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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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Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Congressional push on to restore funds for Delaware River Basin regulator

A bipartisan group wants to give Delaware River Basin a higher national priority.

5 years ago

HipCityVeg employees are pictured at the shop's Radnor location.
Community

Marquis & Co. restaurant group will raise minimum wage for workers

Starting in July, the owner of HipCityVeg and other restaurants will boost employees’ minimum to $15 an hour.

5 years ago

Listen 1:14
Law enforcement officers clear an area of demonstrators during a protest over Sunday's fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright
Courts & Law

Ex-Minnesota police officer faces hearing in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after Daunte Wright's death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter.

5 years ago

Visitors view a memorial to George Floyd as a new addition commemorating Daunte Wright is displayed outside Cup Foods
Courts & Law

Defense rests in Derek Chauvin murder trial; ex-officer won’t testify

Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death after his arrest on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 at a neighborhood market.

5 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC judge orders Sunoco to improve its public safety guidance, and pipeline safety, on Mariner East project

Plaintiffs wanted the lines shut down, but a judge declined to halt the operation.

5 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

2 Philly police officers arrested for alleged obstruction, perjury

Sgt. Michael Kennedy, 49, was federally indicted on making false statements to the FBI, obstruction and conspiracy. Officer James Saxton was charged with perjury.

5 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Courts & Law

Delco takes first ‘physical step’ toward deprivatizing George W. Hill Correctional Facility

The county’s Jail Oversight Board is seeking proposals for medical, food, maintenance, and commissary services for the now privately run prison.

5 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Stop blaming ‘car culture’ for SEPTA’s declining ridership

Many people choose cars over transit for valid reasons. When we blame an abstract concept, we ignore the implicit call for change in their voices.

5 years ago

Patti Smith
Things To Do
Community
April 15 - 21, 2021

Benefit concert, cheaper eats, and Easttown on HBO in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

April 15-21: The week’s events include drive-in movie screenings, dining at suburban restaurants, and an interactive virtual theater performance.

5 years ago

Listen 4:45
The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue. (NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Father killed, 6-year-old boy and 2nd man in critical condition, after gunman fires at car in West Philadelphia

The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue.

5 years ago

In this March 15, 2021 file photo, Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a COVID-19 vaccination site setup at the Berks County Intermediate Unit in Reading, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

More COVID state shutdowns unlikely, despite CDC suggestion

Even Democratic governors and lawmakers who supported tough stay-at-home orders and business closures to stem previous COVID-19 outbreaks say they're done with that approach.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw confer during a press event at Olney Transportation Center, where a mass shooting occurred on Feb. 17, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Kenney wants $19M budget boost to curb Philly violence with intervention, job creation, vacant lot cleanup

If approved, the total spending on anti-violence efforts next year would amount to less than 5% of the $727 million Kenney wants to spend on the police department.

5 years ago

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is held by pharmacist Madeline Acquilano at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Health

J&J vaccine to remain in limbo while officials seek evidence

The reports are exceedingly rare — six cases out of more than 7 million U.S. inoculations with the one-dose vaccine.

5 years ago

File photo: The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association)
Community

Upper Bucks residents, developer clash again over proposed Springfield quarry

A report on rock samples submitted for asbestos testing and property values near another H&K Group quarry drew objections.

5 years ago

COVID-19 vaccine seekers interact with FEMA volunteers at the clinic at Esperanza
Health

Esperanza FEMA vaccine site is back on its feet after J&J setback

Philadelphia’s second largest mass clinic, in the middle of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP code, had to reschedule hundreds of Tuesday appointments.

5 years ago

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