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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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The Central Bucks School District Board at a meeting on January 10, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Central Bucks School District splits with its public relations firm over alleged harassment of firm’s clients, staff

The district claimed community members threatened the firm “in ways that are, at best caustic, and at worst, malicious and false.”

2 years ago

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains
Community

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

Scientists say burning vinyl chloride can indeed generate highly toxic dioxins, some of the most dangerous human-made compounds.

2 years ago

A view of a collapsed balcony in a highrise.
Community
6abc

Philadelphia man dies after balcony collapse in Sea Isle City, New Jersey

According to officials, an 8th-floor balcony fell onto one below at a condo building in Sea Isle City.

2 years ago

A person walks during a winter storm in Philadelphia.
Weather
6abc

Snow showers, cold this weekend in the Greater Philadelphia region

Snow showers are likely during the early afternoon on Saturday.

2 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening a new department for African and African Diasporic art.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Museum of Art creates a new department for Black and African art

A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.

2 years ago

An Indego bike dock at Race Street Pier
Urban Planning

Philly bike share program to expand in historically-marginalized communities

The city wants to nearly double the number of bike share stations and will concentrate on underserved areas in historically-marginalized communities.

2 years ago

National Guardsman Tim Rzemyk helps out at a polling place
Politics & Policy

New Jersey advocates brace for further erosion of the federal Voting Rights Act

A case currently before the Supreme Court could decide whether election rules should be “race-blind,” even if they disenfranchise communities of color.

2 years ago

A view of a collapsed balcony in a highrise.
Community

Worker feared dead after balcony collapse in Sea Isle City, New Jersey

According to officials, an 8th-floor balcony fell onto one below at a condo building in Sea Isle City.

2 years ago

A row of CBD gummies products
Courts & Law
6abc

Fentanyl, heroin found in CBD gummies, Montco district attorney warns

Anyone who purchased these items, and still has them in their possession, is warned not to eat them.

2 years ago

SEPTA’s 13 trolley rolls down Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia’s Belmont neighborhood.
Urban Planning

New SEPTA trolleys will soon replace an aging fleet

The new vehicles will replace 40-year-old trolleys which are at the end of their usable life.

2 years ago

Members of the Jeremy Winston Chorale perform at Cristo Rey High School to promote the HBCU to be held at The Mann this spring. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Music to matriculate by: Mann Center to host an HBCU Festival in May

At least 10 historical Black colleges and universities will be part of an all-day festival of HBCU life and culture at the Mann Center, in May.

2 years ago

A person speaks at a podium in front of an audience.
Community

Gun violence film screenings in Philly aim to ‘blanket the city’ with trauma support

The city hopes the film will open doors to mental health help for Philadelphians affected by gun violence.

2 years ago

A close-up of the green dome of the Pa. State Capitol.
Politics & Policy

Child sex abuse lawsuit window again gets Pa. lawmakers’ OK

The chamber voted 161-to-40 to send the Senate a constitutional amendment. If senators go along with it, the amendment could go before voters for approval as soon as November.

2 years ago

Cassie Hill relies both on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.  (Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Shapiro admin can do more as rollbacks to food and health benefits loom in Pa., experts say

Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians could lose their health insurance and nearly two million could face more food insecurity in the coming months.

2 years ago

A woman crying and holding flowers
Community

Tears, defiance and new tanks in Ukraine for war anniversary

Ukraine’s leader pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives.

2 years ago

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