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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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Elections

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign event, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

6 big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting

The prime-time faceoff comes just 20 days before Iowa's caucuses as polls suggest the nomination is truly up for grabs.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a campaign event in North Liberty, Iowa. Booker has dropped out of the presidential race after failing to qualify for the December primary debate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Why Booker dropped out: Struggling with financial resources, he ‘failed to connect’

The N.J. senator’s departure leaves a 2020 Democratic field that’s a lot less colorful.

6 years ago

Senator Cory Booker says he will seek re-election to the Senate rather than continue his presidential campaign. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Cory Booker drops out of presidential race

In an email to his supporters, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker cited a number of reasons: most notably, a lack of money to continue.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a town hall, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Perry, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

2020 Democratic race is wide open in Iowa as caucuses near

Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on college campuses, county fairgrounds and in high school gyms.

6 years ago

Postcard writing in groups has allegedly gained popularity since the election of President Donald Trump. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Can Philly voters sway Iowa caucus-goers with postcards?

Postcard writing in groups has allegedly gained popularity since the election of President Donald Trump.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks at the Teamsters Vote 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum Dec. 7 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Cory Booker is a stirring speaker, Iowa voters say. But his support still lags

Cory Booker is a politician who sounds like a preacher. "We may be down in a valley right now," he said during an Iowa campaign stop this week.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., poses for a selfie with an attendee after speaking at a campaign event at the home of Polk County Democratic Chair Sean Bagniewski, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign

Booker is among five senators seeking the Democratic nomination who face spending the lead-up to the first-in-the-nation caucus as jurors in President Donald Trump’s trial.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Politics & Policy

House Democrats, Republicans clash over special election dates

GOP Speaker Mike Turzai scheduled the elections to be held less than a month before the primary. Democratic leaders think that’s needlessly confusing.

6 years ago

State Rep. Scott Conklin is seeking a Democratic nomination to run for the open state auditor general’s office in 2020. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmaker joins Democratic primary field for auditor general

A seven-term state lawmaker from central Pennsylvania said Monday that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for the open state auditor general's office this year.

6 years ago

In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots. (M. Spencer Green/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers advance bills to end ‘prison gerrymandering,’ offer online voter registration

New Jersey lawmakers advanced bills this week that aim to register more people to vote and change how the state draws legislative district maps.

6 years ago

Conor Lamb, center, then a Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and former Vice President Joe Biden, right, pose for a selfie with a supporter during a rally at the Carpenter's Training Center in Collier, Pa., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Citing unity, Lamb and Houlahan endorse Biden for president

The freshmen congressional members join a growing number of Pennsylvania politicians throwing support behind the former vice president.

6 years ago

Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Michelle Kichline, took their official oath of office on January 2, 2020. (Chesco.org)
Politics & Policy

Taking on the minority-commissioner role in Bucks and Chester counties

Two Republican commissioners take their seats in Bucks and Chester county government, set to work with new Democratic majorities in former GOP strongholds.

6 years ago

Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro is the latest Democrat to drop out of the presidential race. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Julián Castro drops out of the Democratic presidential race

Castro released a video on Twitter Thursday, saying that his campaign had "stood up for the most vulnerable people" and had "given a voice to those who are often forgotten."

6 years ago

Dauphin County Commissioners George Hartwick, Jeff Haste and Mike Pries before voting 2-1 to negotiate a contract with Clear Ballot for new voting machines during a special session Monday in Harrisburg. Haste voted against it. (Emily Previti/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. counties make deadline for new voting systems, but still have to deal with election code changes

There are also two lawsuits pending over one machine picked by three jurisdictions that are home to about 17% of Pennsylvania's voters.

6 years ago

Jeff Martin easily defeated incumbent Kelly Yaede to be elected mayor of Hamilton Township, N.J.  He was first elected in 2017 as a member of the Township Council. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Hamilton mayor ready to take lead position in the New Year

In 2020, the town will have a new leader for the first time in eight years. Jeff Martin looks to improve the animal shelter and ensure safe drinking water.

6 years ago

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