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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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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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The Pulse
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What We Believe

“Trust the science!” It’s a phrase we’ve heard a lot during the pandemic. It’s come to mean things like “wear masks” or ...

Air Date: April 23, 2021

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For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree. (Sangoiri/ Big Stock Photo)
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Science vs science: The contradictory fight over whether electromagnetic hypersensitivity is real

For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree.

5 hours ago

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Charter School of Wilmington students march following an Earth Day rally in support of a Green Amendment to Delaware's Constitution.
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‘Green Amendment’ designed to bake environmental protections into Delaware Constitution

Delaware’s Green Amendment would create a Constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

19 hours ago

Overdose fatalities overall rose in Philadelphia during the pandemic, but not among the city's white population
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During the pandemic, fatal overdoses spiked for Black and Latino Philadelphians

Nearly three dozen departments will work together to combat the rise, which happened in totally new areas of the city.

20 hours ago

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U.S. issues more than 115 ‘Do Not Travel’ advisories, citing risks from COVID-19

Just a week ago, only 33 countries were on the U.S. Do Not Travel list. New additions include Canada, Mexico, Germany, the U.K., and dozens of other countries.

21 hours ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Penn, Drexel to require student vaccinations this fall; weekend mass vaccine clinics

Mass vaccination clinics this weekend aim to get jabs into thousands more arms. And Penn joins the growing list of universities requiring students to be vaccinated this fall.

22 hours ago

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Workers in Pa. prisons, COVID-19 hotspots, aren’t getting vaccinated. Here’s why that’s dangerous

Approximately one-fifth of prison staffers have reported being vaccinated, far less than the roughly half of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania facilities.

23 hours ago

Registered Nurse Rita Alba points out to Beltran Orlando the return date on his vaccination card
Health

Debate over ‘vaccine passports’ comes to New Jersey

A South Jersey lawmaker wants to ban the state from requiring “vaccine passports,” even though proof of vaccination is standard for schools and some jobs.

2 days ago

Keidy Ventura, 17, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Gov. Murphy believes people will trust J&J vaccine again

Despite public setbacks for the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy believes that people will ‘have faith’ in how safe the vaccine is.

2 days ago

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners. (Zoom)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Vaccines rolling out in Montgomery County, but long road ahead

Montgomery County officials reminded residents to stay safe. While vaccines are being administered, COVID-19 has not reached herd immunity.

2 days ago

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Health

White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations

With more than 50% of adults at least partially vaccinated and roughly 28 million vaccine doses being delivered each week, demand has eclipsed supply.

2 days ago

The new wellness center in Yeadon will eventually be the 'hub' of Delaware County's future health department. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health

Meet the board members who will take Delco to its health department goal line

The panel convenes May 6, with a busy future ahead: The hope is to have the county’s first health department up and running by January.

2 days ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Del. coronavirus update: Carney hopes J&J vaccine gets the greenlight as cases rise

Gov. John Carney said the CDC could restart use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after talking with White House officials earlier today.

3 days ago

A member of Penn State Health's vaccination clinic staff administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Philly cases jump, despite vaccine eligibility

The city reported 747 new COVID-19 cases since Monday. Last week’s daily average of new cases was 591.

3 days ago

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NPR
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State Department to issue travel warnings amid ‘unprecedented’ COVID-19 risks

The department said the new advisories will "better reflect the CDC's science." Americans are urged not to travel to nearly 80% of countries around the globe.

3 days ago

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