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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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Weather
6abc

Farmers face challenging drought conditions across the Garden State

New Jersey declared a drought watch last week, asking people to voluntarily conserve water. For those at Duffield's Farm in Sewell, the weather has been challenging.

12 months ago

The former site of the PES Refinery
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The PES refinery redeveloper signed a ‘community benefits commitment’ with 16 groups. Here’s what’s inside

The company has agreed to create a nonprofit to distribute at least $100,000 a year for community initiatives.

12 months ago

Listen 1:20
Election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots
Politics & Policy

Yes, voter fraud happens. But it’s rare and election offices have safeguards to catch it

Voter fraud does happen occasionally. And when it does, we tend to hear a lot about it.

12 months ago

Miguel A. Cardona smiles at James Kvaal
Education

Federal student loan forgiveness reaches 44,000 Pa. teachers and other public service workers who will receive debt forgiveness topping $3.2 billion since 2021 for Pa. borrowers

More than $4.5 billion in new student debt relief will help thousands of teachers, firefighters, nurses and other public service workers.

12 months ago

Listen 1:28
Vice President Kamala Harris
Politics & Policy

Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes in Chester County as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice

Kamala Harris is heading to the Pennsylvania suburbs and other critical battleground states Monday to court Republican voters who are uneasy about Donald Trump.

12 months ago

Hand recount of votes
Politics & Policy

Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slow

Research shows that hand-counting ballots is more prone to error, delays results and costs more.

12 months ago

Mack Betts
Politics & Policy

Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election?

In a closely contested presidential election, as many expect 2024 to be, the results in a few counties in the key battleground states are likely to decide the outcome.

12 months ago

Voters wait to cast ballots
Politics & Policy

The race is so close. Here’s what happens if there’s a 269-269 Electoral College tie

It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie.

12 months ago

Elon Musk speaks
Politics & Policy

Gov. Shapiro calls Musk’s $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters ‘deeply concerning’

Trump supporter Elon Musk says the daily prize money is meant to “support the Constitution,” but an election law expert calls it “clearly illegal.”

12 months ago

Donald Trump Butler shooting
Politics & Policy

‘Stunning security failures’ led to assassination attempt at Trump rally in Pa., House report finds

The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened," according to a bipartisan House panel.

12 months ago

Aerial view of Imani Village
Community

‘Like a new planet’: Inside the monumental effort in Wilmington to ‘Resurrect Riverside’

The 10-year reclamation project in a once-thriving corridor of northern Delaware is chronicled in a new documentary from WHYY News.

12 months ago

Listen 6:12
a fabric shows a pattern of hands, circles and plus signs
Arts & Entertainment

A digital archive of Philly artists with disabilities finds physical form at the Painted Bride

Created by a collective of artists and activists, the Undue Burden archive catalogs the creative lives of disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill Philadelphians.

12 months ago

Listen 1:23
American Indian Zitkala-Ša also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin was once an Indian boarding school teacher in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She became an American Indian civil rights activist in Washington D.C. And is credited with helping indigenous people get the right to vote and American citizenship. She was also an artist and wrote the first American Indian opera but died before its New York City premiere. Born on the Yankton Sioux Tribe reservation in South Dakota she is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Money

Meet the activist who fought for American Indians’ voting rights — her face may be on your next quarter made in Philly

Once a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial boarding school, she left to expose the abuses there and fought for American Indian voting rights in the early 1900s.

12 months ago

Listen 1:04
Voters outside of a building
Politics & Policy

Breaking down 2024 election ballot questions in Philadelphia’s suburbs

Voters in six boroughs and townships in Philadelphia’s collar counties will vote on ballot questions this November.

12 months ago

Listen 2:58
Elon Musk speaks onstage
Politics & Policy

Elon Musk said he’d give away $1M a day until Election Day for signing his PAC’s Constitution-backing petition. Is that legal?

The billionaire X owner promised Saturday to give away $1 million a day until Nov. 5 for people signing the petition. Some election experts say it's a violation of the law.

12 months ago

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