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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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View of the new section of the Schuylkill River Trail
Urban Planning

Schuylkill River Trail expands to Grays Ferry with 650-foot cable bridge

The $48 million project, a decade in the making, will ultimately connect Center City with the Grays Ferry neighborhood in South Philadelphia.

2 months ago

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The film ''The Philadelphians
Arts & Entertainment

The empty visitor center in LOVE Park now lights up with Philly immigrants, old and new

The empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants.

2 months ago

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Michael DelBene and Mayor Cherelle Parker speak about July 4, 2025
Community

LL Cool J to headline Philly’s Fourth of July celebration

The Welcome America celebration is Philadelphia’s 16-day festival from Juneteenth until Independence Day.

2 months ago

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Schoolly D posing for a photo with his plaque on the walk of fame
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Schoolly D, Janis Ian among new inductees in Philly’s Walk of Fame

The annual Walk of Fame ceremony returned after a pause in 2024.

2 months ago

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Prince Edward speaks at the Prince Edward event in Philadelphia
Community

Prince Edward dedicates Bicentennial Bell during Philadelphia visit

Queen Elizabeth II gifted the bell to the United States from Great Britain during her July 1976 visit.

2 months ago

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SEPTA's interim general manager Scott Sauer on Studio 2.
Studio 2
Urban Planning

SEPTA’s Scott Sauer addresses $213M deficit, service cuts

SEPTA says drastic cuts to services are coming soon without new revenue. 50 bus routes and 5 regional rail lines eliminated, fare hikes of 20% and 9 PM curfews on some lines.

Air Date: April 30, 2025 12:00 pm

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peacock topiary
Arts & Entertainment

Peacocks and giraffes and snails, Oh my! Philly zoo installs plant-based sculptures of giant animals

The five “ZOOtopiaries” drive home the connections between plants and animals.

3 months ago

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Natalie Kolander speaks into a megaphone
Community
Billy Penn

Carousel House community angered by project delays, poor communication

The Philadelphia rec center for people with disabilities will reopen in 2028, according to the city.

3 months ago

A SEPTA rider looks at the incoming train
Community
Billy Penn

PATCO commuters experience the new Franklin Square stop for the first time

Riders are all aboard for the station’s open feel and time-saving location. Plus, it “doesn’t smell like pee.”

3 months ago

Studio 2
Arts & Entertainment

Best of Philly tourism: Off-the-beaten-path edition

We rounded up the coolest spots in Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia and the suburbs for food and drink, outdoor activities, attractions worth the cost and free things to do.

Air Date: April 3, 2025 12:00 pm

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Cherelle Parker and Kevin Bethel speak
Community

Philly leaders highlight free and low-cost summer kids programs, say more pool staff needed

The city and school district offer hundreds of summer programs meant to keep Philly students out of trouble and entertained during the summer months.

3 months ago

Gladstone Manor neighbors
Community

How a Delco ‘curbside happy hour’ changed Lansdowne lives for the better

For 260 consecutive weeks since the pandemic, a group of Lansdowne neighbors have gathered to bond over drinks in a suburban spin on Philadelphia stoop culture.

3 months ago

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A rendering of a mixed-use development next to the Conshohocken regional rail station
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA approves a transit-oriented development deal in Conshohocken

SEPTA scrapped plans for a $48 million park and ride garage near its regional rail station and instead approved a mixed-use development project lease.

3 months ago

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People protest a Tesla car dealership in Chester County
Politics & Policy

Chester County protesters join global demonstration against Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The growing movement targeting Musk’s company comes amid a rise in vandalism of Tesla vehicles.

3 months ago

Will Smith holds the Will Smith Way sign
Community

‘Born and raised’: Will Smith returns home for West Philadelphia street naming in his honor

The “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” actor was given a hero’s welcome and the first key to the city issued by Mayor Cherelle Parker.

3 months ago

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