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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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President-elect Joe Biden’s and Dr. Jill Biden arrive his inauguration
Politics & Policy

On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

Biden on Wednesday will end construction on Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, and rejoin the Paris Climate Accord.

5 days ago

In this image from video, Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
Politics & Policy

Democrats gaining Senate control as new members take oath

The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote.

5 days ago

President-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff arrive at the steps of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pa., Del. Democrats host joint virtual celebration of Biden-Harris inauguration

Pennsylvania and Delaware democratic lawmakers gathered virtually to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

5 days ago

Amy Roe went all out in decorating her 1955 Ford for Biden's inauguration. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Her vintage pink Ford decorated for inaugural, Delaware woman goes ridin’ for Biden

Amy Roe wheeled around northern New Castle County in her 1955 Ford to commemorate Joe Biden’s inauguration as the first president from Delaware.

5 days ago

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris looks on during the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan.  20, 2021 in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP)
Community

‘Motivates the whole community’: South Asian residents from Philly react to VP Kamala Harris

“It is very inspiring for all of us, especially for South Asians who are not necessarily politically engaged,” said one supporter. “Perhaps it will inspire some of our younger

5 days ago

Alpha Kappa Alpha member Brandee Anderson is ecstatic for fellow AKA member and Vice President Kamala Harris at her home in Philadelphia on Inauguration Day 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘The first but not the last’: Philly-area Black women celebrate VP Harris with pearls and pride

Dressed in pearls and Chucks, AKA sisters and elected officials cheered the historic moment. “She’s the first, but she won’t be the last,” said Philly's Dr. Ala Stanford.

5 days ago

(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Montco commissioners call new vaccine distribution plan ‘tremendously unfair’

The plan could keep some of the most vulnerable in Montco from getting the vaccine for months.

5 days ago

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew."

5 days ago

A child reacts as villagers hold placards featuring U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after participating in special prayers ahead of her inauguration, outside a Hindu temple in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. A tiny, lush-green Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields was beaming with joy Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the U.S. vice president. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Politics & Policy

Indian village cheers for Harris during swearing-in as U.S. VP

Residents of a tiny Indian village surrounded by rice paddies flocked to a Hindu temple, setting off firecrackers and praying and as they watched Kamala Harris take her oath.

5 days ago

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts
Politics & Policy

Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’

Biden used his inaugural address to urge people to come together to heal a nation left deeply divided by a tumultuous four years.

5 days ago

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House
Politics & Policy

Trump departs White House, with deadly Capitol riot defining tumultuous term

It’s the first time in more than a century that a sitting president has rejected the tradition of attending his successor’s inauguration.

5 days ago

Masterman High School seniors Iman Acharya and Alina Kilcullen cheer for speakers at Philadelphia's climate strike on Sept. 20, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

With Biden vow to rejoin Paris Agreement, cities and states look forward to federal partnership on climate

The federal government offered little help in the last four years. Cutting carbon emissions is tough without it — electricity generation still relies on fossil fuels.

6 days ago

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President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others

The pardons and commutations for 143 people, including Bannon, were announced after midnight Wednesday in the final hours of Trump’s White House term.

6 days ago

A view of the inaugural stage outside the Captiol
Politics & Policy

Watch live: Biden inauguration ceremony and events

What to watch for on Inauguration Day as Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.

6 days ago

The scene outside the Convention Center Saturday afternoon.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly has a wish list ready for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Philly helped deliver Joe Biden and Kamala Harris their Election Day win. Here’s how he could repay the city, residents say.

6 days ago

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