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.
Tom MacDonald reports on Philadelphia City Council’s debate on a possible “soda” tax. Elizabeth Fiedler talks to Pat Croce about the future of the 76ers. For our Impact of War Series, Jen Howard follows a female veteran coping with the hardships of returning from war. And Frank Newport joins us with the latest Gallup poll numbers on What are we Thinking.
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