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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

Community College of Philadelphia student Hanna Archibald, 20, learns how to use a new voting machine from Matthew McKeon of the City Commissioners Office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Voting machines 2019: What to expect when you go to the polls Tuesday

Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties will have new voting machines on Election Day, while some other counties will be using older technology.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania counties must have voting machines featuring voter-verifiable, individually audit-able paper ballots in place no later than the presidential primary April 28, 2020, as per the settlement to a lawsuit over the state's election system filed after the 2016 election.

 Map by Tom Downing/WITF, database by Emily Previti/PA Post
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Voting reform bill heads to governor’s desk; critics say the state’s ramming through changes

Counties would get back 60 percent of election system upgrade costs under SB421.

7 years ago

Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks at a City Hall rally earlier this year  (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

$250k in outside money to help Working Families Party gain seats on Philly City Council

The spend is basically unprecedented for a third-party candidate in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Shown is a paper ballot during a demonstration of the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers, county officials raise concerns about implementing election reforms

State lawmakers are on track to send a voting reform bill to Gov. Tom Wolf after negotiations over election security funding provisions went late Monday.

7 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Diversifying contracts, crime victim rights, more borrowing: Philly ballot questions for the 2019 general election

It’s not just elected officials you’ll get to vote on come Nov. 5.

7 years ago

I Voted Today sticker
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s Guide to the 2019 general election in Philly

A cheat sheet for being informed on Election Day.

7 years ago

Democratic candidates (from left) Mark Natale and Gina LaPlaca and Republicans (from right) Ryan Peters and Jean Stanfield are vying to represent the 8th District in New Jersey's state Assembly. (Photos from candidates' Facebook pages)
Politics & Policy

Dog video becomes latest flash point in heated N.J. Assembly race

The issue in a key battleground district is not who let the dog out, but who didn’t let him in.

7 years ago

Listen 1:37
Six candidates for Delaware County Council debate at Maris Grove retirement community in Glen Mills which has more than 1,000 residents, nearly all of them registered to vote. The new candidates are running for three open seats on the council. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Candidates for Delco Council debate again, making their case to senior voters

In the second of three debates, Democratic and Republican candidates sparred in front of residents of Maris Grove, a retirement community.

7 years ago

Former Ambassador William Taylor leaves a closed door meeting after testifying as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Impeachment probe intensifies

We discuss Ambassador William Taylor's testimony to House lawmakers about the Ukraine scandal.

Air Date: October 24, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Stickers for voters
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Automatic straight-ticket voting divides Democrats in statehouse election reform talks

Legislation that would abolish straight-ticket voting was amended Tuesday to add reforms long sought by critics of Pennsylvania’s election laws.

7 years ago

Democrat and Republican candidates for Delaware County Council spar during a debate at Villanova University on Thursday, October 10, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

How the Dems could take Delco

Delaware County could be controlled by Democrats for the first time in history. Why the political shift from red to blue began long before President Trump.

Air Date: October 23, 2019

Listen 12:03
Independent Joe Cox speaks before departing early at the city council candidate forum for the at-large seat, held at the Lillian Marrero Library on Monday.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

‘Libraries saved my life’: Third-party candidates dominate City Council forum in North Philly

None of the five Democratic nominees and only two of the five Republicans showed up.

7 years ago

A view of a Business center, believed to be the location of the new
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Information wars

Former State Department official, Richard Stengel discusses his new book, "Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It."

Air Date: October 18, 2019 12:00 am

Listen 49:46
(Map by Tom Downing/WITF, database by Emily Previti/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

New voting systems about to launch in more than half of Pennsylvania counties

The vast majority of Pa. voters will fill out ballots by hand Nov. 5. In the past, direct-recording electronic machines dominated.

7 years ago

The stage is prepared where the CNN/New York Times will host the Democratic presidential primary debate at Otterbein University, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic presidential debate: October edition

A look at hows the candidate's performed at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate in Columbus, Ohio.

Air Date: October 16, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
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