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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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Ms. Tootsie's (Google maps)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Famed Ms. Tootsie’s RBL now up for sale

The celebrated restaurant owned by KeVen Parker, who died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, was a staple in the community.

5 years ago

A woman drops off her ballot for the 2020 General Election outside the Chester County Government Services Center, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

State and counties say they plan to do more to inform Pa. Spanish-speaking voters

The Pa. Department of State is working with local governments to ensure they fulfill Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, which protects marginalized language groups.

5 years ago

William Marx, points to projected images of the old congressional districts of Pennsylvania on top, and the new re-drawn districts on the bottom, while standing in the classroom where he teaches civics in Pittsburgh on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

‘This isn’t just a math game gone awry’: Pa. advocates want publicly-drawn maps to be a part of redistricting

By law, a five-member committee called the Legislative Reapportionment Commission spearheads the map-drawing process.

5 years ago

In this photo taken on Friday Dec. 25, 2020, Virologist Sunday Omilabu in a lab, during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)
Science

N.J. and Delaware working to sequence more coronavirus samples to track variants

The U.S. is still far behind other countries when it comes to doing enough of the lab work needed to keep track of the variants of SARS-CoV-2.

5 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford reets people waiting in line for walk-up COVID-19 testing
Health

Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium hopes to ‘empower the have-nots’ at Philly’s first 24-hour vaccine clinic

The walk-in clinic will be open from noon Feb. 19 to noon Feb. 20, but only for those eligible in Phase 1B and from certain Philadelphia ZIP codes.

5 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle as they are sorted at Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house
Courts & Law

N.J. lawmakers whipping votes for recreational marijuana deal as deadline looms

Lawmakers and Gov. Phil Murphy have yet to reach a compromise on bills that would set up the new market and revise penalties for underage possession.

5 years ago

In this file photo, Pa. State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta urges voters to wake-up to voter suppression tactics before the 2020 election. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is running for U.S. Senate

Philly’s Malcolm Kenyatta is the second high-profile Democrat to announce a run for U.S. Senate. The race is expected to be crowded and expensive.

5 years ago

Donated water is distributed to residents, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Houston. Houston and several surrounding cities are under a boil water notice as many residents are still without running water in their homes. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Weather

Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes persist

Fewer than a half-million homes in Texas remained without electricity, although utility officials said limited rolling blackouts could still occur.

5 years ago

A photo of Olney Transportation Center Wednesday morning showed few commuters in the falling snow. (Facebook/Jeff Byrd)
PlanPhilly
Community

Neighbors avoid Olney transit hub after mass shooting: ‘I wouldn’t catch it there’

After gunmen injured eight victims Wednesday afternoon, North Philly commuters feel traumatized. “We’re just trying to make it out of our own neighborhood,” one person said.

5 years ago

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. Perseverance's $3 billion mission is the first leg in a U.S.-European effort to bring Mars samples to Earth in the next decade. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
Science

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in a quest to search for life on Mars.

5 years ago

Samuel Gulick spray-painted the Newark medical facility before throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window in January 2020. (U.S. Attorney's Office)
Health

Del. Planned Parenthood clinics still facing violent threats one year after Molotov cocktail incident

Samuel Gulick threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Newark medical facility in January 2020. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

5 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
Courts & Law

Retired PPD detective charged for allegedly letting informant raid evidence locker

At least a half dozen Philadelphia Police officers have been arrested on a variety of criminal charges in recent months.

5 years ago

Patrons have lunch indoors at Gibsons Italia restaurant
Health

Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen

States are beginning to ease coronavirus restrictions, but health experts say we don't know enough yet about variants to roll back measures that could help slow their spread.

5 years ago

Interior of Lincoln Financial Field
Health

City Council passes resolution calling on mayor to activate the Linc as mass vaccination site

City Council passed a near-unanimous resolution calling on Kenney to turn the Eagles stadium in South Philadelphia into a mass vaccination site run by the city.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz
Community
NBC10

Carson Wentz traded to Colts, source confirms to NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles on Thursday agreed to trade Wentz to the Colts for a 2021 third-round pick and a conditional 2022 second-round pick.

5 years ago

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