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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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People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding
Politics & Policy

Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona

The protests came as the president repeatedly insisted without evidence that there were major problems with the voting and the ballot counting.

6 years ago

A demonstrator holds up a sign while waiting for election results
Politics & Policy

Biden needs 1 more battleground state to win the White House

Two days after Election Day, neither candidate had amassed the votes needed to win the White House. But Biden’s victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264.

6 years ago

Healthcare Theatre Actor Zachary Jackson sits on the bed while Andrew Jones talks to him and speech language pathologist Julie McCauley watches during a class to simulate interaction between patients, nurses and doctors. (Ashley Barnas/University of Delaware)
Health

Theater class helps future health care pros improve bedside manner

Doctors and nurses face even more challenges communicating with patients in the era of COVID-19. “Health care theater” at UD is designed to help.

6 years ago

Listen 2:52
Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

This election reveals why Philadelphia’s neighborhoods need a construction impact tax

A construction impact tax could support small businesses, job growth and affordable housing for those who need it the most in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Nani feeds her son Darnez in the movie
Arts & Entertainment

Filmmaker returns to Camden roots to tell story of a ‘Higher Love’ threatened by addiction

“Higher Love” tells the story of Daryl Gannt as he struggles to extricate his girlfriend, who is pregnant and has a drug addiction, from the Camden streets.

6 years ago

Apples at a farmers market
Things To Do
Community
November 5 - 11, 2020

Crafts, antiques and films go virtual, plus apples reign at Peddler’s Village in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This week, several familiar annual arts and cultural events move online as the coronavirus continues to limit large in-person gatherings.

6 years ago

Listen 4:45
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Politics & Policy

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

It’s an outcome that dampens Democratic demands for a bold new agenda, emboldens Republicans and almost ensures partisan gridlock regardless of who wins the presidency.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House

A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

6 years ago

Eric Morrison appears with supporters outside a polling location on Election Day.
Politics & Policy

Delaware General Assembly gains largest LGBTQ representation in history

For the first time in state history, Delaware elects three members of the LGBTQ community to serve in the General Assembly.

6 years ago

Listen 1:57
Yhané Ndgo leads protesters in chanting Walter Wallace’s name at City Hall after the city of Philadelphia released body cam footage of the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Shoot him’: Body camera footage shows officers who shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr.

Neither officer has more than three years experience on the PPD. At request of the Wallace family, the video was lightly redacted, but it is still extremely disturbing.

6 years ago

Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officials anticipate that the task of scanning mail and absentee ballots will be completed Thursday.
Politics & Policy

Mail ballot trends suggest Biden on path to victory in Pa.

Definitive results aren’t expected until at least Thursday in Pennsylvania, but strong trends in mail ballot results are giving Biden’s campaign reason for hope.

6 years ago

An underwater single-use plastic carryout bag.
Politics & Policy

Murphy approves N.J. ban on plastic and paper bags, won’t take effect until 2022

After years of efforts and several different iterations, New Jersey will implement one of the strongest plastic and paper bag bans in the country.

6 years ago

Homes in Francisville/Spring Garden
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Landlords want city to extend deadline to apply for rental assistance as eviction crisis looms

The program offers tenants up to $1,500 a month for rental assistance for six months, and homeowners can get $1,000 a month for six months.

6 years ago

YahNé Ndgo leads protesters in chanting Walter Wallace’s name at City Hall after the city of Philadelphia released body cam footage of the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘It is a travesty’: Protesters gather at City Hall as Walter Wallace Jr. bodycam video released

Philadelphians are gathering in Center City following the release of 911 audio and police bodycam footage from the officers who fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr.

6 years ago

Protesters gather outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S. withdraws from Paris climate agreement as election results still unknown

Trump made withdrawing from the landmark climate treaty a hallmark of his 2016 campaign. Biden says he will rejoin if elected.

6 years ago

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