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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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Community

How is the ‘Great Resignation’ affecting your day-to-day life?

Help us better understand the ways the pandemic has hampered the services that you count on and let us know.

4 years ago

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NPR
Community

Why Facebook and Instagram went down for hours on Monday

When a company can't use the internet's core protocols, it's as if their online domains simply don't exist. That happened to Facebook, creating a cascade of problems.

4 years ago

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Community

Minority Enterprise Week kicks off in Philly with call for businesses to invest in communities

Some 40 in-person and virtual events are planned through Friday to help give businesses owned by women and people and color the resources they need to grow.

4 years ago

Felicia Harris-Williams and husband Craig Williams own Gynger Tea, one of the 50 vendors participating in the LOVE Park pop-up market. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
Community

LOVE Park is back with a fresh fall pop-up market, complete with live music

More than 50 vendors make up the new pop-up market, which will feature Black and Latino businesses in LOVE Park through mid-October.

4 years ago

Kelly Richards, former director of the Muskegon Area District Library, has been elected to lead the Free Library of Philadelphia (Michigan Public Library Association)
Community
Billy Penn

Free Library picks a new director: Kelly Richards, a Black career librarian from Michigan

He’ll assume leadership 15 months after the previous library director resigned over widespread allegations of discrimination.

4 years ago

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Radio Times

‘Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door’

Wall Street Journal reporter Christopher Mims on his book, "Arriving Today," about the journey products take from factory to your front door and how workers are impacted.

Air Date: October 1, 2021 10:00 am

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Tori McCutcheon is a curly hair stylist and owner of Tori Did That studio in Philadelphia’s Head House neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Lifestyle

This Philly stylist wants to help people on their natural hair journey

Tori McCutcheon, owner of the new Headhouse Square salon, Tori Did That, is on a mission to help you love your naturally curly hair.

4 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s plastic bag ban is finally here — with enforcement still to come

City Council first passed the ban in late 2019, requiring businesses to stop using plastic bags and any paper bags that don’t use at least 40% recycled material.

4 years ago

The 1500 block of Sansom Street in Center City Philadelphia is closed for outdoor dining. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Streeteries forged by pandemic could become a permanent fixture under Philly bill

Philadelphia City Council is reviewing a bill that would legalize dining on city streets and sidewalks even after the pandemic ends.

4 years ago

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Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to diminished services caused by labor shortages

P.O.C. of Revive Radio hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are coping with diminished government services caused by widespread labor shortages.

4 years ago

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In this August 2020 photo, Gwendolyn Hosey, the owner of Struttin’ Lightly, is in her accessory store on 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

MED Week returns, offering support and visibility to business owners of color

COVID was hard on business owners — especially business owners of color. Philly’s annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week offers them a chance to network.

4 years ago

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NPR
Money

Retail jobs are treated as a temporary bridge to something better. But why?

At any moment, some 15 million Americans work in retail. Many stay for years. Now companies face a labor crunch, and workers wish these jobs were designed as durable careers.

4 years ago

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Community

PennEast cancels natural gas pipeline project; cites lack of environmental permits from N.J.

In an astounding turnaround after years of battling N.J. over permits to build a natural gas pipeline from Northeast Pa. to Mercer County, PennEast has canceled its 116-mile p

4 years ago

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Money

Report: SEC seeks info on possible gifts to Pa. pension’s staff

The SEC has joined a federal probe of Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund and is seeking records to determine whether improper “compensation and gifts” may have been gifted.

4 years ago

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Community

Restaurants struggle with staffing, supply issues, and a recipe to recover from the pandemic

About 1 in 10 eateries in Delaware shut down early in the pandemic. Restrictions have been lifted all summer, but some are still hurting.

4 years ago

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