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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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Paintings by Diane Burko show climate change data in a painting form.
Science

Philly exhibit highlights how art can move the needle in public perception of climate change

A recent study shows fine art can more effectively communicate climate change than data visualization.

3 years ago

A close-up of Jalen Carter
Courts & Law

Eagles rookie Jalen Carter, George athletics sued by passenger in fatal crash of Bulldogs player and staffer

A woman seriously injured in the deadly Jan. 15 car crash has sued the school’s athletics association and former Bulldogs defensive tackle Jalen Carter for damages.

3 years ago

City Leaders sitting at a round table during a meeting.
Courts & Law

Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson hosts emergency gun violence accountability meeting with city agencies

The meeting, which focused on "transparency and accountability," also stressed the importance of collaboration to address the gun violence crisis.

3 years ago

Kickball game
Community

Stonewall Sports National Tournament & Summit in Philadelphia this weekend

Athletes will be competing across eight sports including kickball, dodgeball, tennis, and billiards at the Stonewall National Tournament & Summit.

3 years ago

A huge foundation for an offshore wind turbine, called a monopile, sits atop wheeled movers in Paulsboro, N.J.
Courts & Law

Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind power project

A tangle of litigation could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind energy project.

3 years ago

Rendering of the new intersection.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

North Philly transit hub, shopping district slated for multimillion-dollar overhaul

Crews are expected to start this week on improving the intersection of Broad Street, Germantown Avenue, and Erie Avenue.

3 years ago

Shooting victim Ja'Shown Banner
Courts & Law

Curtain falls on Big Screen Boyz: Six in Wilmington drug gang get long prison terms for 2017 murder of woman and maiming of boy

Keyonna Perkins was kidnapped, stuffed in a trunk, and executed. The bullets missed their intended target, but one struck 6-year-old Ja’Shown Banner.

3 years ago

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (left) )and Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova celebrate during there respective Wimbledon semifinal victories
Community

Ons Jabeur reaches her 2nd consecutive Wimbledon final and will face Marketa Vondrousova

Vondrousova became the first unseeded women’s finalist at Wimbledon since Billie Jean King in 1963.

3 years ago

Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly school gets new name: Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy

When students at the Chester A. Arthur School researched the namesake of their institution, they began the process of changing the name to reflect "who we are as a school".

3 years ago

Tina Fey and Fred Armisen on the picket line
Community

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

It will be the first time since 1960 that actors and writers picket film and television productions.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Union midfielder Déniel Gazdag celebrates a goal on his penalty kick against Nashville SC during the first half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.
Community

Gazdag’s two PK goals spark Union to 2-0 win over Nashville

Nashville’s Shaq Moore and Philadelphia’s Julián Carranza both received red cards in the fifth minute of stoppage time for violent conduct.

3 years ago

File photo: A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, April 19, 2023.
Courts & Law

The gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue is found eligible for the death penalty

A federal jury announced its decision Thursday, setting the stage for further evidence and testimony on whether Robert Bowers should be sentenced to death or life in prison.

3 years ago

Box of oral contraceptive pills.
Health

1st over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval

Hormone-based pills have long been the most common form of birth control in the U.S., used by millions of women since the '60s. Until now, all of them required a prescription.

3 years ago

Rowhouses in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood
Weather

Philly and its suburbs are under a Code Orange due to poor air quality

Under a Code Orange, air quality may be unhealthy for vulnerable groups such as children, people with asthma, people with heart or lung disease, and older adults.

3 years ago

Elvis Costello performs onstage.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Blobfest Weekend, RiverFest, White Affair, Bastille Day, and Elvis Costello in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 13 - July 16: Blobfest in the Philly ‘burbs, Matchbox 20 in N.J., and the Wilmington Street Food Festival are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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