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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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Gas companies have gotten better at responding to a legally-mandated state diversity survey, but most still aren't using the required state database to find women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses to contract with. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Gender
Race & Ethnicity

Pa. wants to audit gas companies’ hiring of women, minorities

The oil and gas industry is among the worst performing for women and African Americans, in terms of both pay gaps and employment representation.

8 years ago

Rail Park Phase 1 Callowhill terminus
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Rail Park announces June 14 opening, new executive director

Philadelphia's hotly anticipated, High Line-esque Rail Park will open to the public on June 14 with a new leader and freshly installed benches for summertime people watching.

8 years ago

Wildwood City Fire Department image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Woman suffers burns in Wildwood boat fire

A woman who suffered burns when a dry docked boat ignited in Wildwood on Wednesday afternoon was airlifted to a hospital for treatment, officials say.

8 years ago

The Philly Council Dad Vail crew during practice on the Schuylkill Wednesday morning (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Politics
Sports

Philly Council crew takes to the river for Dad Vail corporate challenge

Their Council crew includes five elected officials and a few staffers to fill out its entry in the 500-meter race.

8 years ago

Activists with the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund (from left) Milo Giovanniello, Veronica Rex, David Harrington, Eli Hadley and Cara Tratner, stand outside the Criminal Justice Center, while inside, members of the group posted bail for 15 women as part of Mama's Bailout Day. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Mother’s Day surprise for black women who can’t afford bail

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with Mark Houldin, policy director at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, about the 'Mama's Day Bailout.'

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight May 9, 2018

While recovery stagnates in Puerto Rico, life is getting better for hurricane evacuees in Philadelphia.  We look into why this season ha ...

Air Date: May 9, 2018

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Three Mile Island nuclear plant is scheduled to be dismantled between 2034 and 2044. (Joanne Casarro/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

As nuclear power loses ground to natural gas, environmentalists are torn: Are the risks worth saving it for climate’s sake?

8 years ago

(photo courtesy DuPont)
Delaware Business Now
Business
Delaware

DuPont to expand with purchase of new plant site in Newark

DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, will spend $45 million to upgrade its a new facility in Newark.

8 years ago

The number of shootings in Wilmington are down significantly in 2018. (File/WHYY)
Delaware
Public Safety

Wilmington sees sharp drop in shootings

By this time a year ago, 74 people had been shot on Wilmington’s streets. So far in 2018, that number is just 27.

8 years ago

Listen 1:54
Luis Angel Chaparro Crespo, 16, watches the trains go by from the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of the Harrison Homes in North Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Public Safety

For Maria evacuees, a stable address is the first step out of crisis

The Chaparros are one of 50 Puerto Rican evacuee families in Philadelphia finally able to settle into a long-term home, thanks to the work of local organizers.

8 years ago

Listen 3:38
(Google image)
Down the Shore
History
New Jersey

Crews raze iconic Jersey Shore drive-in restaurant

Crews began razing a decades-old Jersey Shore drive-in restaurant and landmark Wednesday. 

8 years ago

Emily Polecaro, 18, calls for a public recovery high school in Delaware at Legislative Hall in Dover Tuesday. (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

aTAcK addiction offers three ideas to end overdose deaths in Delaware

With the opioid epidemic showing no signs of slowing in Delaware, advocates are calling on state lawmakers to stop talking and start investing in more treatment options.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Politics

NewsWorks Tonight, May 8, 2018

Philadelphia officials hope launching the country’s first supervised injection facility will save lives, but without the support of ...

Air Date: May 8, 2018

Listen 21:33
Delaware Business Now
Delaware
Transportation

Reduced service for Delaware SEPTA passengers after Norfolk Southern derailment

SEPTA resumed service on the Wilmington/Newark Line on Friday with a special schedule that reflects reduced access to the Amtrak-owned tracks on which the line operates.

8 years ago

Program participants, Department of Labor, testify before the Senate Labor Committee about Interfaith Community Housing. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Delaware
Politics

‘I felt used and abused’: Pre-apprenticeship participants testify against Delaware nonprofit

During a Senate Labor Committee meeting, participants in a pre-apprenticeship workforce training program testified they were taken advant ...

8 years ago

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