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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

A scene from 'The Beast of Nubia' by Theatre in the X (Hanbit Kwon for Billy Penn)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Spiritual, colorful beauty at West Philly theater tribute to African Diaspora

Theatre in the X staged a world premiere of “Beast of Nubia.”

7 years ago

Adam Friedman, 19, a youth organizer with the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, holds a sign saying
Community

New Jersey sees a rise in bias incidents perpetrated by young people

New Jersey is noticing that many of the so-called bias incidents are being committed by minors.

7 years ago

Sandi Lisko attends a vigil for recent victims of gun violence outside the National Rifle Association's headquarters building, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Radio Times
Health

Violence in modern America

First we'll hear about the modern white supremacist movement in America. Then, we'll talk about the every day gun violence that often goes overlooked.

Air Date: August 7, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:03
A scene from the 2019 BlackStar Film Festival Best Feature Narrative Award winner 'Selah and the Spades,' directed by Tayarisha Poe (Provided)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

BlackStar Film Fest 2019 wraps up and announces awardees

The 2019 BlackStar Film Festival, held in various venues throughout the city, recently concluded, and award winners at the prestigious cinema showcase have been announced.

7 years ago

Vinasia Miles, left, co-founder of For(bes) The Culture, and Rashaad Lambert, right, founder, of For(bes) The Culture at the Forbes Jersey City headquarters. (Photo by Ruth Umoh)
Community

Network for young professionals of color founded by Philly natives

Rashaad Lambert and Vinasia Miles co-founded For(bes) The Culture as a way to connect young professionals of color. The network now has more than 3,000 global members.

7 years ago

Listen 1:55
Sen. Darius Brown, Savannah Shepherd and others read the words on The Lynching of George White Historical Marker just minutes after it was unveiled at Greenbank Park on June 23. (Scott Goss/Delaware Senate Majority Caucus)
Community

Delaware teen behind historical marker for lynching victim calls on thief to come forward

A historic marker dedicated to Del.’s only confirmed lynching victim was stolen last week. The teen behind the sign says she wants to talk to the thief.

7 years ago

The Impressions circa 1970. Left to right: Curtis Mayfield, Fred Cash and Sam Gooden. (Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘We’re A Winner’ married black pride to an irresistible beat

Curtis Mayfield's previous songs for The Impressions had often been broadly inspirational — but here, he aimed his pen directly at black listeners, pledging that better times.

7 years ago

Smith Playground summer camp participants, and Boys and Girls Club members take the first photos in from of the “MVP” Ora Washington statue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘It looks like me:’ New South Philly statue meant to inspire young women and girls

Philly commissioned ‘MVP’ as part of a public art program, and it’s the city’s first statue of an individual African-American girl.

7 years ago

The Lawrenceville School teacher Leah Domb helps students discuss a lecture on race and biology by Penn professor Sarah Tishkoff. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

What is race? It isn’t skin color, as some young people are learning

It’s a tough question: Why do we look different? As one high school’s syllabus puts it, race is “both a biological myth and a social reality.”

7 years ago

Listen 5:50
Gabrielle Union, right, and Jessica Alba star in
Arts & Entertainment

Actresses of color make equal-pay quest a group effort

Recognizing that achieving change isn't a solo act, they looked for help — and found it in each other.

7 years ago

Altovise Ewing, who has a doctorate in human genetics and counseling, now works as a genetic counselor and researcher at 23andMe, one of the largest direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, based in Mountain View, Calif. (Karen Santos for NPR)
NPR
Health

Genetic counselors of color tackle racial, ethnic disparities in health care

They work with patients to decide when genetic testing is appropriate, interpret test results and counsel families on the ways hereditary diseases might impact them.

7 years ago

(photo credit, Martin Reguster)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Lorene Cary’s “Ladysitting”

Writer Lorene Cary discusses her new memoir, "Ladysitting," about being the caregiver for her 100-year-old grandmother in the last year of her life.

Air Date: July 26, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:17
Nikkole Salter and Renika Williams perform in Dominique Morisseau's
Arts & Entertainment

‘Mud Row’ tells the story of black history in West Chester’s east end

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau chooses West Chester’s east end for a play about gentrification.

7 years ago

Listen 2:59
In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, pedestrians in Newburgh, an upstate New York city already struggling with poverty and violent crime were told to have their blood tested for a toxic chemical because its water supply was found to have high levels of the cancer-linked chemical PFOS that was used for firefighting at the nearby military base. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Environmental racism / Mueller testimony

We talk about why environmental health hazards disproportionately affect communities of color and we get analysis of Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.

Air Date: July 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Penn Law dean: Prof’s comments were ‘bigoted’

The dean of the UPenn Law School issued a statement Tuesday, condemning a professor’s assertion that America “will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites."

7 years ago

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