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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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Pennsylvania
Public Safety

20 to 40 vehicles involved in crash along Rt. 222 in Berks County

A crash involving 20 to 40 vehicles during a whiteout snow squall snarled traffic on a busy eastern Pennsylvania highway Wednesday afternoon.

7 years ago

People walk in a snow squall in Trenton, N.J. (AP file Photo/Mel Evans)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Snow squalls possible at Shore as ‘dangerous’ cold arrives Wednesday

Snow squalls could potentially coincide with the arrival of bitterly cold temperatures on Wednesday, forecasters say. 

7 years ago

UPS is introducing cargo e-bikes in some U.S. cities. Philadelphia officials say the City of Brotherly Love could benefit from the trikes. (Courtesy of UPS)
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PlanPhilly

UPS is trading trucks for tricycles in some cities. Cargo trikes could also roll in Philly one day

UPS is introducing cargo e-bikes in some U.S. cities. Philadelphia officials say the City of Brotherly Love could benefit from the trikes.

7 years ago

Katherine Banks discusses how Lutheran Community Services helped her avoid homelessness at the LCS office in Wilmington Monday morning. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Homelessness

$1.2 million in grants to help combat Delaware homelessness

Thirteen programs to help Delaware’s population experiencing homelessness will share $1.2 million in funding from the state and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

7 years ago

(BigStock/Fredli)
Technology

West Chester professor treasures his antique computer collection

West Chester University professor Michael Pearson owns 200 computers and he's not done collecting.

7 years ago

Alora Miller unloads donated supplies at Philadelphia International Airport for TSA employees who continue to work during the government shutdown but are not getting paid. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Benefit
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philly woman crowdsources care packages for federal workers in need

Alora Miller is still delivering care packages to those who are feeling the pinch of missed paychecks.

7 years ago

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An aerial view of the Barnegat Inlet. (Photo: Civil Air Patrol courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Dredged material from N.J. inlet slated for ‘beneficial use’

State and federal agencies are partnering on a pilot program to utilize dredged material from a notoriously turbulent New Jersey inlet for "beneficial use."

7 years ago

Hung Le, of Mount Pocono, Pa., has lived in the U.S. for more than 25 years. He came legally from Vietnam as the son of a U.S. service member, but could be deported because of a crime he committed in 1992. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Immigration

He came to the U.S. legally as the son of a soldier. Now ‘one mistake’ could have him deported to Vietnam

About 40 people rallied in South Philly Sunday in support of Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants threatened with deportation, some for decades-old crimes.

7 years ago

The Philippine government says it will
NPR
Religion

ISIS claims responsibility for bombing of Philippines cathedral; at least 20 dead

Two bombs exploded just minutes apart at a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines where Islamist militants are active.

7 years ago

Former prisoners and their guests arrive for the ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of the liberation of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
History

Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust

Recent surveys show that knowledge of the atrocities during World War II is declining generally.

7 years ago

The Mariner East 2 pipeline has officially broken ground in the Delaware County town of Aston. The beginning stages of the pipeline includes clear cutting trees and preparing makeshift roads for the heavy machinery to traverse. (Emily Cohen for StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Business
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal government shutdown slows process for construction permits in Pa.

The partial federal government shutdown is slowing the approval process for construction permits and several other environmental-related issues, according to the state DEP.

7 years ago

Teenage sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen of Bali have received many honors for their efforts to ban plastic bags. Above: They accept the 2017
NPR
Environment
International

How teenage sisters pushed Bali to say ‘bye-bye’ to plastic bags

Five years ago, two young women decided they were going to do something about the plastic problem on their island of Bali. And Bye Bye Plastic Bags was born.

7 years ago

Climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
NPR
Environment
International
Kids

Teen inspires youth demonstrations across Europe, demanding action on climate change

A Swedish teenager had a stark message for global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.

7 years ago

Caissie Levy performs as Elsa in the stage adaptation of Frozen, which opened on Broadway in 2018 (Deen van Meer/Disney Theatrical Productions)
NPR
National

For many with disabilities, ‘Let It Go’ is an anthem for acceptance

Disney's Frozen remains one of the greatest box-office successes in history. But in terms of impact and influence, it is perhaps most loved for one of its breakout songs.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 10, 2019 file photo Cheryl Monroe, (right), a Food and Drug Administration employee, and Bertrice Sanders, a Social Security Administration employee, rally to call for an end to the partial government shutdown in Detroit. The government shutdown left an especially painful toll for African-Americans who make up nearly 20 percent of the federal workforce and historically have been on the low end of the government pay scale. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo, file)
Government Accountability
National
Race & Ethnicity

Black workers had long history with fed jobs before shutdown

The shutdown left a painful toll for African-Americans who make up nearly 20 percent of the federal workforce and historically have been on the low end of the pay scale.

7 years ago

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