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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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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his 2021 budget address
Politics & Policy

COVID-19 leads to burst of info, but some data blocked in N.J.

The pandemic has sparked an explosion of public data. But the Murphy administration has blocked information from the public.

5 years ago

Nicholas Drago gets a COVID-19 vaccination
Health

Meet the volunteers helping Montco seniors register for COVID-19 vaccines

The Office of Senior Services is looking for even more people to staff the phone line helping seniors and those without computers pre-register for shots.

5 years ago

(StudioDin/BigStock)
Education

Delco launches effort to ‘redesign and rethink’ mental health services for school-age children

The DA’s Office, County Council, and educators put together a Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools initiative to break the school-to-prison pipeline.

5 years ago

Community health workers and field staff assisting with food delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic
Health

‘Without data, there’s no equity’: Deficient Asian American COVID-19 data masked community-wide disparities

Asian Americans were most likely to be misclassified in coronavirus statistics, despite a disproportionate burden of infection and mortality.

5 years ago

Students on the campus of Kutztown University
Health

How COVID-19 made stressing over starting college even more intense

For the Classes of 2020 and 2021, anxiety can be high if you took a gap year, or didn’t. If you applied away from home, or didn’t.

5 years ago

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(AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek,File)
Politics & Policy

Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight

Scientists estimate between 365 million and one billion birds are killed by collisions with buildings or other outdoor structures in the U.S. every year.

5 years ago

Climate specialist Charles Brown gets students back to class after recess at Richard Wright Elementary School in North Philadelphia. (Dale Mezzacappa/Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
Education

‘It’s like a dystopian version of school’: A day at Philadelphia’s Richard Wright Elementary

For the students who came on Thursday, all in kindergarten, it was their first day ever of in-person school, and the only normal they know.

5 years ago

Electric Time technician Dan LaMoore lights up a two-dial Howard Post Clock, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, March 14, 2021, when clocks are set ahead one hour. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Community

No need to lose sleep over shift to daylight saving time

The annual shift comes at 2 a.m. local time Sunday in most of the United States.

5 years ago

(Achi_Studio/BigStock)
Health

A look at how it feels to be a new mother in these pandemic times

A research team from CHOP and Penn is studying survey responses from 913 women about their experiences in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum.

5 years ago

Firefighter coats are lined up, with an ambulance in the background
Community

‘The volunteer model in Pa. just doesn’t work’: COVID-related recruitment issues put suburban firefighting in the crosshairs

Volunteer shortages have caused fire companies in some counties to merge. In Montgomery County, the Ogontz Fire Company faces closure.

5 years ago

A health worker at a vaccination event in March 2021 at Rose Hill Community Center south of Wilmington organizes doses. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Hesitancy, fueled by fears of adverse reactions, hinders COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Delaware

Citing polls, Gov. Carney says he fears about 20% of residents won’t get inoculated. Delawareans who are hesitant explained their reasons to WHYY.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo a woman works at a computer in New York. The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said Friday. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Politics & Policy

Despite hacks, U.S. not seeking widened domestic surveillance

Instead, the administration will focus on tighter partnerships and improved information-sharing with private-sector companies.

5 years ago

In the March 10, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

N.J. officials praise signing of federal stimulus plan ‘that our families needed’

The package includes $1,400 checks for individuals making up to $75,000 per year, or $2,800 for couples making up to $150,000 annually.

5 years ago

A line forms outside the Center for Architecture and Design on Arch Street
Health

Vaccine clinic for Philly immigrant communities helps bridge gaps in COVID-19 care

Friday was the first of three scheduled first-dose opportunities to take place in Center City. All vaccinations are by appointment.

5 years ago

People congregate at Somerset Street and Kensington Avenue on April 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA to temporarily close Kensington’s Somerset Station over safety issues

Located in an area hard hit by Philadelphia’s opioid crisis, the MFL station’s elevators were destroyed by urine and needles, SEPTA officials said.

5 years ago

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