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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

André Robert Lee, director and producer of
Arts & Entertainment

How my time at an elite Philly private school inspired my film about isolation

Filmmaker André Robert Lee, the brainchild behind “The Prep School Negro,” writes about isolation, racism and identity.

6 years ago

Video footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford County does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.
Community
Spotlight PA

A changing story by police on a rural Pa. shooting helped fuel white vigilantes and misinformation

Footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford Co. does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden’s Delaware State comments taken out of context, DSU official says

A Washington paper made it sound like Biden was lying about his connection to the HBCU by taking his words out of context.

6 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Regional Rail is on life support. Essential workers can bring it back.

Ridership on Regional Rail is down 90%​. SEPTA must change the system so it can serve essential workers — and draw people back to empty trains.

6 years ago

NPR
Courts & Law

Texas sheriff charged with destroying evidence in officer-related death

A grand jury indicted Robert Chody on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler, a Black man who died in police custody.

6 years ago

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Bob Loughman, prime minister of Vanuatu, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at U.N. headquarters. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

At UN, nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimes

The message was: 'For those who think the word “colonialism” evokes a long-ago, no-longer-relevant era, think again.'

6 years ago

Elijah Pierce at the Barnes
Arts & Entertainment

Black folk artist Elijah Pierce is Barnes Foundation’s first new show during pandemic

A show of over 100 works takes a fresh look at the mid-century Black folk artist.

6 years ago

Millicent Cahoon stands for a portrait, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. “It’s reiterating to me that my life does not matter, that I’m unsafe,” said Millicent Cahoon, a therapist who started a counseling network for the protest movement. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

In Breonna Taylor’s name: Devastation and a search for hope

For months, Breonna Taylor’s name has been a rallying cry for activists who hoped Black women and their deaths at the hands of police would finally receive the same attention.

6 years ago

Rep. Joanna McClinton (D, Delaware County) gives remarks on the floor of the Pennsylvania House. (Courtesy of Wesley Anderson)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers introduce bill banning hair discrimination

“It’s so important that we address the right and the dignity behind our natural appearance, and being able to show up as we naturally are,” Lee said.

6 years ago

Protesters march up 33rd Street in Philadelphia’s University City chanting “Justice for Breonna Taylor.” (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

University groups protest in W. Philly seeking justice for Breonna Taylor

Drexel Community for Justice and Penn Community for Justice called Friday’s march after Kentucky’s attorney general decided not to charge anyone for Taylor’s killing.

6 years ago

Colorado Harvest Company CEO Tim Cullen describes the leaf structure of different strains of cannabis during tour of his company's 10,000-square-foot facility in south Denver on Sept. 16, 2016. (Andy Colwell for Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Should legalizing pot come with reparations? Advocates say yes — and so does PA’s governor

Expect lots of discussion at the inaugural CannAtlantic Cannabis Conference on Saturday.

6 years ago

Marvin and Linda Worthy have been fighting for racial justice for years in Chambersburg, Pa. They've been encouraged to see the protest movement of the summer garner significant attention locally.(Dani Fresh/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The BLM movement found support in red, rural Pa. What will it mean for voting?

Protests happened across rural Pa., including Franklin County — elevating political fault lines and fractured alliances that have been lying beneath the surface.

6 years ago

Listen 5:06
People walk by the Pennsylvania Judicial Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Children bullied for race and gender now have broader leeway to sue in Pa.

In a case stemming from a brutal rape at a Philly school, the Pa. Supreme Court said minors deserve more time to bring discrimination lawsuits.

6 years ago

Protesters occupy Market Street in front of City Hall.
Community

‘My heart is heavy’: Philly reacts to lack of charges in Breonna Taylor’s killing

Hundreds of demonstrators chanted Breonna Taylor’s name and marched in cities across the U.S. to express anger and sadness following the grand jury decision.

6 years ago

Philly kids practice gaming at Pro Am Live while learning about the esports industry OMM PRODUCTIONS / COURTESY EDWARD KINNIBREW
Community
Billy Penn

As Philly becomes a hub for the $1.1 billion esports industry, can these founders close the racial gap?

A tournament venue on North Broad, a giant gaming center in Bucks and a build-your-own PC program all have goals to diversify the pipeline.

6 years ago

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