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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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Penn's campus as Philadelphia police arrested several protesters
Community
6abc

19 protesters arrested after trying to occupy Penn’s Fisher-Bennett Hall

Protesters say they decided to take over Fisher Bennett Hall because Penn administrators failed to meet their demands and refused to negotiate in good faith.

1 year ago

Dabney Coleman
Arts & Entertainment

Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

He won a Golden Globe for “The Slap Maxwell Story” and an Emmy Award for best supporting actor in Peter Levin’s 1987 small screen legal drama “Sworn to Silence.”

1 year ago

Stormy Philadelphia skyline at sunset
Community

Late night curfew for businesses could expand outside of Kensington to other areas of Philly

The curfews would limit hours at what council members say are often nuisance businesses that disrupt their neighbors.

1 year ago

man sits on a chair in the path of a fire hydrant's spray
Weather

Expect a hot summer in the Philly region, NOAA forecasters say

Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict 2024 could be the world’s warmest year on record.

1 year ago

Father and son in Phillies attire
Community

Delco Day returns for year 9 — with a scrapple-themed menu

The price for entry: $6:10, a nod to the 610 area code. Proceeds from Delco Day go to a Delaware County-based cancer foundation.

1 year ago

An empty hospital hallway
Health

Delaware hospital cost review board one step closer to governor’s desk

The bill heads back to the House for approval of a Senate amendment. Hospitals are neutral on the bill after fierce opposition.

1 year ago

Tom Carper posing with people in front of the station
Community

Newark Regional Transportation Center renamed as Thomas R. Carper Station

Carper has long been a train travel evangelist, much like President Biden. Now the Newark Regional Transportation Center near the University of Delaware will bear his name.

1 year ago

Bethany Hall-Long, Collin O'Mara and Matt Meyer sit at a table.
Politics & Policy

‘Trying to get 1 vote, 2 votes’: Delaware gubernatorial candidates woo fellow Democrats, 1 small group at a time

Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer, and former state environmental chief Collin O’Mara face off in the Sept. 10 primary.

1 year ago

Mayor Parker signing an order
Politics & Policy

Parker’s Clean and Green cabinet will start major Philly cleanup in June

The 13-week effort will include fixing potholes, addressing abandoned properties and removing abandoned cars.

1 year ago

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center.
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s judges must reveal the perks they accept, but the public won’t find those disclosures online

While disclosures filed by state officials are published online, judges’ forms aren’t. The public must ask for copies — provided they know where to go for that information.

1 year ago

Krystal Strong and Mike Africa Jr.
Community

MOVE exhibit aims to showcase who the members of the Black liberation group ‘were as people’

“MOVE: The Old Days” tells the history of the organization through an exhibit on display this weekend at the Paul Robeson House and Museum.

1 year ago

Listen 1:07
Pete Buttigieg
Politics & Policy

Pete Buttigieg talks with WHYY News about presidential election as Pa. polling leans in favor of Trump

With the presidential election just six months away, WHYY News’ Carmen Russell-Sluchansky discussed Biden-Harris campaign strategy with Buttigieg.

1 year ago

Listen 7:36
Shown is the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the Philadelphia skyline as seen from the Cramer Hill Waterfront Park in Camden, N.J., Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly is still the 6th largest city nationwide despite losing population

Philadelphia kept its ranking despite losing 50,000 residents during the pandemic, but population growth in San Antonio could outpace it someday.

1 year ago

wetlands
Science

Delaware lawmakers revise wetland legislation amid concerns from farmers and developers

The legislation, which would protect nontidal wetlands, comes more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled certain wetlands aren’t protected under the Clean Water Act.

1 year ago

Listen 1:21
Joseph DiPinto
Community

Longtime Del. lawmaker Joe DiPinto remembered as an ‘outstanding person and public servant’

DiPinto spent 40 years with the DuPont Co. before being elected to Wilmington City Council and the state House.

1 year ago

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