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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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Customer picks up takeout from The Better Box.
Community
Broke in Philly

Need money to keep your small business afloat? Here’s a how-to guide.

How can you, a small business owner, stay afloat during the coronavirus crisis? Here’s some advice from financial experts and some fellow business owners.

6 years ago

Charlie Secrest teaches his grandson, Connor, to fish at Bellevue State Park. (Provided by Terri Hansen)
Community

Charlie Secrest, 82, Southern ‘tomcat’ in Delaware, fixer of cars and father who ‘made it clear he cared’

Charlie Secrest’s family remembers a complicated man: stubborn, yet a patient teacher. Rough around the edges, yet loving — in his own way.

6 years ago

Listen 3:03
Brian Holcomb (Courtesy of Casie Bodine)
Community

South Jersey filmmaker Brian Holcomb, 46, died before finishing his greatest work

Brian Holcomb spent two decades making his greatest film. After his death from COVID-19, three childhood friends from Atco want to help him finish it.

6 years ago

Listen 2:33
Medical workers wait for cars to pull up to the swabbing tent at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via Pool)
Politics & Policy

How regulatory, price obstacles frustrate two counties’ COVID test goals

Montgomery and Chester counties want to do more tests in jails and nursing homes, but state and federal regulations are getting in the way.

6 years ago

Regional rail stations were nearly empty on March 17 in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA and union agree to new safety measures, averting crisis

After a stand-off over worker safety that threatened to derail commutes last week, the union that represents SEPTA employees has declared a victory.

6 years ago

Donna Partin owns four franchises in south-central Pennsylvania of Merry Maids cleaning service. (Kate Landis/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Coronavirus unemployment benefits are high, putting workers and employers at odds

Nationally, roughly half of American workers stand to earn more in unemployment benefits than they did at their jobs before the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Listen 1:44
Dennis
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black barbershop owners are divided over coronavirus social distancing

"These barbers, they're risking their lives, but they're doing fine," said one barbershop owner. "You going to die from infection or you going to die from starvation?"

6 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Politics & Policy

ACLU: New stop-and-frisk numbers ‘not what people of Philadelphia deserve’

Nearly a decade after entering into a federal consent decree, civil rights attorneys say Philly cops still conduct too many illegal stops and frisks.

6 years ago

Police have closed Walnut Street in Philadelphia where a Holiday Inn Express will be a city quarantine site. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly to admit some homeless people to quarantine hotel without COVID-19 tests

Before the policy change, the Holiday Inn Express was restricted to homeless people who tested positive for COVID-19.

6 years ago

The Rehoboth Beach boardwalk closed to the public after Del. Gov. John Carney ordered all state beaches closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Many questions, few answers at first Delaware coronavirus business forum

More than 300 people attended an online forum hosted by the Delaware Division of Small Business to get feedback on the state’s plans to reopen.

6 years ago

Blood donation in Bangkok, Thailand
Health

Harnessing the immune system: Can plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients help the severely ill?

Antibodies that fought off coronavirus once might do so again. The treatment has been used for a century-plus, including in 1918’s influenza pandemic.

6 years ago

Listen 2:03
Cars and trucks are shown jammed on the southbound New Jersey Turnpike. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: Activists slam Turnpike toll hike, Murphy names restart team

The $24 billion proposal, largely to widen the highways, faces fierce opposition. Gov. Phil Murphy also named 21 people for his COVID-19 restart team.

6 years ago

Maria Buono wears homemade mask in Pike Creek, Delaware
Health

Coronavirus update: Another huge jump for cases and deaths in Delaware as Sussex County becomes ‘hot spot’

The hotbed for COVID-19 has shifted to Delaware’s southernmost county, home to its treasured beaches and agricultural industry.

6 years ago

Jeanne Landgraf (left) of Mayfair, in Philadelphia, and Liz Thomsen (right) from Bailey, Colorado, shoot a selfie on the beach in Ocean City on May 27, 2019. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Community

Ocean City N.J. officials say they are planning for a partial opening for Memorial Day

After first saying it won't be open in time for Memorial Day, Ocean City now says it is going to try to partially reopen in time for the holiday weekend.

6 years ago

African heritage dancers perform at Philadelphia's Odunde Festival.
Community

Philly’s annual African American street festival Odunde canceled due to COVID-19

Organizers have set a tentative date of Sunday, June 13, 2021 for next year’s event.

6 years ago

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