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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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Joseph Ruffin at his home office in Nicetown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Tech to the rescue: As business moves online, IT jobs more essential than ever — for now

Technology workers have been largely spared from coronavirus layoffs so far, stepping up as essential workers to make remote work possible.

6 years ago

Listen 4:59
(Duntrune Studios/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

How a pandemic inspired your bathroom

Before COVID-19, the 1918 pandemic changed our world and with it, home design. This is how a century-old pandemic inspired the modern bathroom.

6 years ago

A Toronto geographer is using a large ring to study and demonstrate how difficult it is to keep a social distance of six feet in the urban environment. (Daniel Rotsztain)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly should close streets to cars, open space for social distancing, advocates say

Philadelphia pedestrian advocates pressure city to close more streets to cars so residents can practice safe social distancing outdoors during COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

Baking Bread
Things To Do
Community
April 16 - 22, 2020

Cooking for comfort, must-see TV, National Library Week and Beethoven at home in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The coronavirus has changed everything. But arts and cultural institutions have gamely continued to provide innovative ways to keep their audiences entertained.

6 years ago

Mira Patel and her sister Veda. (Courtesy of Dee Patel)
Community

Coronavirus: The world has come together to flatten the curve. Can we stay united to tackle other crises?

Watching the world come together gives me hope for the future, writes Mira Patel, a high school junior.

6 years ago

A SEPTA bus driver wears a protective mask as he drives through Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA is giving masks to riders after backlash to face-covering mandate

SEPTA is distributing about 20,000 surgical masks to riders on select buses and trains and at select transportation hubs.

6 years ago

Rebecca Foxman at her outpost Fox and Son Fancy Corn Dogs in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market. (Courtesy of Rebecca Foxman)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

From making rent to ‘found money’: Philly residents share their stimulus cash stories

The money — most adults will get $1,200, with an additional $500 per qualifying child — is meant to help Americans weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Listen 5:17
(Dan Gleiter/The Patriot News)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Gov. Tom Wolf will veto bill to reopen more Pa. businesses, as top health official warns legislation puts ‘more lives at risk’

Republicans say they can safely reopen parts of the economy, while Democrats say the effort is premature.

6 years ago

Ranvir Singh, a registered nurse in the  intensive care unit at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, tends to a patient March 19. 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center.)
Health

Coronavirus update: COVID-19 in nearly all N.J. long-term care facilities

The state reported a total of 6,815 coronavirus cases associated with long-term care facilities.

6 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Education
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s state universities facing immediate hit of up to $100 million as lawmaker floats closures as worst-case scenario

The losses are the result of a system-wide shutdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak and primarily account for refunded room and board payments.

6 years ago

Delaware National Guard Private Kyeremen sets up a station for packaged food pick-up on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Fewer hospitalized in Delaware as number of new cases is lowest in 10 days

Through Wednesday, more than half of the Delawareans who died lived in nursing homes. WHYY found that residents comprise 5% of the state’s cases.

6 years ago

Kris Jaeger with Broad Street Ministry distributes food as part of a new initiative called Step Up to the Plate, during a rainstorm outside of City Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, April 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: Free baby supplies, food for elderly in Philadelphia

Ten sites around Philadelphia are now providing free food, diapers and other supplies for babies.

6 years ago

FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shake hands on stage before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Warren has endorsed Joe Biden, becoming the last of the former vice president’s major Democratic presidential rivals to formally back him.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Politics & Policy

Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday and became the latest of the former vice president’s onetime White House rivals to back him

6 years ago

The Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Philly judge denies all emergency motions to release prisoners during coronavirus pandemic

The Defenders Association has withdrawn all cases before Judge Anne Marie Coyle, citing her denial of every motion for emergency release.

6 years ago

David Cabello is the owner of Black and Mobile, a delivery business focused on connecting Black restaurant owners to customers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Money
Broke in Philly

This 24-year-old entrepreneur is helping Black-owned restaurants survive coronavirus

Black and Mobile is an online delivery service that caters to Black-owned restaurants. The coronavirus shutdown has increased demand for its service.

6 years ago

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