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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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Politics & Policy

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Radio Times
Law
Politics

The call for impeachment intensifies

Democrats are putting pressure on Speaker Pelosi to open an impeachment inquiry into the President.

Air Date: May 22, 2019

Listen 49:45
Philadelphia City Hall (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Elections
Billy Penn

New faces set to join Philly City Council as Democratic machine takes at-large races

The party’s endorsed candidates beat out a huge field of contenders.

7 years ago

Robin Richardson cheers during an election party held at Reclaim Philadelphia and 215 People's Alliance headquarters on election night. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Democratic Party shows it still has some punch in 2019 primary

Philadelphia’s Democratic party showed some life in battles with progressive activists in the 2019 primary.

7 years ago

Longtime Philadelphia City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell lost her seat to Jamie Gauthier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Elections
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

How Jamie Gauthier toppled a West Philadelphia dynasty

Political newcomer Jamie Gauthier opened a new chapter for West Philadelphia on Tuesday with a commanding primary win over longtime Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell.

7 years ago

Jamie Gauthier of the Fairmount Park Conservancy says this year's colorful pop-up at Eakins Oval is full of data collection technology that will will help the conservancy know how people are using parks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

District Council primary: West Philly stunner, Kensington nailbiter, South Philly slam

Looks like newcomer Jamie Gauthier upset powerful six-term Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell.

7 years ago

Rochelle Bilal is a candidate for Philadelphia sheriff. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Billy Penn

Philly sheriff upset: Rochelle Bilal apparent winner over embattled Jewell Williams

With sexual harassment allegations dogging the incumbent, the department looks set to get its first-ever woman leader.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney at City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Billy Penn

Philly Mayor Jim Kenney wins Democratic primary

Soda tax backlash wasn’t enough to lift challengers over the incumbent, who’ll likely coast to a second term.

7 years ago

(Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Elections

2019 Pennsylvania primary election results

Here are the latest results from primary night in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Delaware supporters of abortion rights rallied against restrictions passed in other states. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care

Dozens of Delawareans join day of action to support abortion rights

Abortion rights supporters in Delaware and across the country showed solidarity for women in states with abortion restrictions.

7 years ago

Montgomery County voters will using a new voting system this year. Paper ballots will be filled out and then fed into a scanning machine where they will be read and stored. (Courtesy of Montgomery County administrative office)
Elections
Pennsylvania

‘Like taking a test,’ some Pa. voters move to paper with new voting machines

Several Pennsylvania counties debuted new voting machines Tuesday as part of a statewide upgrade stemming from a lawsuit settlement and mandate from Gov. Tom Wolf.

7 years ago

Elections
Billy Penn

Election fraud central? Half of complaints hail from Philly’s 7th District, DA says

Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, who is facing challenger Angel Cruz, alleged widespread tampering in her last election.

7 years ago

Attorney Donald McGahn leaves the Four Seasons hotel in New York, Thursday, June 9, 2016, after a GOP fundraiser. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
National

McGahn defies subpoena for testimony, faces contempt vote

McGahn's lawyer, William Burck, said in a letter to Nadler that McGahn is "conscious of the duties he, as an attorney, owes to his former client" and would decline to appear.

7 years ago

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., (center), is joined by, (from left), Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., as he hosts a news conference with a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers who are demanding the U.S. government should be required to seek warrants if it wants to search for information about Americans and insist on reforms to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 to protect Americans' rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
National Interest

Meet the conservative Republican who’s putting country over party

Justin Amash, a rare Republican congressman who refuses to genuflect at Donald Trump's feet, has been taking heat lately for daring to speak his mind.

7 years ago

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Wolf wants Pa. to chip in $12.8 million to boost census responses

A group tasked with getting Pennsylvanians counted in the 2020 census is asking for state funds to make it happen.

7 years ago

Philadelphians come out for early morning voting in the 2019 primary election in Fishtown (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Elections

Philly primary voters head to polls for key City Council seats, Dem. candidate for mayor

Polls for the 2019 primary election open at 7 a.m. in the Philadelphia region as residents gear up to vote on a number of key offices and ballot amendments.

7 years ago

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