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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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FILE - New graduates walk into the High Point Solutions Stadium before the start of the Rutgers University graduation ceremony in Piscataway Township, N.J., on May 13, 2018. The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. It's a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Supreme Court student loan case: The arguments explained

So far, Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president's plan from going into effect.

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Members of the Jeremy Winston Chorale perform at Cristo Rey High School to promote the HBCU to be held at The Mann this spring. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Music to matriculate by: Mann Center to host an HBCU Festival in May

At least 10 historical Black colleges and universities will be part of an all-day festival of HBCU life and culture at the Mann Center, in May.

3 years ago

People walk by signs emblazoned with Temple's logo.
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TUGSA votes down tentative agreement with Temple University; strike continues

TUGSA has been negotiating with the administration for higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions.

3 years ago

A group of people stand behind a podium with a sign that reads Philadelphia Police.
Community

Temple University police move to two-person patrols after Saturday killing of officer patrolling alone

Temple officials are working on ways to keep both students and law enforcement safe as they mourn the death of Officer Christopher Fitzgerald.

3 years ago

A woman types on a laptop while on a train in New Jersey
Community

4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees

A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world’s largest, has found that most employees are less stressed, burned out and have better work-life balance.

3 years ago

Gustave Courbet's landscape, depicting the source of the Lison River in France, was discovered in a storage box at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2016. It was so darkened that only a few letters of the artist's signature were visible, (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Forgotten painting by a 19th-century French rebel is discovered at Penn

Gustave Courbet’s “The Source of the Lison” was lost in a forgotten box for over a century. Now it’s the centerpiece of an exhibition at Arthur Ross.

3 years ago

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A memorial to Officer Christopher Fitzgerald. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Culmination of chaos’: Temple students react to death of slain police officer

The shooting death of Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald has renewed student concerns around campus safety.

3 years ago

Vigil Held In D.C. For Victims Of Shooting At Michigan State University
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Education

Michigan State is set to resume classes following last week’s mass shooting

Students are expected to return to class on Monday, one week after a gunman shot and killed three people, and injured five others, on campus.

3 years ago

A vigil for Christopher Fitzgerald has been set up at 17th and Montgomery to honor the Temple University police officer who was killed Saturday evening when he tried to stop a robbery
Community
Billy Penn

What we know about the Temple police officer fatally shot in North Philadelphia

The incident is thought to be the first time one of the university’s law enforcement officers has been killed in the line of duty.

3 years ago

Temple University graduate students rally for better wages.
Community
Billy Penn

Temple grad student union and university administration reach tentative agreement to boost worker pay

The strike isn’t over until the new agreement gets ratified by union membership, the Temple University Graduate Student Union said.

3 years ago

Striking grad student teachers walk on Temple's campus.
Community
6abc

Temple, TUGSA have reached a tentative deal, university says

TUGSA had been negotiating with the administration for higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions.

3 years ago

Striking grad student teachers walk on Temple's campus.
Education
Billy Penn

Q&A with striking Temple grad student workers: What’s at stake, and the university’s ‘unprecedented’ response

“We don’t know how many more politicians and leaders have to tell Temple that they’ve made a mistake here,” a TUGSA leader said.

3 years ago

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Health

‘A sense of obligation’: College of Physicians and Penn Medicine start program to inspire young Black men to practice medicine

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine are hoping to influence more young, Black men to enter med school.

3 years ago

Temple University graduate students rally for better wages.
Education

Striking Temple grad students rally with state lawmakers as talks resume

The students are seeking better wages, claiming they can’t afford to eat on their current pay.

3 years ago

A person stands at the front of a room where students are seated.
Health

‘Part of the job’: UPenn med school teaches future physicians how to advocate for their patients in public health arena

Medical students at the University of Pennsylvania can take a class that teaches major public health issues, and prepares them for patient advocacy.

3 years ago

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