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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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Gospel according to Oedipus: Greek myth resounds in African-American church

The black churches of Coatesville show Philadelphia how it's done in "Gospel at Colonus."

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A participant barrels through the mud pit at the 2018 Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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The longstanding Jersey Shore tradition is slated for Sunday.

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Scenes from the annual Wildwood Polar Bear Plunge. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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2016 Wildwood Polar Bear Plunge [photos]

At precisely 1P.M. on Saturday costumed plungers, many dressed as Gene Simmons, Wolverine, Elvis, a bunch of Waldos, made a dash into the ...

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Community members help fill in the decorative elements of what will become the 'Windows of Peace' part of the mural. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Mural project draws support for North Philly Muslims [photos]

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The Fralinger String Band concludes their performance at Broad and Sansom Streets. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY, file)
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 Participants in the Homeless Memorial Day ceremony carry signs bearing the names of 127 homeless and formerly homeless people who died in 2013. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
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Festival goers dance to the rhythm of the Johnny Cruz Latin Ensemble at the 2013 Nuestro Barrio Fair.  (Elisabeth Perez Luna/WHYY)
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