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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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File photo: Lower Merion High School (Image via Benofmerion/Wikimedia Commons)
Education
6abc

2 Montgomery County school districts requiring masks starting Friday

The CDC moved Montgomery County into the "high" community level.

4 years ago

Philly rideshare driver Ryan Long is on a Jeopardy! winning streak. (6abc)
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Meet Ryan Long, the Philly rideshare driver who’s on a Jeopardy! winning streak

Ryan Long is clearly brilliant, but he is also very humble.

4 years ago

LED lighting in Los Angeles. (General Electric)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

City Council weighing citywide contract converting Philly street lights to LEDs

The modernization project will also mean malfunctioning lights will be fixed based on real-time reports, and not based on resident complaints.

4 years ago

A group of Philadelphia teens advocate for stronger gun policies is in Harrisburg, PA on April 26. The group was organized by Ceasefire PA, and some of them remain active on the issue through the Enough is Enough steering committee. (Courtesy of CeaseFirePA)
Community

Teen committee conducts gun violence survey to bring solutions to city officials

A new teen committee surveyed 1300 students throughout the Philadelphia area on gun violence solutions. “Better gun laws” and more support for families were among the asks.

4 years ago

A sign at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Penn Medicine partners with health department to expand virtual ‘bridge clinic’ for people with substance use disorder

Penn Medicine has expanded its telehealth program to increase access to medication that helps people stop using opioids.

4 years ago

Penny Washington shows actor Reggie White and the rest of the cast and crew of the new play 'Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland' the historic A.M.E. church in West Chester where Rustin grew up. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

People’s Light Theater gets a crash course in West Chester’s Black history

The cast and crew at People’s Light Theater were given a crash course in West Chester’s Black history for their premiere of “Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland.”

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper rounds first on his way to a double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Arts & Entertainment

Phillies’ Bryce Harper asks for fan’s hat, trades his own

Harper yelled over to a group of fans and offered the trade. The Phillies fans accepted and walked off an autographed cap.

4 years ago

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 12 years old sits ready for use at a vaccination site in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Health

CDC advisers urge Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

If the CDC agrees as expected, it would open a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids, just like what is already recommended for everybody 12 and older.

4 years ago

Attendees at the Black Enterprise National Entrepreneurs Summit. (Courtesy of Black Enterprise)
Community

Black Enterprise group fights pandemic and wealth gap during Philly summit

The national group, Black Enterprise, meets in Philly for three days to talk up Black businesses, dealing with the pandemic, and the wealth gap.

4 years ago

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(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, file)
Community

Pa. families have more time to apply for LIHEAP assistance paying for heating bills

The application deadline was moved from May 20 to June 17, to give Pennsylvanians in need more time to apply for help paying off this winter’s heating bills.

4 years ago

The new bill would require more frequent asbestos inspections in Philly schools. (Karimala/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Education

City Council passes bill to require more asbestos inspections in Philly schools

The school district opposes the bill, saying asbestos is already tightly regulated, and the bill will only complicate things.

4 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in prescription bottles
Politics & Policy

Bill to create marijuana market in Delaware falls short again in House

The regulatory piece of the legalization effort would tax all sales of marijuana at 15%. It failed in large part because one supporter missed the vote.

4 years ago

Chellie Cameron speaks at the Philadelphia International Airport
Community

Leadership shake-up for Philly airports: CEO for aviation departs for Chamber of Commerce

The city will start a national search to replace Philadelphia’s CEO for aviation, who will now lead the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Police cars are seen in Philadelphia
Community

Five people wounded in shooting near Temple University

One of the victims, a 28-year-old man, is in extremely critical condition after being shot 14 times.

4 years ago

File Photo: In this June 28, 2015 file photo, singer Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshed of the band The Who perform at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP, File)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

The Who, New Hope PrideFest, Mutlu, Art in the Open, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Music, theater, and street festivals dominate the weekend events schedule in and around Philadelphia.

4 years ago

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