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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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Environment
Politics

Youth activists demand, but don’t get, debate devoted to climate change

Philadelphians with the Sunrise Movement protested in Washington for three days, seeking a Democratic debate focused on climate issues.

6 years ago

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Pennsylvania
Public Safety
NBC10

Person shot at Delaware County courthouse

At least one person was shot at a Delaware County courthouse Friday morning, according to county officials.

6 years ago

Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Stonewall changed Mark Segal from invisible Philly gay kid to visible gay rights advocate

Jennifer Lynn speaks with Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, about his participation in the Stonewall Riots of 1969.

6 years ago

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In this file photo, Philadelphia firefighters gather at the entrance to Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery, while a large flare burns off fuel to prevent it from feeding the massive fire at the refinery, Friday, June 21, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Energy
Philadelphia
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Investigation of the explosion and fire at PES delayed by unsafe conditions

Investigators from several agencies say the site of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion and fire remains unsafe.

6 years ago

(Zoe Grossinger/Billy Penn)
Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Where to buy lucky bamboo, the Phillies’ new good luck charm

In Chinatown, the plant’s juju is well known.

6 years ago

Hahnemann employees, city officials, and unions rally against the closing of the hospital. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Business
Health Care
Philadelphia

Hahnemann’s fate is uncertain, but patients and staff are already feeling the pain

Citing concerns about loss of ER services, Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine says the hospital’s owners must give 90 days’ notice before shutting.

6 years ago

Listen 3:33
The Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia is shown Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Business
Energy
Environment

Will Philly refinery shutdown create jobs at area competitors? Unlikely, analysts say

With other refineries in the region at or near capacity, the East Coast will likely look to the Gulf Coast and Europe for gasoline and other products.

6 years ago

E. Jean Carroll is photographed, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in New York. Carroll, a New York-based advice columnist, claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies knowing Carroll. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Gender
Government Accountability

Friends: Trump accuser told us of attack in the ’90s

Two women have confirmed that the writer E. Jean Carroll told them in the 1990s that she'd been sexually assaulted by Trump in the dressing room of a NYC department store

6 years ago

In this Wednesday, March 27, 2019, photo, a participant checks in as she arrives for a meeting of the Reclaim Pride Coalition at the Church of the Village in New York. Activists who believe New York City’s annual LGBTQ Pride march has become too commercialized are staging an alternative march the same day. The two marches through Manhattan streets will take place Sunday, June 30, the last day of a month of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
LGBTQ

Pride or protest? Disillusioned plan their own LGBTQ march

Dissidents believe the annual parade has become too commercialized and decided to split off with their own march.

6 years ago

Bill Sidler, Lori Howlett, Gretchen Sidler, and Dorrie Dillagoue came together with their running group for an afternoon of tacos and drinks at Tacohocken. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Business
Media
Pennsylvania

How media startups in the Philly suburbs are trying to fill the local news ‘void’

Dozens of media startups in Pa. are trying to fill gaps in coverage, while battling the same financial challenges that undercut the newspaper business.

6 years ago

Listen 4:48
A Coast Guard member aboard the vessel
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

Coast Guard saves boat with 2 fishermen aboard from sinking off N.J. coast

Officials say two men were aboard the 28-foot boat, dubbed "Trouble Maker," for a day of fishing when water began filtering into the vessel from a leak. 

6 years ago

The Pottstown Mercury and the Times Herald of Norristown, both owned by Alden Global Capital, often publish the same stories by the same reporters. On a recent Monday, Evan Brandt had front page stories in both papers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Business
Changing Communities
Media

Who’s filling the local news void in Philly’s suburbs?

As local newspapers Philly suburbs continue to shrink, dozens of scrappy, new media startups have risen to fill the gaps in coverage. What that means for your community.

Air Date: June 27, 2019

Listen 12:43
A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions at the 150-year-old industrial complex at 3100 W. Passyunk Ave. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Philadelphia
StateImpact Pennsylvania

South Philly refinery damaged by fire will close, city says; union calls layoffs a ‘disgrace’

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney said he learned from Philadelphia Energy Solutions officials that its South Philly refinery will shut down next month.

6 years ago

Philadelphia police speak to residents of a homeless encampment at Kensington and Lehigh avenues before a scheduled clean out in May 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Addiction
Philadelphia

Renewing emergency response to opioid crisis, Philadelphia cites progress addressing homelessness, addiction

The move coincides with the first major update on the emergency response to the opioid crisis since the last homeless encampment was closed in Kensington.

6 years ago

Caution tape surrounds an area at a building where a third-floor balcony collapsed, critically injuring two men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
PlanPhilly

Two men critically injured in West Philly balcony collapse

It wasn’t immediately known why the men were on the landing or why the fire escape collapsed.

6 years ago

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