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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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Pennsylvania's crucial but short-staffed public health nurses
Health
Spotlight PA

Cut, now crucial: Pa. slashed the ranks of its contact tracing nurses. Now, they are pivotal to reopening, but only a fraction remain.

For decades, they endured budget cuts, political battles, and a major state Supreme Court case. Now, when we need them most, only a skeleton crew remains.

6 years ago

hydroxychloroquine
Politics & Policy

FDA warns of risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug

The FDA is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the coronavirus outside of hospitals or research settings.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

Coronavirus update: Paying rent with security deposits, Rutgers officials take pay cut

“During this emergency renters should have the ability to tap this deposit to help them secure their place in their home,” Gov. Phil Murphy said.

6 years ago

Pa. senators participated and witnesses from Gov. Tom Wolf's administration participated in a remote hearing.
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. won’t say when it will release names of thousands of businesses that received waivers to operate

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle continue to raise concerns about how the Wolf administration has handled the business waiver process.

6 years ago

duPont Hospital, ChristianaCare hospital system staff and the Delaware National Guard conduct training
Health

Coronavirus update: New data shows race discrepancy in Delaware cases

Latinx and black Delawareans have a higher rate of infection than whites, according to new numbers released by the state.

6 years ago

Woman accused of spitting on worker at Rittenhouse Square store
Courts & Law

Woman charged in spitting incidents at Rittenhouse Di Bruno Bros., police say

In one incident, a woman lowered her mask, said "B----, I don't have the virus,” and spit in another woman's face, according to Philadelphia police.

6 years ago

Wine and Spirits store in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: Pa. expanding curbside pickup to more liquor store sites

The Liquor Control Board says it will expand its curbside pickup service to 389 more Fine Wine & Good Spirits locations in the state on Monday, April 27.

6 years ago

Old Main on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Community

Penn State furloughs some employees with 50% pay, doesn’t rule out future layoffs

Facing major financial losses, Penn State has furloughed some employees, but will be paying them 50% starting May 4 through June.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Health

Don’t inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea

“We must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body," Lysol's parent company said.

6 years ago

Members of Bread & Roses Racial and Economic Justice Giving Project celebrating as they work to raise money for grassroots community organizing. (Bread and Roses)
Bread and Roses.jpeg
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Why we need community organizers in the time of COVID-19

Grants are available to groups organizing around the pandemic and to those struggling to operate in a changed environment or generate lost revenue.

6 years ago

A SEPTA rider dons a surgical mask. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA to move forward with virtual hearings on fare restructuring proposal

The fare-restructuring proposal was discussed at a SEPTA board meeting held the same day as the burial of the agency’s fourth coronavirus victim.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Pa. withholds records on pandemic plans, equipment and business waivers

Government accountability advocates say Wolf’s administration has fallen short during the COVID-19 crisis, withholding critical public documents.

6 years ago

Rudolph Sutton poses with his son Rudolpho in a photo taken in 2015 at SCI-Graterford in Montgomery County, where Sutton was serving a life sentence. (Courtesy of Rudolpho Sutton)
Community

His father was the 1st Pa. inmate to die of COVID-19. Now, he’ll continue the fight to ‘clear his name’

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project concluded Rudolph Sutton was likely innocent, just as his health began to decline after serving 30 years behind bars.

6 years ago

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An up-close image of a package of Naloxone in someone's hand.
Health

Naloxone by mail? What N.J. addiction help looks like during COVID-19

With coronavirus infections soaring, New Jersey addiction treatment providers are figuring out how to continue offering services — at arm’s length.

6 years ago

A rider stands next to an Indego station. (Indego/City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Community

Indego offers a 30-day discount to mark 5 years of blue bikes in Philly

The bike-share has logged more than 3.5 million rides and hit record numbers in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the city.

6 years ago

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