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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 1500 block of Sansom Street in Center City Philadelphia is closed for outdoor dining. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

How one Philly ‘streetery’ experiment became a victim of its own success

As a popular dining destination faces city orders to rebuild a costly outdoor dining setup, advocates call for a clearer plan for opening up streets.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Michelle Zauner, “Crying in H Mart”

Michelle Zauner's new memoir, Crying in H Mart, details the journey of grief, Korean food, identity, and memory that Zauner has been on since losing her mother.

Air Date: April 27, 2021

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People have lunch inside a local restaurant on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Health

Philly bars are back: City allows bar seating to reopen as COVID cases decline

The relaxed regulation allows bars to allow patrons back in limited numbers and with barriers between drinkers and bartenders.

5 years ago

State and local officials plant butterfly bushes at the groundbreaking for the Laurel Run Land Stewardship Center in Delran, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Farmers Against Hunger plants base on a former Delran farm

A parcel of a former peach farm, now a Burlington County park, will return to agricultural purposes, grow produce, and teach the community about agriculture.

5 years ago

An illustration of the world on a fork.
NPR
Community

Chew on this for Earth Day: How our diets impact the planet

The foods we choose to put on our plates — or toss away – could have more of an ecological impact than many of us realize.

5 years ago

Safety precautions for the Black Food & Dessert Expo include masks required, hour break between shop blocks, PPE (personal protective equipment) for all vendors and temperature checks for everyone who enters. (Submitted photo)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black Food & Dessert Expo pop-up returns for a spring experience

The annual Black Food and Dessert Expo, founded by Aneesah Smith-Ward, returns April 23-25 at Urbn Ridge Center at 5261 Ridge Ave. with 19 businesses signed up so far.

5 years ago

Careda Matthews is the owner of Careda’s Caribbean Cuisine
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Caribbean Restaurant Week seeks to drive traffic to local eateries

Blane Stoddart, of the Young Caribbean Professional Network, who co-organized Caribbean Restaurant Week, said that about 30% of Philly's restaurants have gone out of business.

5 years ago

Micah Harrigan interacts with Jeff Brown at a pop-up at the ShopRite of Oregon Avenue. (Abdul R. Sulayman/Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Lemonade venture leads to sweet success for 10-year-old entrepreneur

After two years of running his stand and selling his drinks in various pop ups, Micah is gearing up to take his business on the road.

5 years ago

HipCityVeg employees are pictured at the shop's Radnor location.
Community

Marquis & Co. restaurant group will raise minimum wage for workers

Starting in July, the owner of HipCityVeg and other restaurants will boost employees’ minimum to $15 an hour.

5 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

New Phillies-inspired ice cream can soothe your cravings for ‘Graham Slam’

Made with buttered popcorn, peanuts, and caramel, Milk Jawn's pints have all the flavors of the ballpark.

5 years ago

Oregano grows at the Ruth Bennett Community Farm in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

An urban farm in Chester embarks on its second year of feeding public housing residents

The commonwealth may be reopening, but some of Chester's most vulnerable families still struggle with food access. An urban farm in Chester is stepping in to help.

5 years ago

Francisco Garcia at Strivers’ Row
Community
Billy Penn

Strivers’ Row opens in Kensington as Philly’s first Latino-owned distillery

Soon you’ll able to order a bottle of Papa Juana, a whiskey-based twist on the Dominican drink mamajuana.

5 years ago

Chef Zach Fortney at The Belvedere Inn stands for a portrait. (Kate Landis/WITF)
Health
WITF

Pa. restaurants expand service while grappling with COVID-19 case increase

Looser restrictions are complicated by a rise in cases fueled in part by more infectious variants.

5 years ago

A box of Whitman Sampler
Community

How Philly and Pennsylvania grew to dominate the candy industry

When the Whitman Sampler was created in Philadelphia in 1842, it was the first of its kind.

5 years ago

FILE - In this April 18, 2020, file photo, San Francisco-Marin Food Bank volunteers pack food into bags to be delivered to people in San Francisco. About 25 million Americans will be eligible for more food assistance money under a new policy adopted by President Joe Biden's administration under a change announced Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Community

Estimated 25 million to see boost in federal food benefits

About 25 million Americans will be eligible for more money in food assistance under a new policy adopted by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.

5 years ago

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