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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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Nora Brooks a furloughed customer service representative for the Internal Revenue Service poses for a photograph at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Unpaid bills, leftovers, downtime: Workers cope in shutdown

As the government's partial shutdown pushed toward a third week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are feeling the financial pinch.

7 years ago

Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a
NPR
Gender
International
Social Justice

Millions of women in India join hands to form a 385-mile wall of protest

Even as women of all ages lined up on one side of the highway, many of their menfolk — husbands, friends and relatives — lined up on the other side to show their support.

7 years ago

A report released on Wednesday concluded that a series of security breaches and law enforcement failures allowed an active shooter to kill 17 students and faculty. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
National
Public Safety

Parkland shooting report calls for arming teachers, chronicles blunders

A blistering report released Wednesday looking into the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, exposes a litany of security breaches and chaotic protocol

7 years ago

The 2019 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture was unveiled Jan. 3, 2019. Its title is
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania

Pa. Farm Show's half-ton butter sculpture embraces the 'power' of agriculture

The state's dairy industry hopes you find power in the more than 1,000-pound butter sculpture at this year's Pennsylvania Farm Show.

7 years ago

Cars drive past windmills on the grounds of a sewage treatment plant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Energy
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Offshore-wind developers, N.J. officials won’t reveal key details of proposals

Three developers are vying to build offshore-wind farms aimed at achieving the Murphy administration’s goal of building 1,100 megawatts of capacity off the Jersey coast.

7 years ago

The GFS forecast model animation for next Tuesday, indicating warmer than normal temperatures in the New Jersey region.
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Forecaster: Warmer than normal temps ahead; no snowstorms in sight at Shore

The year began with unseasonably warm weather, and there's not prolonged cold air or a snowstorm in sight at the Jersey Shore for at least the first half of January.

7 years ago

Singer Prince is shown in concert in 1985.  (AP Photo)
Things To Do
Community Events
January 3 - 10, 2019

My Top 5, tributes to beloved musicians get the New Year started

The writer looks back at the highlights of her year, plus some upcoming picks.

7 years ago

Listen 4:52
In this image taken from a Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 video provided by SNJTODAY.COM, Buena Regional High School wrestler Andrew Johnson is declared the winner after his match in in Buena, N.J. Before the match a referee told Johnson he would forfeit his bout if he didn't have his dreadlocks cut off. Johnson had his hair cut minutes before the match and a SNJ Today reporter tweeted video of the incident. The state's Interscholastic Athletic Association says they are recommending the referee not be assigned to any event until the matter has been reviewed more thoroughly. (Michael Frankel/SNJTODAY.COM viavAP)
The Why
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Forfeiting identity: A black wrestler’s cut dreadlocks raise questions about rules and race

A white referee recently forced a black South Jersey high school wrestler to choose between cutting his dreadlocks or forfeiting a match. Why did this unfold this way?

Air Date: January 3, 2019

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SafeSpace, formally the Rick VanStory Center, closed its doors after losing a state contract. (Camilia Jones for WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Delaware
Homelessness

Delaware shelter, treatment program shut down

While Code Purple shelters open when temperatures fall to 32 degrees or below, the Sunday Breakfast Mission in Wilmington is the only other 24/7 emergency shelter in the area.

7 years ago

The Andover estate in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline which began operating on Dec. 29. A valve site for the pipeline is in the center of the picture.
(Eric Friedman/Submitted)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East startup renews safety fears for some residents in Delaware County

Homeowners are focused on the integrity of a repurposed 12-inch pipeline first built in 1930s.

7 years ago

A 121-acre tract of land that will be integrated into the Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge as part of a $4 million preservation purchase. (Image courtesy of Ducks Unlimited)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Bird habitat preservation initiative adds 1,700 acres of coastal N.J. land

Ducks Unlimited recently announced the $4 million purchase of 1,700 acres of intact wetlands and marsh mitigation areas in southern coastal New Jersey.

7 years ago

Career Wardrobe (WHYY file)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Re-gifting to help someone land or keep a job

Career Wardrobe helps job seekers afford professional clothing for interviews or work. The group is asking that you donate that unwanted clothing gifts.

7 years ago

Art Wilson of Clayton is in his first parade. He was proud to show off his dune buggy. The shark was autographed by Bruce Meyers, the creator of the dune buggy. (John Mussoni/WHYY)
Delaware

Hummers parade kicks off haphazard new year in Middletown

Jack Schreppler said he was pleased with the “disorganization” of the 2019 Hummers parade. He should know what works and what doesn’t.

7 years ago

Delaware's Department of Health and Social Services Secretary Kara Odom Walker outlines the state's new effort to connect victims of substance abuse with social services provided by the state. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Addiction
Delaware

Delaware overdose deaths could top 400 in 2018

Through Christmas, 286 deaths from suspected overdoses were reported. When final toxicology reports are completed in a few months however, that number could soar to over 400.

7 years ago

Families at Weccacoe Playground. (Neal Santos for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
History
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Bethel Burying Ground memorial to advance in 2019, creating learning opportunity for the living at Weccacoe Playground

Before it became Weccacoe Playground, it was the Bethel Burying Ground, established by Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1810.

7 years ago

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