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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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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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Politics & Policy

Democracy and truth

American democracy has always had a difficult relationship with the truth, according to University of Pennsylvania history professor, Sophia Rosenfeld.

Air Date: June 12, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
(Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly courts refuse to name security firm hired to fix infected systems

In a move experts call highly unusual, Philadelphia officials are refusing to name the cybersecurity firm the city has contracted to help clean up the court system.

7 years ago

Several of the products available from Proctor and Gamble (Courtesy of Loop)
Science

TerraCycle’s Loop launches reusable packaging to enthusiasm — and a little sticker shock

The program has launched in the mid-Atlantic region, allowing customers to order household products in reusable containers that they can return.

7 years ago

Lawyers gather in the hallway at Philadelphia City Hall that houses the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. A computer virus has shut down the court's website. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

Computer virus still crippling Philly courts and their online systems

Normal court proceedings have slowed or stopped since Philly's First Judicial District shut down the court websites after getting a virus almost a month ago.

Air Date: June 10, 2019

Listen 12:48
YouTube's decision not to ban a right-wing vlogger for targeting a gay journalist has rekindled debates around hate speech, censorship, and whether companies
NPR
Community

Is YouTube doing enough to stop harassment of LGBTQ content creators?

YouTube announced it will be taking steps to remove supremacist content and re-examine its anti-harassment policy following days of backlash.

7 years ago

A SEPTA bus is parked in a parking lot, with a blue sky overhead.
PlanPhilly
Science
PlanPhilly

SEPTA goes electric with 25 new ‘battery buses’

A new fleet of 25 electric buses hit Philadelphia streets this week. If all goes well, the entire fleet could eventually run on batteries.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

NAACP calls for firing Philly police who made offensive social media posts

The Philadelphia NAACP is calling for the city police department to fire officers who are found to have posted racist, violent, or offensive content on social media.

7 years ago

Illegal dumpers throw construction debris on a Philadelphia street in a video screen capture from a video released by the City of Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly says hidden cameras, higher fines help catch more illegal dumpers

Philadelphia has prosecuted 14 cases of illegal dumping in the last five months, ten more than in 2016.

7 years ago

A screenshot of the Penn State study's live result map shows that only a fraction of the state meets the F.C.C.'s standard for high-speed broadband internet. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Report: FCC overstates broadband availability in Pa., FCC disagrees

The report found median speeds for most of Pennsylvania didn’t meet the definition for broadband.

7 years ago

Google logo is seen at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Yichuan Cao/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images)
Courts & Law

Reports: Justice Dept. preparing antitrust probe of Google

The U.S. Justice Department is readying an investigation of Google's business practices in search and other areas, and whether they violate antitrust law.

7 years ago

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan delivers his speech entitled 'The U.S. Vision for Indo-Pacific Security' during the first plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Yong Teck Lim/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea

U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan on Saturday denounced China's efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea.

7 years ago

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he expects Uber and Lyft will be easing off their price-slashing battle soon. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
Money

Uber lost $1 billion in 1st quarter, hopes profit-slashing price cuts ease up soon

Around the world, competition in ride-hailing is driving down prices and contributing to Uber's losses.

7 years ago

Philosophy professor Abby Everett Jaques of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a class called Ethics of Technology to help future engineers and computer scientists understand the pitfalls of tech. (Courtesy of Kim Martineau, MIT Quest for Intelligence)
NPR
Education

Solving the tech industry’s ethics problem could start in the classroom

Ethics is something the world's largest tech companies are being forced to reckon with.

7 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

What to do when your SEPTA Key expires (and why that’s a thing)

Unlike when a credit card expires, the transit authority will not automatically send users a replacement. So what do you do?

7 years ago

Uber announced this week that it is changing policies and banning riders with low scores. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Uber to start banning passengers with low ratings

Uber has unveiled a new policy that enables the company to kick riders with low ratings to the curb.

7 years ago

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