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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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Representante del Estado Manuel Guzman habla en su oficina
Elections
Pennsylvania
WITF

El condado de Berks pretende corregir información electoral incorrecta enviada a los votantes

Algunos grupos han acusado al condado de privar potencialmente a los votantes latinos de sus derechos.

4 years ago

A close-up of a Pennsylvania congressional map.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Panel OKs data for drawing Assembly, Congress district maps in Pa.

It voted 4-1 to certify census data that shifts just under 27,000 state prisoners back to their home districts for the maps that will be used for state legislative elections.

4 years ago

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks during a news conference
International
Military

Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister

The military takeover threatens to derail Sudan’s long, rocky attempt to transition to democracy two years after protesters forced the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

4 years ago

The exterior of City Hall in Philly
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Kenney administration hired no high-level Hispanic staff and fewer Black executives last year, city controller analysis finds

The mayor’s office said he’s committed to diversity, but recognizes “more work remains to be done.”

4 years ago

Delaware County Courthouse (Google Maps)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Delco Council race puts the power of the blue wave to the test in Trump-less times

The former president’s shadow is huge as two seats are up for grabs — the same seats that in 2017 laid the ground for the Democrats’ historic takeover.

4 years ago

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Incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J. speaks during a gubernatorial debate with Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli at Rowan University's Pfleeger Concert Hall Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Glassboro, N.J.
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. governor race tests Murphy’s progressive politics

New Jersey's decidedly liberal shift under first-term Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a test as he seeks reelection against Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

4 years ago

In this April 29, 2016, file photo, Pope Francis shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden as he takes part at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact, being held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican
Government
National
Religion

Biden to meet Pope Francis amid some rifts with US bishops

Biden is facing strong opposition from many U.S. Catholic bishops over his stances on abortion and LGBTQ rights.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talk in a basement hallway of the Capitol after meeting with House Democrats to rescue his his $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill, in Washington, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021
Government
National
Politics

Deal seems near on $2T Biden package, though deadline slips

A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top Democrats have edged close to sealing their giant domestic legislation.

4 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Washington
Government
National
Politics

White House: Biden to outline filibuster changes in ‘weeks’

The filibuster stands in the way as Biden aims to pass sweeping voting laws and secure the nation’s credit.

4 years ago

State Rep. Manuel Guzman speaks in his downtown Reading office. (Anthony Orozco, WITF)
Pennsylvania
WITF

Berks County aims to correct inaccurate Spanish-language voting information sent to voters

Activists and leaders vollied harsh criticism and accusations of voter suppression for incorrect voting instructions.

4 years ago

Early voters line up to cast their ballots at the South Regional Library polling location in Durham, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Radio Times
Elections

The fight over voting rights

This week, Senate Republicans blocked a major voting rights bill. We'll talk about the bill, what options remain for Democrats, and how to protect the right to vote.

Air Date: October 22, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Tanya Ross poses for a picture outside a polling place
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

Black churches in N.J. getting ready for ‘Souls to the Polls’

As New Jersey gets ready for its first-ever early voting period, some Black churches in the state are getting ready to bring “souls to the polls.”

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium with people behind him
Pennsylvania
Politics

Higher wages, sick pay now attached to Pennsylvania’s incentives

Wolf signed an executive order requiring companies receiving incentives to pay at least $13.50 an hour, rising to $15 an hour in 2024.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks in front of an American flag backdrop
Economy
National
Politics

Big changes in White House ideas to pay for $2 trillion plan

The White House is floating new plans for ways to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion proposal for expanding social services and tackling climate change.

4 years ago

An illustration of houses, with someone being evicted
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Why $1 billion in rent relief isn’t keeping some Pa. tenants safe from eviction

While a long-feared wave of evictions hasn’t come to pass, a lack of coordination between programs and courts leaves some renters in a pinch.

4 years ago

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