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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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Disposable gloves and masks have contributed to Philadelphia's litter problem. (Twitter/Philadelphia Water)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly launches ‘litter task force’ ahead of street cleaning reboot

The volunteer group would guide a $62 million effort to reintroduce street sweeping.

5 hours ago

Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Principal Aliya Catanch-Bradley stands in front of trees planted in Fall 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

This North Philly principal is spending Earth Day planting trees for George Floyd

Aliya Catanch-Bradley responded to the murder of George Floyd by greening her school, where a quarter of the students struggle with respiratory illness.

1 day ago

Tiffany Ward, owner of NV My Eyewear on 52nd Street, in front of her store on April 21, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

On 52nd Street, local shop owners feel relief while chains remain boarded

National chain outlets kept storefronts boarded despite the calm aftermath of the Chauvin trial. Meanwhile, local shops were back to business as usual.

2 days ago

Rowhouses on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
Health

Living in majority-Black neighborhoods in Philly linked to increased maternal health issues, Penn Medicine study finds

U.S. cases of severe maternal morbidity are on the rise, and deep racial disparities persist. A new study shows where you live might be a factor.

1 week ago

Outside Allegheny Station in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. (Natalie Piserchio for NPR)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA responds to Kensington concerns with more repairs and community collaboration

On April 23 at 8 p.m. SEPTA will shut down the elevators at the station for repairs. No date has been set on when they’ll reopen yet.

1 week ago

Members of the National Guard administer COVID-19 vaccines at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in North Philadelphia on April 9, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia’s 2nd FEMA vaccination site opening Saturday

The clinic is located in Hunting Park, in one of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP codes. The plan is to vaccinate 3,000 people a day.

2 weeks ago

Six-year-old Melvin chose two books from Treehouse Books’ mobile library
Community

A nonprofit’s free book distribution took a hit during the pandemic. It hopes to change that with a mobile library

How is Tree House Books hosting book giveaways for kids during the pandemic? By taking their show on the road.

2 weeks ago

Writer Eric Marsh Sr. (Derrick Dean Photography)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Philly’s gun violence epidemic knows no borders and never has

For many Philadelphians, gun violence is a daily threat. Eric Marsh writes that he has never feared for his life more than he does now.

2 weeks ago

Edgar Ramírez fills up the wooden library with books
PlanPhilly
Community

Created by and for South Philly’s Latino community, Philibros offers Spanish books to share

A group of Latino South Philadelphia residents launched the book-sharing project to give Spanish readers easy access to books in their language.

2 weeks ago

A volunteer picks up seedlings to donate to a community garden. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Community

‘A common goal of growing food for donation’: Horticultural Society distributes seedlings to get community gardens started

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society gave away free seedlings to about 40 of Philadelphia’s community gardens Saturday at Awbury Arboretum.

3 weeks ago

The Kensington Storefront is closing after four years (Instagram/@Lisakelleyart)
Community
Billy Penn

Mural Arts is shutting down the Kensington arts center next to Somerset Station

Citing zoning issues, the organization is searching for a new location, but the closure is a loss to many in the neighborhood.

3 weeks ago

Ellis Ferrell, 81, founder of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, feeds a mint to a horse called “El Dog.
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

‘Concrete Cowboy’ debuts on Netflix as Philly riders who inspired the film fundraise to keep tradition alive

The Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club that inspired the Idris Elba movie screening on Netflix is fundraising to keep afloat.

3 weeks ago

Meal boxes prepared by Bunny Hop PHL in December 2020 (Instagram/@BunnyHopPHL)
Community
Billy Penn

Left without a warehouse, Philly mutual aid group is pausing meal boxes for 350 families

Bunny Hop PHL was given advance notice of the pending change.

3 weeks ago

A decorated Easter Egg hanging in a window on South Street in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

South Street takes an alternative spin on the Easter egg hunt

The South Street Headhouse District asked 25 local artists to paint eggs. Now, go find them.

3 weeks ago

Adrian Bondy, a leader of the Build Like You Live Here neighborhood organization, speaks to protesters during a rally at 2400 East Huntingdon Street. A seven-story building is planned for that address in a neighborhood of two- and three-story rowhouses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Neighbors protest Olde Richmond developer with checkered past

Developer Gagandeep Lakhmna faces loud opposition from people who live near his latest project in Philadelphia's Olde Richmond neighborhood.

4 weeks ago

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