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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 view of a closed Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Cerritos, California. (Kirby Lee via AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Money

Cheesecake Factory is getting a COVID-19 pass on rent. Should Pa. help all renters?

Many businesses in Pa. aren't paying April rent thanks to a provision common in commercial leases. Should the same protection apply to everyone?

7 years ago

This Nov. 19, 2019 photo shows Questlove posing for a portrait in New York to promote his cookbook “Mixtape Potluck.” (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Things To Do
Community
April 2 - 8, 2020

Streaming Montreux, Passover online, virtual Disney and Questlove at home in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Streaming Montreux, Passover online, virtual Disney and Questlove at home in this week’s “Things to Do”

7 years ago

Wearing a surgical mask, Melissa Hall checks out of a Wegmans supermarket, Friday, March 13, 2020 in King of Prussia, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Health

Should we order in tonight? Questions about food safety in the time of coronavirus

Many of us worry: Do we need to sanitize groceries, stop ordering takeout? Probably not, as grocery stores and restaurants increase safety efforts.

7 years ago

(MKrivonos/BigStock)
Health

Penn, Jefferson expand at-home cancer treatments during COVID-19 pandemic

People are trying to follow social distancing guidelines, so health systems are trying out bringing cancer treatments to their patients’ homes.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump
Health

Watch live: White House press briefing on U.S. coronavirus response

The White House task force will give an update on the current state of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

7 years ago

The rural Milton Area School District has been distributing technology to families that need it. (Courtesy of Milton Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Coronavirus shutdown reveals inequity of student internet access across Pa.

Forced to shift learning online due to school closures, districts in rural Pennsylvania have to get creative to get students connected.

7 years ago

Listen 3:56
Work crews clean oil off the banks of the Delaware River in National Park, N.J., Monday, Dec. 6, 2004. The Athos I spilled as much as 470,000 gallons of thick crude oil into the Delaware River, killing wildlife and spreading along 70 miles of the waterway. (Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Citgo ruled liable for millions in Delaware River cleanup costs from 2004 oil spill

The Supreme Court ruled the company, ex-owner of an area asphalt refinery, is liable for millions paid by the government and owner of the ruptured tanker.

7 years ago

First grader David waving his magic wand at the Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill, in 2015. (Natavan Werbock for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Rowling starts Harry Potter At Home for housebound families

J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

7 years ago

State Correctional Institute (SCI) Phoenix. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections)
Health

Pa. prison system mulls releasing hundreds to prevent coronavirus spread

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is considering releasing hundreds of prisoners to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the system.

7 years ago

On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining that a contamination issue with the medications poses a greater risk than previously thought. (Wilfredo Lee, File/AP Photo)
Health

FDA wants heartburn meds off the market due to contamination

U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining a contamination issue with the medication.

7 years ago

City sanitation workers did not make their usual stop on this Kensington block on April 1, 2020. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Your trash didn’t get picked up? Expect some delays in Philadelphia

Add trash pickup to your growing list of things disrupted by COVID-19. Philadelphia sanitation workers are calling out of work, creating service delays.

7 years ago

Keona Berry walks down Market Street with a protective mask on her face on Friday, March 27, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Delaware enters ‘acceleration phase’ of virus spread

The number of coronavirus cases in Delaware is more than doubling every three days, with a 260% increase in cases over the past week.

7 years ago

People line up for COVID-19 testing at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, on March 17, 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

N.J. postpones tax filing deadlines; Camden testing site opens as coronavirus cases surge in North Jersey

The state health commissioner says some hospitals have started to divert patients as they deal with a surge in coronavirus cases.

7 years ago

Love Park is empty during the coronavirus lockdown. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Health

Wolf extends stay-at-home orders across Pa.; Worker at Limerick nuclear power plant tests positive

Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order to all 12.8 million people in the state.

7 years ago

(Bongkarn Thanyakij/Pexels)
Health
Spotlight PA

Calls to Pa.’s child-abuse hotline fell sharply during first weeks of the coronavirus. Here’s why that’s bad news.

“Right now, we have a lot of invisible kids that are at great risk,” said Scott Hollander, executive director of KidsVoice, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit.

7 years ago

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