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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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American Red Cross seeks N.J. volunteers ahead of hurricane season peak

The American Red Cross is seeking to increase its cadre of New Jersey volunteers ahead of the peak of a hurricane season that forecasters say is likely to be active. 

5 years ago

Arlette Morales helped was an organizer of a recent Black Lives Matter march in York, Pa. (Courtesy of Morales.)
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Central Pa. teen hopes to be among the first new DACA recipients

Program’s status remains unclear despite federal court rulings; immigration agency says some applications have already been rejected.

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Jogger commandeers boogie board to rescue man struggling off N.J. beach

A Wildwood official said the successful rescue was the second time in as many weeks that a civilian risked their life to save another in the shore town.

5 years ago

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Missing cousins found safe, reunited with family in Nicetown

Police say the young children, who went missing Tuesday afternoon, were located and unharmed.

5 years ago

Twitter
NPR
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Technology

Twitter removes thousands of QAnon accounts, promises sweeping ban on the conspiracy

Twitter says it is taking sweeping action against the conspiracy theory QAnon, removing more than 7,000 accounts associated with the group and banning links related to QAnon.

5 years ago

Hugh Frick reads to his children, Tim and Tegan, in a photo taken circa 1980. (Courtesy of Tim Frick)
Delaware
Public Health

Hugh Frick, 84, ‘kind curmudgeon,’ guiding father and retired Univ. of Delaware professor

Loved ones say the former University of Delaware plant physiologist Hugh Frick’s frugality when it came to material things belied his generosity of heart.

5 years ago

Listen 2:52
Protesters march against police brutality
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Intersecting issues: Supporting domestic violence survivors, defunding police

When people call for defunding the police, what does that mean for survivors of domestic violence? Activists and others are exploring that question.

5 years ago

Listen 1:22
A fire was intentionally set inside Reach Church in Bear, Delaware Monday night, according to the state fire marshal's office. (courtesy Aetna Fire Company)
Delaware
Religion

Fire at Reach Church in Delaware ruled arson

Someone intentionally set fire to Reach Church in Delaware, according to the state fire marshal.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania
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Pa. Turnpike: Toll hike, 45-percent non-EZ pass surcharge coming

Officials said the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a 6 percent increase for EZ-Pass users as well those without passes in the “Toll by Plate" program.

5 years ago

Paul Robeson House and Museum
History
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Preservation
The Philadelphia Tribune

Robeson House awarded $135K grant to hire director

The West Philadelphia institution will receive a $135,000 grant to help cover the new director’s salary and the costs of searching for the new full-time director.

5 years ago

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Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey

Rumbles and booms: Military training ongoing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Military units are conducting training maneuvers on the base, according to the Toms River Office of Emergency Management.

5 years ago

Trader Joe's says it is in the process of discontinuing some of its product branding. Here, shoppers buy groceries at a store last week in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
NPR
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Race & Ethnicity

Trader Joe’s working to remove product branding criticized as racist

The grocery store chain has carried product lines such as Trader José's and Trader Ming’s. Critics say the branding employs racial stereotypes.

5 years ago

Members of the 32BJ union participate in a
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National
Race & Ethnicity

Essential workers hold walkouts and protests in national ‘Strike for Black Lives’

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

5 years ago

Encampment on Ben Franklin Parkway
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Housing
Income Inequality
Eyes on the Street

Mayor Kenney, stop putting optics before solutions — your city needs housing now

An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.

5 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks by a closed storefront in Lebanon, Pa., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Economy
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Public Health

As deadline looms to renew $600 jobless benefits, Pa. ‘workers are terrified’

The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.

5 years ago

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