce Springsteen performing on stage with a guitar
Arts & Entertainment

Springsteen doubles down on political criticism with a digital EP that includes anti-Trump comments

The EP features four live songs from his concert in England last week, along with his on-stage comments attacking Trump's “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration."

1 month ago

LaMonica McIver speaking to the media
Courts & Law

New Jersey Democratic Rep. McIver released on recognizance on federal assault charges

The prosecutor’s complaint says McIver attempted to stop the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and pushed into and grabbed ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents.

1 month ago

Will Tung holding up a sign that says 'Transit moves us'
Community
Billy Penn

Riders call SEPTA essential to their lives and plead for state funding

Transit agency plans to shut down dozens of bus and rail lines and hike fares due to funding shortfall.

1 month ago

A view of the Brandywine Building
Politics & Policy

Why is Delaware pursuing a $3M lease for the Department of Justice from Wilmington’s most prominent developer?

Attorney General Kathy Jennings says she abandoned the idea she championed last year, but the money remains in the state’s proposed budget.

2 months ago

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Two city blocks of rowhouses are left in ruin following the worst fire in the city's history, May 15, 1985 in West Philadelphia. The blaze was caused accidently when police attempted to remove a radical group called MOVE from their house by dropping a satchel bomb on the structure a gun battle. (AP Photo)
Studio 2
Community

Studio 2 Extra: Investigative journalist reflects on MOVE bombing

Investigative reporter Linn Washington remembers the MOVE bombing 40 years later .

Air Date: May 13, 2025 3:00 pm

Listen 12:33
Daniel Elkin speaking at a podium at the press conference
Politics & Policy

Delaware nonprofits warn cuts to national service, food deliveries hurting underserved residents

Delaware leaders warn that $1.1 million cuts to AmeriCorps and USDA food aid will impact services for the state's most underserved communities.

2 months ago

Listen 1:38
Security officers outside of the detention center
Courts & Law

What to know about the newly opened immigration detention center in New Jersey’s biggest city

The opening of the Newark facility has sparked protests outside the fenced-in building, including from Mayor Ras Baraka.

2 months ago

A student participates in a reading and writing lesson at a Head Start program in Florida
Education

Head Start escapes elimination in 2026 proposed budget from Trump administration

In 2024, the U.S. Head Start budget was $12.2 billion. “We recognize that we have no certainty,” said the executive director of the Pennsylvania Head Start Association.

2 months ago

Listen 1:08
Leigh Goldenberg standing in the Wilma Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding

Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

2 months ago

Listen 2:32
President Donald Trump holds a document with notes about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, April 18, 2025, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

“I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know,” Trump said when pressed by NBC's Kristen Welker.

2 months ago

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Money

Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing retirement, warns trade war will hurt America

At 94, Buffett ends six-decade run and warns of global risks from Trump’s tariffs and taps Greg Abel to take over.

2 months ago

Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally at Philadelphia City Hall
Politics & Policy

‘Fighting oligarchy’: Sen. Bernie Sanders stops in Philly during national resistance tour

The Vermont senator has been touring the country attacking the president and his “rich” supporters while demanding that Democrats stand up to him.

2 months ago

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