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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 Moorestoown, N.J., resident clears the snow in front of her house
Weather
NBC10

Super Bowl Sunday bringing snow, rain to Philly region

Between 3 and 6 inches are expected in Philadelphia and many suburbs.

5 years ago

People wait in line for an exhibit at the NFL Experience Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The city is hosting Sunday’s Super Bowl football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Health

Officials plead: Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader

“I’m worried about Super Bowl Sunday, quite honestly. People gather, they watch games together. We’ve seen outbreaks already from football parties."

5 years ago

Gilbert Lewis portrait painting of model Anthony Rullo
Arts & Entertainment

Gilbert Lewis remembered as artist, mentor to Philly’s gay ’80s

“Only Tony” features 25 portraits that Gilbert Lewis painted of a single model during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Education

The next generation of American voters must learn to decipher fact from fiction

Olga Polites, a high school English teacher, makes the case for mandating media literacy in public schools.

5 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Beware of fraudsters: How to spot utility power shutoff scams this winter

Before picking up a phone call from an unfamiliar number — here are some tips on spotting scammers pretending to be PECO.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the press. in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. voters will get the last word in struggle between Wolf and lawmakers. Here’s what you need to know.

The state House on Friday gave final approval to a proposed constitutional amendment that would give state lawmakers the power to unilaterally end disaster declarations

5 years ago

Skate instructor Sultana Afifiah helps a new skater at Laura Sims Skatehouse in Philadelphia. The city’s rinks are reopening with COVID restrictions in February. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY
Community

Philly public ice rinks will open with COVID-19 safety precautions

Rinks will host public skate hours on evenings and weekends to offer residents safe, affordable family fun.

5 years ago

State Sen. Tizzy Lockman heads the Redding Consortium looking at ways to improve upstate schools. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

‘We need help’: Task force demands better funding for some of Del. youngest students

The Redding Consortium for Educational Equity is out with a list of priorities members say will help improve outcomes for students in high-poverty schools.

5 years ago

A young student attends virtual school from his home
Education

Philly’s youngest students are suffering the most academically, new data shows

The data compares test scores from before the pandemic to test scores from early fall. And it paints a troubling picture for kids in early grades.

5 years ago

A couple helps a child on a snow covered embankment at Lorimer Park in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Weather

Montgomery County declares Code Blue; dangerous temperatures forecast for weekend

The Code Blue declaration has been issued for Montgomery County beginning Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at 9 p.m. and ending on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 9 a.m.

5 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman gavels in a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate before Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year, Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Sitting on $1.4 million in campaign cash, Fetterman takes another step toward U.S. Senate

The Pa. lieutenant governor and his staff say the filing was simply procedural: He’d raised too much money to continue operating under his existing exploratory committee.

5 years ago

coronavirus vaccine
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: More vaccines on the way, says state health official

Some counties received less vaccine, but Mauldin says state officials have to distribute equitably.

5 years ago

Jerry Jordan has headed the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers since 2007. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Stay home on Monday, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers urges its members

The union continues to maintain school district buildings are unsafe for occupancy given COVID-19 concerns. A mediator in the matter was named Friday.

5 years ago

Pedestrians walk in Maxwell Place Park in view of midtown Mahattan Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Govs. Murphy, Cuomo call for coronavirus aid based on state’s needs

New Jersey and New York were among the first states to report coronavirus cases in the spring when the pandemic surged in the Northeast.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Courts & Law

Feds arrest, charge Pa. woman in pink hat during Capitol attack

Rachel Powell, 40, a mother of eight children, stopped short of confirming to The New Yorker magazine this week that she had bashed in a window.

5 years ago

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