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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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Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Man in ‘I Believe’ hat swipes $250, tip jar on Christmas Day

Police in Philadelphia are looking for a thief who sported a hat that said “I Believe” as he swiped a tip jar stuffed with $250 on Christmas Day.

6 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Business
Personal Finance

The Wawa data breach: What happens now?

Typically, a long process of corporate accountability unfolds after a breach like the one Wawa announced Dec. 20, affecting 850 stores.

6 years ago

Montgomery County voters will using a new voting system this year. Paper ballots will be filled out and then fed into a scanning machine where they will be read and stored. (Courtesy of Montgomery County)
Elections
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Four questions Pa. needs to answer to avert election chaos in 2020

Pick an issue, any issue. Environmental health? Fiscal conservatism? Probation reform?

6 years ago

A surf boat and rescuers during a drill at Cape May in about 1915. (U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association)
History
New Jersey
Preservation
NJ Spotlight

Historians Fight to Preserve New Jersey’s Endangered Lifesaving Stations

A little-known but colorful slice of maritime history can still be found in a few places

6 years ago

A stilt-walker leads the crowd celebrating Kwanzaa in the auditorium of the African American Museum in Philadelphia. (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Huge turnout lights up Kwanzaa celebration at African American Museum in Philadelphia

More than triple the expected number of folks showed up to dance, draw and sing.

6 years ago

The exhibit room that houses the Liberty Tree at the Museum of the American Revolution is softly lit and full of tactile experiences, but the hubbub can be too much for some children with autism. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Kids
Philadelphia

Region’s cultural attractions develop resources for sensory-sensitive visitors

Various companies offer consultation and accreditation to museums for their ability to welcome people with sensory sensitivities.

6 years ago

Nathan Stone, 18, is a student at FlyGATEWAY at the New Castle Airport in Delaware. The accelerated flight program wants to offer scholarships to make the pilot career more accessible. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education

New Delaware flight program aims to lessen pilot shortage, reduce costs

Airlines need 800,000 new pilots in the next 20 years, but flight schools and air time are expensive. A new aviation program hopes to change that.

6 years ago

Listen 4:56
Dale Thayer of British Columbia, Canada, left, and Craig Peyton, of Phoenix, look for birds at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Ariz. in this Jan. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/East Valley Tribune, Toru Kawana)
New Jersey
Outdoors

It’s the 120th Christmas Bird Count! Head to Trenton to join the historic citizen science project

Now in its 120th year, the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is one of the oldest citizen science projects in the United States.

6 years ago

Firefighters respond to a fire in the 1400 block of South 8th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

With weekend fundraiser, Di Bruno Bros joins surge of support for South Philly explosion victims

Community groups have been stepping up all over the neighborhood.

6 years ago

Clouds are lit by the rising sun over St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania
Religion

Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims

Seven of the state’s eight dioceses launched victim compensation funds in the wake of a landmark grand jury report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of David Gavigan/Everybody Hits)
Business
Changing Communities
Music
Billy Penn

Building sale wipes out unique North Philly venue known for batting practice and music shows

Regulars remember Everybody Hits as an “only in Philadelphia” kind of space.

6 years ago

(South Wall Fire Rescue photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Fire rips through Shore house on Christmas Day

The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the three-story single-family house on Peter Court in Monmouth County's Wall Township.

6 years ago

South Seaside Park on Dec. 27, 2010. (Photo: Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

9 years ago, a fierce blizzard paralyzed the Jersey Shore

A blizzard pounded the Jersey Shore nine years ago today with tropical storm-force wind gusts and 3 feet of snow in some spots.

6 years ago

Robert Campbell was a PES refinery lab tech before being laid off in June. He was recently hired as a truck driver. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment

Six months after the fire, both ex-refinery workers and PES struggle to find new lives

Moving on hasn’t been easy since the June fire disrupted livelihoods and sent the refinery back into bankruptcy. Some have new jobs; some don’t.

6 years ago

Listen 1:50
Notre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
International
Religion

Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved

The rector says experts must first remove scaffolding that was on the cathedral before the fire, because the scaffolding is threatening the vaults.

6 years ago

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