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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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A group of people wearing signs representing banned books march down a street.
Community

Larger-than-life banned books march through Doylestown, and other ways Bucks County is honoring Banned Books Week 2022

A coalition of Bucks County community members are honoring banned books and spreading awareness of local issues around censorship.

4 years ago

Students speak out against colorism at the Parkway Northwest High School Peace Day assembly. (Sam Searles/WHYY)
Education

Peace Day at Parkway Northwest: Students assemble to send a message on Gun Violence

One section of a grade at a time, the entire student body gave presentations.

4 years ago

Empty Hallway in a Public School
Education

Poll: Most N.J. adults favor sex education in middle and high schools

A new poll finds more than 70% of New Jersey adults favor sex education being taught in middle schools, 88% agree it should be taught in high schools.

4 years ago

File photo: A picture of Mountain Region Champion Little League team member Easton Oliverson, from Santa Clara, Utah, is shown on the scoreboard at Volunteer Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Little League World Series baseball tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022. Oliverson was injured when he fell out of a bunk bed at the dormitory complex. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Courts & Law

Family sues Little League over bunk bed fall, head injury

The lawsuit accuses Little League International and Savoy Contract Furniture of Williamsport of negligence for using or selling bunk beds without safety railings.

4 years ago

The U.S. Department of Justice said 47 people devised and carried out a massive scheme to defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program out of $250 million. (Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

DOJ charges 47 with stealing $250 million from a pandemic food program for kids

Officials called it a "brazen scheme of staggering proportions."

4 years ago

Three people are seated on a stage.
Health

Kids, mental health, and back to school: WHYY and Mighty Writers host roundtable discussion

At a roundtable hosted by Maiken Scott, WHYY and Mighty Writers explore how the pandemic has impacted the mental health of children.

4 years ago

File photo: In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa
Courts & Law

Pa.’s ChildLine Registry does more harm than good for children of color

Attorney Jamie Gullen, who has spent a decade representing youth at Community Legal Services, takes aim at the state’s ChildLine Registry for violating due process rights.

4 years ago

Teachers at Philadelphia’s Martin Luther King High School (from left) Marsalis Chism, Eric Butler, Michael Flemming, Stephen Flemming, and Denzil Flemming stand next to Principal Keisha Wilkins in the school’s hallway. (Johann Calhoun/Chalkbeat)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

A Philadelphia high school first: Black men teaching all freshman core subjects

Principal Keisha Wilkins said the four teachers will help students see ‘a reflection of themselves.’

4 years ago

Kent County Courthouse. (Delaware Courts)
Courts & Law

‘Child torture’: Indictment describes horrific abuse of two sons by Delaware couple

Mary and Charles Vinson of Kent County face a total of 646 felony and misdemeanor charges, including attempted strangulation and kidnapping.

4 years ago

Researcher Simcha Gross lays out incantation bowls in the research room at the Penn Museum, nestling the objects atop long bags filled with silica gel for support. In the background, museum object keeper Katherine Blanchard pulls an item from the storage cabinet. (Eric Sucar/Penn Museum)
Radio Times

Regional Roundup: September 12, 2022

New research shows microplastics throughout the Delaware River. Pandemic-born babies reach their toddler years. And, Penn Museum digs deeper into magical incantation bowls.

Air Date: September 12, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
Don Shump poses with his head, neck, and upper torso covered in honey bees at the Philadelphia Honey Festival. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Photo essay: The ‘Bee Beard’ returns to Philadelphia during the 2022 Honey Festival

Bees swarmed beekeeper Don Shump’s face during a sweet — and scary — demonstration.

4 years ago

(6abc)
Community
6abc

Beloved dancer, choreographer and CAPA teacher LaDeva Davis dies at 78

LeDeva Davis inspired generations of dancers who went on to perform on some of the biggest stages.

4 years ago

(photo credit, Will O'Hara)
Radio Times
Education

‘The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives’

Education reporter Anya Kamenetz on "The Stolen Year" about how we failed kids during the pandemic and the toll school closures had on their lives.

Air Date: September 9, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
Tripti and Pari play at a relatives home in India
NPR
Health

Nearly 8 million kids lost a parent or primary caregiver to the pandemic

A study finds numbers far higher than previously thought. India has the greatest number of kids affected. The U.S. has 250,000 kids in this category but lags behind in aid.

4 years ago

File photo: A Juul electronic cigarette sign hangs in the front window of a bodega convenience store in New York City on June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Courts & Law

Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states’ teen vaping probe

The settlement resolves one of the biggest legal threats facing the company, which still faces separate lawsuits from other states and individuals.

4 years ago

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