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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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A SEPTA employee has a broom in hand at an outdoor station on the Market-Frankford line.
Urban Planning

No lay-offs, more cleaners and more service: SEPTA proposes forward-looking $1.5B budget

The transit agency’s spending plan relies on a temporary cash infusion of $1.5 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

5 years ago

State and local officials plant butterfly bushes at the groundbreaking for the Laurel Run Land Stewardship Center in Delran, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Farmers Against Hunger plants base on a former Delran farm

A parcel of a former peach farm, now a Burlington County park, will return to agricultural purposes, grow produce, and teach the community about agriculture.

5 years ago

Angela Harrelson, right, aunt of George Floyd, talks to supporters at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Courts & Law

Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement

“If it wasn’t for this 17-year-old who took the video, Derek Chauvin would in all likelihood still be on the police force training officers."

5 years ago

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers, of Waxhaw, N.C., holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Health

US health panel urges restarting J&J COVID-19 vaccinations

A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder

In a dissent, a liberal justice accused her colleagues of gutting earlier decisions that said life without parole sentences for people under age 18 should be rare.

5 years ago

Martin Sizmur, who is in charge of construction for Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein, shows an illustration of an 8,000-seat domed concert hall to be built next to the Showboat casino, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Atlantic City, N.J.
Money

Philadelphia developer has big plans for Atlantic City’s Showboat

“We're going to be the first true year-round family resort in Atlantic City."

5 years ago

A closeup of Uri Monson
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Heeding pleas, Philadelphia revises district budget to add positions to schools

The budget changes follow a citywide survey, focus groups, and a coordinated campaign by principals and their union to guarantee five key positions in every school.

5 years ago

Hundreds arrive at Pennsauken Community Rec Center for a march and vigil to remember George Floyd and others who died at the hands of police on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

How N.J. is trying to reduce police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s murder

N.J. was already in the midst of an effort to reduce police use of force against civilians when Floyd was murdered. Here’s where these efforts stand now.

5 years ago

15-foot-tall robot sculpture installed at North Camden's Cramer Hill Neighborhood
Arts & Entertainment

‘A New View’ in Camden: Citywide project to tackle illegal dumping through public art

Artists have transformed six places along Camden’s public transit corridors for the next six months. The larger goal is to boost civic pride and economic development.

5 years ago

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Members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus took control of the State House in June 2020 to demand action on a suite of police reform bills. (Rep. Jordan A. Harris/Twitter)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

After Chauvin verdict, here’s the status of police reform proposals in Pennsylvania

After George Floyd’s death, Dems saw a rare opportunity to pressure the GOP to act on policing reform. Here’s where things stand.

5 years ago

Listen 1:56
Disposable gloves and masks have contributed to Philadelphia's litter problem. (Twitter/Philadelphia Water)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly launches ‘litter task force’ ahead of street cleaning reboot

The volunteer group would guide a $62 million effort to reintroduce street sweeping.

5 years ago

ME 2 pipeline construction site near the Chester County Library and business route 30.
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County reaches consent decree for oversight of Mariner East pipeline builder

The agreement allows Chester County to hold the company accountable for any future violations of permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection.

5 years ago

This Nov. 29, 2012 file photo shows the Jet Star roller coaster sitting in the ocean in Seaside Heights N.J. one month after Superstorm Sandy knocked it off Casino Pier into the water. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Politics & Policy

NJ to bake climate change risk into policies, share costs

And while not putting a price tag on anything, the report acknowledges the obvious: this is going to be expensive.

5 years ago

Displayed is an Environmental Protection Agency report ahead of a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Under strong pressure from Congress, the EPA said Thursday that it will move ahead this year with a process that could lead to setting a safety threshold for a group of highly toxic chemicals in drinking water. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bill would offer legal avenue for medical monitoring of PFAS exposure

Congressional Democrats including Madeleine Dean introduced a measure in the House and the Senate to bring “long overdue accountability.”

5 years ago

Rochelle Bilal looks out a window
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Council demands answers on Philly sheriff’s sudden move to online sales

Under pressure, officials admitted that the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office had entered into a six-year contract with Bid4Assets without issuing a public request for proposals.

5 years ago

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