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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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Race & Ethnicity

The African American Museum (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Community

CEO leaving African American Museum in Philadelphia

The president and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Patricia Wilson Aden, will step down from the museum she has led for eight years.

6 years ago

The encampment at Von Colln Field on the Ben Franklin Parkway, seen from above in late July. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Philly’s affordable housing problem is 100 years in the making

A 1927 book details many of the same issues as a Pew report released this week.

6 years ago

Dispatchers for the Black Community Watchlist. From L to R: Lucinda Holt; Phillip Dowdell, Esq; Rev. Antoinette Moss; Katherine Taylor, Rev. Kermit Moss. (Credit: Kermit Moss, Jr.)
Community

‘What can we as Black people do to feel safe?’: Helpline launches in N.J. tracking anti-Black violence

The Black Community Watchline in Middlesex County, N.J. allows people to report and seek counseling for instances of anti-Black violence, aggression and bias.

6 years ago

Listen 1:33
(Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

As COVID-19 vaccine trials move at warp speed, recruiting Black volunteers takes time

So far at least, participation by people of color volunteers in coronavirus trials has increased only slightly, compared to usual low levels.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Cherelle Parker. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

City councilwoman proposes legislation criminalizing racially motivated 911 calls

The legislation was inspired by a May 25 incident, where a white woman called 911 on a Black man in New York City’s Central Park.

6 years ago

Chef Elijah Milligan speaks on the Season 2 debut of Eli Kulp's CHEF podcast. (Layla A. Jones/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

How can Philly better spotlight and support Black chefs? Eli Kulp’s podcast opens the discussion

At issue: culinary stereotypes, lack of access to capital and uneven press coverage.

6 years ago

Tiffany Shelton helps her 7-year-old son, P.J. Shelton, a second-grader, during an online class at their home in Norristown, Pa., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
Education

Schools that are mostly Black, Latino favor starting online

Districts where the majority of students are white are three times as likely as school districts with mostly students of color to be open for some in-person learning.

6 years ago

This image released by Universal Pictures shows a scene from Jordan Peele's film,
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood’s inclusion problems still run deep, study finds

In the most popular films of 2019, protagonists were more diverse than ever, and there were more women behind the camera.

6 years ago

Aliya Cantanch-Bradley is the principal of the Mary McLeod Bethune School in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Half of Pa. schools still don’t have a single teacher of color. These Black educators explain why

Although there are slightly more teachers of color in the profession since 2013, the rate of increase hasn’t kept up with changing student demographics.

6 years ago

Listen 5:12
Samantha Rise from Girls Rock Philly
PlanPhilly
Education
Eyes on the Street

Claiming solidarity isn’t enough. Drexel needs to act like Black Lives Matter

Campus activists challenge President John Fry’s commitment to racial justice based on his approach to community policing and development.

6 years ago

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick will appear in the latest update of the Madden NFL 21 franchise. Kaepernick is seen above ahead of a workout for NFL football scouts and media in Riverdale, Ga. in 2019. (Todd Kirkland/AP)
NPR
Community

The return of Colin Kaepernick — to the Madden franchise

Kaepernick has not appeared on the video game since he last played in the NFL during the 2016 season when he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

6 years ago

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. James said on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 that she will impanel a grand jury to look into the death of Daniel Prude. Prude, 41, apparently stopped breathing as police in Rochester, N.Y. were restraining him in March 2020 and died when he was taken off life support a week later. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Courts & Law

Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death

Top police leaders in Rochester are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city's handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, Mayor Lovely Warren said Tuesday.

6 years ago

Cobbs Creek neighbors (from left) Leonard Bonarek, Lisa Love, Marthenia Perrin and Larissa Mogano stand at Cobbs Creek Parkway and Catharine Street, where Avante Reynolds was killed in a hit and run. They’ve been pushing for traffic-calming devices on Cobbs Creek Parkway for a decade. (Michaela Winberg/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Racism and deadly traffic on Cobbs Creek Parkway

Cobbs Creek residents have been complaining that the road is dangerous for decades. Neighbors there have called for greater safety measures, but little has changed.

Air Date: September 8, 2020

Listen 16:45
Demonstrators raise their fist in the air, in front of law enforcement, on August 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As the city declared a state of emergency curfew, a third night of civil unrest occurred after the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on August 23. Video shot of the incident appears to show Blake shot multiple times in the back by Wisconsin police officers while attempting to enter the drivers side of a vehicle. The 29-year-old Blake was undergoing surgery for a severed spinal cord, shattered vertebrae and severe damage to organs, according to the family attorneys in published accounts. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Many Black people say police killings aren’t ‘going to be fixed overnight’

Nearly 65% of Americans agreed that the country "needs to continue making changes to give Black Americans equal rights with white Americans."

6 years ago

$10 bills in US currency (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Money

Advocates say a Philly public bank could be key to addressing systemic racism

A new coalition to create a public bank in Philly could help reverse decades of discrimination against Black neighborhoods, business owners.

6 years ago

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