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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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Passerby walks between the camera and the Proud Boys as they pose for a photo. (Courtesy of Jason Peters)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Stand back, Proud Boys. Philadelphia is stronger than you.

Philadelphia sent its own powerful message of joyful unity and powerful protest to the far-right fascist group last month.

6 years ago

A rocket launching at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. (Wallops Flight Facility)
Down the Shore
Community

Rocket launch likely to be visible at the Jersey Shore

A rocket launch will likely dazzle sky-gazers throughout the New Jersey region early Friday evening.

6 years ago

Devin White was killed after being caught in crossfire, police said, when an off-campus party turned violent. (Instagram)
Community

Student’s ‘shocking’ shooting death at party spurs warning by Delaware State U. president

Devin Wright was a gregarious young man who police say was caught in the crossfire when a shootout erupted at a party organized by students.

6 years ago

In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a passerby walks past a business storefront with store closing signs in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Politics & Policy

US unemployment drops to 7.9% but hiring slows pre-election

With a month to go before Election Day, the Labor Department said employers added just 661,000 jobs in September amid the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

The first voter at the Liacouras Center satellite election office, Priscilla Bennett, first requests a ballot, which will be printed at the office. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign sues over poll watchers in Philly satellite offices

The Trump campaign wanted to put poll watchers in Philadelphia’s satellite election offices, but the city said no. Now, the campaign threatens a lawsuit.

6 years ago

Lisa Forrest, Philadelphia's Fire Department Battalion Chief, joins other members of the firefighters and paramedics union in denouncing the local's endorsement of Donald Trump and calling for a retraction. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Philly firefighters and paramedics protest union local’s endorsement of President Trump

Members of IAFF Local 22 in Philadelphia protested their chapter’s unprecedented decision to buck their national chapter and endorse President Trump.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Harrisburg International Airport, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Middletown. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Lancaster/York, is at far left. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

HIA has no plans to test staff after Trump rally; Rep. Smucker, who was at the rally, says he’s been medically ‘cleared’

The President and First Lady announced their positive test results early Friday morning, less than a week after the event in Middletown.

6 years ago

A voter casts a mail-in ballot at a drop box in West Chester, Pa., prior to the June 2 primary election. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Dem lawmakers propose measure to punish faithless electoral college voters

Two Democratic state lawmakers want to punish any Pennsylvania electoral college member who votes contrary to the popular vote in the presidential election.

6 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Seismic airgun blasting efforts halted in Atlantic Ocean for now

The oil industry will not pursue seismic airgun blasting to investigate offshore petroleum locations in Atlantic Ocean because permits cannot be reviewed in time.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stops to speak to members of the media as he walks out of the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, after pre-taping his speech for the Al Smith dinner. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Biden and his wife test negative for coronavirus

The Democratic presidential nominee and his wife were tested earlier in the day after news of President Donald Trump’s infection was announced.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden
Politics & Policy

After coronavirus diagnosis, questions swirl about Trump’s N.J. fundraiser

It’s unclear if President Trump knew he had tested positive for COVID-19 before he attended the event Thursday night in Bedminster.

6 years ago

Jamil Rivers, an advocate living with metastatic breast cancer, has spearheaded a virtual educational program offered by Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a national nonprofit organization. (Abdul R. Sulayman / The Philadelphia Tribune)
Health
The Philadelphia Tribune

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: New virtual program addresses racial disparities

Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) has rolled out a virtual online series designed to address racial health disparities.

6 years ago

Sacred Heart Church in Camden, N.J.
Community

Camden diocese becomes latest to file for bankruptcy

The filing comes after New Jersey eased its civil statute of limitations in 2019 to make it easier for victims of sexual abuse at the hands of clergy to sue for damages.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council convenes on Thursday via video chat. (Screenshot)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Councilmember wants to remove Wells Fargo name from arena over bank CEO’s racially insensitive comments

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf blamed the lack of diversity at the nation’s third-largest bank on “a very limited pool of Black talent to recruit from” in corporate America.

6 years ago

A woman rides a bicycle  past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Money

Shares, oil prices sink after Trump tests positive for virus

The future contracts for both the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials dropped nearly 2% but were trading 1.2% lower several hours later. Oil prices tumbled about 3%.

6 years ago

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