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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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Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Day 3 of DC33 strike: No talks planned as tensions, and trash piles, rise

An overnight negotiating session failed to close the gap between the city and union negotiators, threatening to impact the holiday weekend.

7 months ago

The Lunar Year performing at Spruce Street Harbor Park
Arts & Entertainment

Spruce Street Harbor Park free concert series ‘spans the gamut’ of what the Philly music scene has to offer

The Live and Local music series will be taking place all summer through Sept. 25 at the Lazy Hammock stage.

7 months ago

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A rendering of a proposed construction project for 1601 Washington Avenue in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly residents, design experts bash latest proposal to replace Hoa Binh Plaza

OCF Realty is again trying to redevelop 1601 Washington Ave. as part of a broader movement away from the corridor’s industrial heritage.

7 months ago

bags of trash outside the Northwest Sanitation Convenience Center
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia union workers have standoff with authorities at trash dump amid second day of strike

Residents dropped off both trash and recycling outside a locked city-run sanitation center in Northwest Philly flanked by striking union members, police and city workers.

7 months ago

A group of men in work clothes posing for a photo standing in front of a pickup truck
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Foundation puts up $5 million to spark innovation around illegal dumping

Grants focus on creating legal dumpsites for residents and small haulers.

7 months ago

Stacy Street at East Pearl Boulevard in Burlington, N.J.
Community

A City of Burlington intersection shows 2 different names on the same street, and some residents are irked

The standard intersection at the edge of the Pearl Pointe Luxury Apartment complex has two different designations for the street that runs through it.

7 months ago

Listen 1:33
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Community

Philadelphia public pools: Opening dates for 2025 summer season

More than 60 city pools will open on a rolling basis. Here’s what to know.

8 months ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Nina Ahmad seated at her desk in City Council chambers at City Hall
Urban Planning

Philadelphia City Council urges Parks and Rec to stop using chemical herbicides

Councilmember Nina Ahmad said Parks and Recreation officials are ignoring the 2020 law. The city department says the natural herbicides don’t work.

8 months ago

Listen 0:51
Bella GreenWolf and Daniel GreenWolf breathe fire to cap off their performance. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia Renaissance Faire offers medieval magic

The third annual Philadelphia Renaissance Faire finished its three-day run Monday with artisans, contests, demonstrations, games and performances galore.

8 months ago

Listen 1:12
Musical bands played patriotic tunes during the Doylestown Memorial Day parade.
Community

Doylestown Memorial Day parade honors America’s fallen soldiers in 157th year

About 15,000 people attended a historic Memorial Day parade in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to honor military veterans from all conflicts.

8 months ago

Listen 0:57
Long time Rehoboth Beach visitors pose for photo on benches at boardwalk
Community

‘Loss of a tradition’: Rehoboth’s boardwalk faces growing pains as new hotel and patrol building take shape

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, demolition continues on the Delaware beach town’s boardwalk to make way for a new hotel and beach patrol building.

8 months ago

Listen 1:23
the Cooper River and the Camden Invincible mural
Science

Camden is inching toward ‘swimmable’ waterways, but Trump administration cuts threaten progress

Unlike modern infrastructure, which utilizes separate piping systems, Camden’s older sewer systems send stormwater and sewage through the same underground pipes.

8 months ago

Listen 1:03
a person tanning on the Jersey Shore
Community

Heading for the Jersey Shore this summer? Here’s what to know about beach tags

Most beaches along the Jersey Shore require a badge to hit the sand, but there are still some free beaches.

9 months ago

a fire burning at a scrapyard
Community

Camden residents concerned over transparency in EMR deal

Residents want EMR to be held accountable and said they are upset about the city striking a deal without input from the community.

9 months ago

Listen 1:02
A first printing of the United States Constitution is displayed at Sotheby's auction house
Community

Ken Griffin will loan his copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights to Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center

The Citadel CEO's first-edition copies will be placed in a new public exhibit, marking the center’s largest renovation since it opened in 2003.

9 months ago

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