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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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Matthew Nelson watches Russian table tennis in the lobby of his apartment building after placing a bet. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pandemic Ping Pong: Pa. sports fans double down on table tennis during shutdown

Thousands of Pa. sports fans have begun placing bets on table tennis, darts, and the other obscure competitions that have soldiered on while the rest of the world is on pause.

6 years ago

Listen 4:10
Temple University’s Liacouras Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly spends $5 million on coronavirus surge hospital that admitted 14 patients

Not eligible for insurance, the city hopes to be reimbursed by the feds for the Liacouras Center overflow site.

6 years ago

The Osprey Nightclub in Manasquan
Down the Shore
Community

Iconic Jersey Shore nightclub won’t open this summer due to pandemic

The Osprey Nightclub will be "back to normal" in 2021, according to management.

6 years ago

Sylvia Simms (far right) is getting people psyched for daily doorway dancing. (Facebook)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly kicks off citywide doorway dance party to celebrate essential workers

Get your grove on at 6:30 p.m. nightly with the “Rocky” theme song and “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now.”

6 years ago

University of Delaware campus
Health

Coronavirus update: Univ. of Delaware freezes salaries as president, football and basketball coaches and other top officials take pay cuts

University president Dennis Assanis says officials ‘are exhausting all possibilities to protect our workforce.’

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Education

Coronavirus update: N.J. schools to remain closed, April deaths soar 142%

Also Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy said residents passed an “important test” by complying with social distancing rules as parks reopened.

6 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: Relief coming for Pa. gig workers and freelancers

Pennsylvania’s unemployment system for gig workers and those who are self-employed is expected to be fully operational by the end of this week.

6 years ago

Dr. Deborah Birx
NPR
Health

Birx on ‘stay-at-home’ protests: ‘Devastatingly worrisome’

6 years ago

Riverside Correctional Facility on State Road in Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Over 75% of people tested in Philly jails are positive for COVID-19

Most are considered to have recovered, and 17 have been released.

6 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo
Health

DHS report claims China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies

Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, intelligence documents show.

6 years ago

Sara Wong for NPR
NPR
Community

When a beloved life ends, virtual hugs can’t replace human touch

Four days before she died of respiratory failure unrelated to COVID-19, I was forced to leave my mother’s hospital bedside, thanks to new visitor restrictions.

6 years ago

(Photo via Shutterstock)
The Pulse
Health

The importance of finding joy during our coronavirus quarantine

Psychologists find that “guilty pleasures” may be valuable in fighting the feelings of loneliness our current isolation-at-home can bring.

6 years ago

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Penn Medicine Chaplain Camille Turner has to call her patients to provide comfort, rather than meeting them at their bedsides. (Provided by Camille Turner)
Community

The comfort of touch, and the clergy’s new challenge to minister without it

Religious leaders have become accustomed to hugging and holding hands to comfort congregants. But during social distancing, they must find other ways to console.

6 years ago

Listen 4:45
Golfers practice social distancing at Juniata Golf Club. Chet Turner (right) of Yardley, Pa., played the course Sunday morning with his brother, Bernard (left) and friend, Eric Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Lifestyle

You may not have to wear a mask while golfing in Pa., N.J. But officials would like it if you did

Masks are not a requirement to play golf in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Most players at Philly’s Juniata course opted not to wear them on Sunday.

6 years ago

Island Beach State Park
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa., N.J., Del. to buy supplies with other states; ‘Too soon to tell’ when N.J. beaches will open

Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are part of a consortium of seven Northeast states that will work together to buy billions in critical supplies to fight COVID-19.

6 years ago

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