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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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Urban Planning

Streets Department workers pick up residents' trash
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philadelphia expands twice-a-week trash collection

The effort officially expanded to include the neighborhoods of Fishtown and Kensington, among others.

4 months ago

Listen 1:04
Public transit supporters rallied outside SEPTA headquarters
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA’s year in review — from its doomsday budget and train fires to equipment failures and World Cup prep

“Years of underinvestment revealed themselves” in 2025, SEPTA wrote in a social media post. Here’s a look back at the year that was.

4 months ago

a rendering of the South Street Pedestrian Bridge
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Transportation

Construction on South Street Pedestrian Bridge starts in 2026, to be completed in 2027

The $329 million I-95 cap project will create nearly 12 acres of parkland and connect Old City to the Delaware River waterfront.

4 months ago

A single-family home in the East Falls neighborhood in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly’s housing market pains are expected to continue in 2026: ‘Everyone is kind of stuck’

With high home prices and mortgage rates, renters and homeowners still won’t have much mobility in the new year.

4 months ago

Municipal sanitation workers collect trash in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Twice-weekly trash collection comes to North Philly in January. Here’s what to know

Among the neighborhoods included: Tioga, Strawberry Mansion, Brewerytown, Spring Garden and Fishtown.

4 months ago

Listen 0:54
Worker up on a ladder working on a power line
Philadelphia
Technology
Transportation

SEPTA still unsure about when Center City trolley tunnel will reopen after damage to overhead wires

The wires that power the trolleys were damaged during an attempt to change a key piece of equipment on the trolley power poles.

4 months ago

La auditora de cuentas de Delaware Lydia York
Delaware
Government Accountability
Infrastructure

Auditoría critica a la junta del Puerto de Wilmington por mala gestión después de que Delaware hundiera más de $200 millones para un futuro proyecto de contenedores

La auditoría es critica acerca de cómo los miembros de la junta del Puerto de Wilmington cumplieron con las leyes de reuniones abiertas y la transparencia pública.

4 months ago

inside the developing Camden's Martin McKernan Supportive Housing Center
Homelessness
Housing
New Jersey

Camden County builds $22 million supportive housing complex with 60 units for unsheltered residents

The McKernan Supportive Housing Community in Blackwood is slated to open by summer 2026.

4 months ago

Listen 1:35
Kenyatta Johnson looks on
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly City Council has signed off on the first phase of Parker’s big housing plan — but not the version she wanted

The mayor strongly opposed prioritizing the city's lowest-income households. Now, the H.O.M.E. initiative is set to add millions for repairs and preservation efforts.

5 months ago

Listen 1:06
Cranes at a construction site
PlanPhilly
Business
Food & Drink
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

South Philly’s Bellwether District has its first tenant. Here’s what to know about DrinkPAK

The canned drink manufacturer plans to create more than 170 long-term jobs at the former PES refinery site.

5 months ago

Listen 1:02
Philadelphians board 32 bus
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

SEPTA, union reach contract agreement after Shapiro intervention

SEPTA has reached a tentative two-year contract agreement with Transportation Workers Union Local 234 following a weekend intervention by Gov. Josh Shapiro.

5 months ago

A SEPTA bus travels down a street in Philadelphia
Employment
K-12
Philadelphia
Transportation

Philadelphia schools warn of transportation disruption as union leaders say a SEPTA strike is ‘imminent’

In the event of a strike, students will not be marked late due to “SEPTA-related travel challenges,” Superintendent Watlington said Sunday.

5 months ago

Lydia York speaking at a podium
Delaware
Government Accountability
Infrastructure

Audit faults Port of Wilmington board for mismanagement after Delaware sinks more than $200M for future container project

The audit is critical of how the Port of Wilmington board members complied with open meeting laws and public transparency.

5 months ago

Listen 0:50
Architect Frank Gehry sits on a stage with his hands extended outward and upward
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia

Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time who helped redesign the Philadelphia Art Museum, dies at 96

Gehry helped the museum with its "Core Project," a major renovation project that was four years in the making.

5 months ago

the ferris wheel and flying chair ride
Government
New Jersey
Politics
Public Spaces

Wonderland Pier hotel? Ocean City Council opens door to large-scale redevelopment

Business leaders warn of more boardwalk store closures should redevelopment efforts stall, but some residents fear losing the site’s family-friendly identity.

5 months ago

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