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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 group of friends from Coatesville have been coming together for 8 years for the Eagles season opener. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Lifestyle

‘My teams are undefeated during this quarantine’: Philly sports fans live on replays

The NBA, NHL, MLB and NCAA have cancelled games during the coronavirus pandemic. Philly sports fans are trying to adapt.

6 years ago

Listen 3:41
( a_mikos/BigStock)
Community

‘Still hopeful’: For Easter, Philly churches are coming together for virtual communion

Philadelphia churches have had three weeks to build their online chops for Holy Week, the biggest week of their calendar, during a pandemic.

6 years ago

Listen 3:13
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Politics & Policy

N.J. prepares to ‘beg’ for federal bailout as financial disaster looms

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy has ramped up savings, but it will be too little, too late to weather the financial wreckage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Listen 4:19
Transit police stand outside the Clothes Pin in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

SEPTA police urge nonessential riders to stay off transit as coronavirus hits force

Philadelphia’s transit cops are “on edge” about managing the safety of the system while protecting themselves from coronavirus. At least two officers have tested positive.

6 years ago

(BigStock/Fredli)
Health

Why N.J. wants coders fluent in a 60-year-old language in the middle of a pandemic

Experts say COBOL was likely not written to be able to process the more than 500,000 unemployment claims New Jersey residents have submitted online.

6 years ago

Listen 1:56
Julia Moore
Health

Most Pa. hospitals expect to burn through mask supplies within a week

Over the last two days, health care workers have demanded that the federal government provide the emergency supplies they need on COVID-19 front lines.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference at the White House on Wednesday. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Politics & Policy

Watch live: White House takes new precautions ahead of coronavirus briefing

Reporters and photographers in the close confines of the West Wing have been taking precautions, leaving many seats in the normally-packed briefing room empty.

6 years ago

(Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. Senate defends ‘legislative privilege’ claim, rejects appeal for redacted expense details

The chamber has so far blocked the release of details in official expense reports about who legislators and their staff met with and why.

6 years ago

A large tree fell on a home in Neptune Township on April 9. No one was injured. (Courtesy of Neptune Township OEM)
Down the Shore
Community

Severe thunderstorms blow through Jersey Shore; 70 mph wind gust in Barnegat Light

Some utility customers at the Jersey Shore were without power Thursday as severe thunderstorms moved through the state, knocking down trees and utility lines.

6 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wearing a mask that says 'EXIT 109' for his daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (Pool photo by Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Health

Coronavirus update: Despite blowback, N.J. parks to stay closed

Also: N.J. creates a grace period for paying insurance premiums, and stores can deny entry to customers who don’t wear face coverings.

6 years ago

(Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community

Jersey Shore town temporarily bans on-street parking to limit non-essential travel

A Monmouth County coastal municipality has prohibited on-street parking in an effort "to limit non-essential travel into town," the mayor announced. 

6 years ago

Land for the Boy Scouts' Victory Garden is being prepared for planting at the Akridge Scout Reservation near Dover, Delaware. (Boy Scouts of America, Del-Mar-Va Council)
Community

Delaware Boy Scouts offering ‘victory gardens’ to help ease burden

‘Victory gardens’ are making a comeback as part of an effort to help people impacted by coronavirus.

6 years ago

A mounted officer patrols while wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of new coronavirus, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: Cases confirmed in all 67 Pa. counties; state prisons extend visitation ban

The number of confirmed cases in Pa. has increased by 1,989 over the past 24 hours, and there were 29 new deaths in that time.

6 years ago

A woman walks in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask
Health

Coronavirus update: Gov. Carney rejects university report that Delaware hospitalizations have peaked

The University of Washington had predicted that Delaware hospitalizations would peak Thursday but statistics belie that projection.

6 years ago

Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. closes schools for the rest of academic year, urges online learning

After closing down “indefinitely,” Pennsylvania has made it official: K-12 schools are closed for the rest of the academic year. Here’s what’s next.

6 years ago

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