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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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A Black doctor performs a free COVID-19 test in the parking lot of the West Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church. (Christopher Norris for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Black churches aid free testing

Amid a health crisis that’s disproportionately ravaging African-American communities, the Black church is busy, even if its pews are empty.

5 years ago

Workers screen a patient at Philly's Center City test site. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly expands criteria for coronavirus tests to include new CDC symptoms, more people could be eligible

Chills, muscle pain, sore throat and lost sense of smell are now official signs of COVID-19.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Business
New Jersey
Politics
Public Health

Here is Gov. Murphy’s plan for reopening N.J.

Murphy's six-point recovery plan included steps officials would have to take to slow the spread of COVID-19, minimize new outbreaks of the disease and reboot the economy.

5 years ago

A woman walks in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: No flattening of curve in Delaware as mask requirement takes effect Tuesday

Delaware isn’t ready to start the 14-day countdown to the first limited phase of reopening as the governor takes further steps to limit the spread of the virus.

5 years ago

A group of people stand around a podium.
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Montco finds widespread, silent spread in prisons

“We’ve been checking temperatures in the correctional facility twice a day now for weeks,” said commission chair Val Arkoosh. “These are not people with symptoms.”

5 years ago

An empty jail cell
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. furloughs prisoners, Murphy outlines reopening plan

After drawing criticism for being slow, New Jersey prisons have begun furloughing some who are most likely to suffer the worst of COVID-19.

5 years ago

(Patrick Siebert for Gov. Larry Hogan / Flickr)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

States need coronavirus data to make timely decisions. What they share with the public varies widely.

Stateline and Spotlight PA surveyed six states — CO, GA, MD, PA, SC, and WA — to determine what information they have made accessible to the public via their websites.

5 years ago

Rock Ministries in Kensington will be the site of a COVID-19 testing facility for people experiencing homelessness. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Addiction
Homelessness
Public Health
Billy Penn

Coronavirus test site for Philly’s addicted and homeless populations opens in Kensington

Located next to Rock Ministries, it’s available every weekday afternoon — and interested people can just show up.

5 years ago

Police tape covers park benches in Rutherford, New Jersey, to enforce social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, April 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy says N.J. may lift stay-at-home orders ‘as one state’

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to outline the broad strokes of the state’s plan to ease social distancing measures on Monday.

5 years ago

'Anatomy of the Breast' by Sr. Astley Paston Cooper, 1840. (Jefferson Digital Commons)
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Inside the Jefferson medical archives, where the most popular item is 1840’s ‘Anatomy of the Breast’

Pass time in quarantine exploring health records of Philly’s past.

5 years ago

Springfield Hospital in Delaware County.
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Don’t count on national stockpile, feds tell Pa.; Springfield Hospital closes all but ER

The Delaware County hospital cited a drop in patients and said the decision was temporary, according to a published report.

5 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Aging
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

AARP calls on Pa. to release list of nursing homes with coronavirus cases

The number of long-term care residents and staff impacted by the coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past week, with 5,679 positive cases among residents and 849 deaths.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania's crucial but short-staffed public health nurses
Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Cut, now crucial: Pa. slashed the ranks of its contact tracing nurses. Now, they are pivotal to reopening, but only a fraction remain.

For decades, they endured budget cuts, political battles, and a major state Supreme Court case. Now, when we need them most, only a skeleton crew remains.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Paying rent with security deposits, Rutgers officials take pay cut

“During this emergency renters should have the ability to tap this deposit to help them secure their place in their home,” Gov. Phil Murphy said.

5 years ago

duPont Hospital, ChristianaCare hospital system staff and the Delaware National Guard conduct training
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Coronavirus update: New data shows race discrepancy in Delaware cases

Latinx and black Delawareans have a higher rate of infection than whites, according to new numbers released by the state.

5 years ago

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