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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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Sara Schuenemann boards last U.S.-bound charter flight out of Peru after being stranded in Lima for 12 days. (Photo courtesy of Richard Levering)
Lifestyle

‘I didn’t believe we were going to get out’: Stranded US citizens finally make it home

Though thousands of U.S. citizens remain stranded abroad during coronavirus, some Americans are successfully making the trip back home.

7 years ago

Thomas Duliban working on his laptop. (courtesy of author)
Community

How an extrovert is making the best of the coronavirus lockdown

Thomas Duliban is an extrovert who would rather be traveling than stuck at home. And yet, he’s finding that life indoors isn’t all bad.

7 years ago

Road sign alerts drivers of mandatory quarantine. (Photo courtesy of Joy Marie)
Politics & Policy

Out-of-staters flocking to beach homes prompt discussions over who should be allowed in Delaware

Gov. Carney’s executive order requires out-of-staters to quarantine and law enforcement to pull over out-of-state vehicles.

7 years ago

Noelia Ramírez and her daughter Carmen Arroyo, a factory worker, picked up boxes of free food during the coronavirus shutdowns that have students out of schools and workers unemployed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Suddenly ‘out of a job’ Philadelphians line up for boxes of free food

The city of Philadelphia and its nonprofit partners are distributing boxes of free food at a growing list of sites located in neighborhoods across the city.

7 years ago

A United Parcel Service driver loads boxes during a delivery, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in downtown Seattle. UPS and other companies have been busy as people staying home under state-wide mandate amidst one of the worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus in the U.S. turn to online shopping to meet their needs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Community

‘Filthy’ facilities, no masks: Philly UPS workers face down COVID delivery surge

The UPS workers keeping the region stocked with supplies at home say they’re overloaded with delivery orders and laboring in unsanitary conditions.

7 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and President Donald Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Health

Watch live: White House coronavirus task force holds news briefing

The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

7 years ago

A federal medical station is set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020, to accommodate an influx in hospital patients due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Gov. Wolf extends stay-at-home order to four more Pa. counties

Pennsylvania has quarantined its entire prison population of 44,600 people following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in one of the state’s correctional facilities.

7 years ago

New public WiFi transmitters have been installed here at the Garfield Park Police Athletic League building and other facilities in New Castle County to provide free internet to residents who don't have access. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Drive-in WiFi hotspots offer online access to Delaware’s disconnected

New Castle County is offering WiFi access outside a number of county facilities for people who don’t have an internet connection at home.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. schools closed indefinitely due to coronavirus

Prior to Monday’s announcement, Pennsylvania’s school-closure order extended through Monday, April 6.

7 years ago

(TeroVesalainen/BigStock)
Education

Jeopardizing health? Philly principals, teachers leery of plan to distribute 50k laptops

Philly wants principals and staff to volunteer as part of a plan to hand out thousands of Chromebooks. Some say the plan jeopardizes their health.

7 years ago

A cyclist passes Macy's in Herald Square, Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. Macy's stores nationwide are closed due to the coronavirus. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Money

Macy’s to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers

Macy's will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark.

7 years ago

A Newark police officer uses his car megaphone to encourage social distancing at an intersection in Newark, N.J., Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

N.J. to get 300 ventilators from national stockpile, allows craft beer delivery

The additions will help a lot, but won’t meet full need in New Jersey.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of Aaron Arnold)
Health
Spotlight PA

Syringe exchanges deemed ‘life-sustaining’ during Pa. coronavirus shutdown, raising hopes for eventual legalization

After working with people with substance use disorder for nearly a decade, it’s second nature for Clayton Ruley to remind them not to share syringes for injecting drugs.

7 years ago

A dart bus driver wears a protective mask while waiting for passengers Friday. March 27, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Delaware coronavirus deaths at seven, outbreak at second care facility

Seven people in Delaware have died from coronavirus as of Monday afternoon. The total number of cases in the state is now at 264.

7 years ago

(Google image)
Down the Shore
Community

Fire damages ice cream parlor at Long Beach Island amusement park

A fire damaged an ice cream parlor at Long Beach Island's only amusement park Sunday night.

7 years ago

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