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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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Looking out at the Philadelphia skyline from the Allegheny SEPTA station
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia
Transportation

New SEPTA cards for Philly students; district plan for fall yet to be finalized

The cards are free for students in 7th grade and up who take the trolley, bus, or subway to school, with a max of eight uses per day.

5 years ago

Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo
NPR
National
Public Safety

Officials are ending the search for survivors in the Surfside condo collapse

After 14 days of searching, the operation now turns to a "recovery" phase. None of the victims recovered from the wreckage as of Wednesday survived the initial collapse.

5 years ago

A Mount Laurel police officer sits in his car on Gramercy Way, opposite the home of Edward Cagney Mathews
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Mount Laurel community says white neighbor’s racist rant is the tip of the iceberg

Edward Mathews’ racist rant against a Black neighbor, captured on viral video, has left a mark on what neighbors describe as a peaceful, multi-cultural community.

5 years ago

Wilmington City Council President Trippi Congo answers questions about how the city should spend $55 million in federal funds to fight crime. (screengrab/Facebook)
Delaware
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Can $55 million help stop the spike in Wilmington gun violence?

City Council members hope to advise Mayor Mike Purzycki how best to spend American Rescue Plan funds to fight the outbreak of gun violence.

5 years ago

Blueberries
Things To Do
Community Events

Music festivals, blueberries, tango, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This weekend features a Blueberry Festival in Media, and several live music options including the Philadelphia Piazzolla Festival.

5 years ago

Listen 4:11
A 2019 event that helped inspire the 'Hey Auntie!' platform
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Grand prize winner: App connecting ‘aunties’ with younger Black women scores $50k

Nicole Kenney’s platform was crowned winner of the Well City Challenge.

5 years ago

A woman looks at signs at a store closed due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Employment
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly study shows strong correlation between unemployment and gun violence

The city’s research comes as the city continues to experience a surge in gun violence.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney listens during the daily coronavirus update at City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Kenney not ready to declare gun violence emergency for Philadelphia

“There’s a whole range of legal and practical questions that need to be answered,” the mayor said.

5 years ago

People look out from a balcony onto the collapsed and subsequently demolished Champlain Towers South condominium building
Infrastructure
National
Public Safety

14 days after Florida condo collapse, no signs of survivors

No one has been rescued from the site since the first hours after the building collapsed on June 24 when many of its residents were asleep.

5 years ago

Chelsey Lowe sits inside, surrounded by plants
Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The woman helping direct $100K in Philly social enterprise funding is dedicated to boosting Black biz

Chelsey Lowe’s culturally-relevant leadership made a big difference in the Well City Challenge.

5 years ago

The first block of South Tennessee Avenue in Atlantic City
Addiction
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J.’s first needle exchange could close as Atlantic City looks to develop beyond casinos

Advocates are lobbying Gov. Murphy to save the program, which they say has helped reduce HIV infections in the area by 50% since it opened 14 years ago.

5 years ago

Listen 2:47
Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg (left) joins U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Food Bank of Delaware president Cathy Kanefsky and Delaware Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester at a food distribution event in Georgetown Tuesday morning. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez / WHYY)
Delaware
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

Long lines at Delaware food giveaway, despite easing pandemic

Even as the pandemic eases, the need for food remains as more than 750 cars were expected at a distribution event in Georgetown Tuesday morning.

5 years ago

Senator Sharif Street speaking at an anti-gun violence press outside of City Hall in Philadelphia, July 6, 2021. (Sen. Street / Twitter)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

‘How many more must die?’: Philly lawmakers plead for help reducing gun violence

More than 20 people were shot in Philly over the weekend, including a relative of State Sen. Sharif Street. The lawmaker and others say this can’t go on.

5 years ago

A cocktail from Jerry's Bar in Fishtown
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

This new citywide happy hour is like a more inclusive version of Sips

Summer Social brings Wednesday drink deals to dozens of bars around Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown talks with members of the press
NPR
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Fourth of July shootings across the country kill more than 180 people

The Gun Violence Archive reports that shootings across the country this holiday weekend claimed the lives of more than 180 people.

5 years ago

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