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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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Shreya Srinivasan fills out her mail-in ballot at a Montgomery County voter services mobile location in King of Prussia, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
Politics & Policy

N.J. and Pa. among best-represented states on Election Day, according to report

The states are among the top 10 that reflect the voter population of their electorates based on race, age and gender, says a report by the personal finance site WalletHub.

2 years ago

Listen 1:08
mail ballot being dropped in a box
Politics & Policy

Why some conservative women are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret

Democrats are reminding conservative women: votes are a secret and they can vote for who they want, including Vice President Harris.

2 years ago

mail ballots behind a cage
Politics & Policy

Under lock and key: How ballots get from Pennsylvania precincts to election offices

Pennsylvania election officials take a variety of measures to secure ballots when they are transported from polling places to county facilities.

2 years ago

Elon Musk speaking at a Trump rally
Courts & Law

Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had called the sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked that it be shut down.

2 years ago

illustration of news misinformation
Politics & Policy

How to avoid sharing election misinformation

As we’re waiting to learn the final results, it can be easy to be duped by false or misleading information.

2 years ago

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election Day

The election is likely to be decided across seven states. Trump won Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016 only to see them flip to Biden in 2020.

2 years ago

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on debate stage
Politics & Policy

Here’s what to watch as Election Day approaches in the U.S.

In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

2 years ago

Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait
Arts & Entertainment

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Over the past 60 years, it was hard to find someone in the music, television or movie industries who did not have some connection to Jones.

2 years ago

A fish swims through the vault of Ravenhill Chapel
Education

Jefferson University researchers are illuminating a chapel to research the healing power of light

Bitmapped video projections in Ravenhill Chapel are experiments in the healing powers of light.

2 years ago

Listen 1:49
2-liter sodas on a shelf
Science

Did Philadelphia’s soda tax have an impact on people’s health?

A new study shows the soda tax made a small difference in slowing down weight gain, which researchers argue is still important.

2 years ago

Listen 1:44
Donald Trump speaks onstage
Politics & Policy

Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn’t have left White House after 2020 loss

On the last Sunday before the election, Donald Trump asked Lancaster County voters to make him leader of a “failed nation” while casting doubt on U.S. elections.

2 years ago

aerial view of a stage being built at the Philadelphia Art Museum
Politics & Policy
6abc

Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey among those expected at Harris campaign concert on Ben Franklin Parkway

Kamala Harris' campaign is hosting the concert, which is set to begin 5 p.m. Monday. Ricky Martin, The Roots and the vice president are also expected to attend.

2 years ago

Voters line up outside the Bucks County Administration Building
Politics & Policy

When polls close in Pennsylvania, other battleground states on Election Day

It will be a game of hopscotch to keep up with key times Tuesday in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

2 years ago

Kamala Harris and Maya Rudolph, dressed the same onstage
Politics & Policy

Harris appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming

She told Rudolph's version of Harris “you got this” and the pair in sync delivered the signature “Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!”

2 years ago

Joel Embiid stands
Community

Joel Embiid verbally confronts, then shoves, Philadelphia reporter. The NBA is investigating

Embiid took issue with a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist who mentioned the center’s late brother and his son in columns questioning Embiid’s professionalism and effort.

2 years ago

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