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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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Health

ACA open enrollment kicks off Nov. 1 in Pa., N.J. and Del. Here’s what you need to know

This year’s open enrollment for health insurance coverage in 2025 includes boosted tax credits and new eligibility for DACA recipients.

2 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Community

60,000 Wawa-branded tumblers recalled because their metal straws can cut customers

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the metal straw inside the now-recalled tumblers can cut a user’s mouth and/or fingers.

2 years ago

Cornel West speaking at a rally
Politics & Policy

Cornel West loses Supreme Court bid to get on the Pennsylvania presidential ballot

Justice Samuel Alito refused his emergency appeal in a brief order Thursday. Alito handles appeals originating in Pennsylvania.

2 years ago

Casey and McCormick at the debate
Politics & Policy

The struggle for Senate control goes down to the wire as spending shatters records

The election will test the down-ballot strength of both parties in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

2 years ago

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks outside a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
Politics & Policy

McCormick led ‘toxic’ work environment, according to former hedge fund coworkers

In interviews with WHYY News, former employees at Bridgewater Associates say that David McCormick presided over a “toxic” work environment where sexual harassment was common.

2 years ago

A mail-in official ballot
Politics & Policy

Hundreds of Pennsylvania voters are challenged based on postal service’s change-of-address database

Counties in Philly’s suburbs are being asked to reject some mail-in ballot applications in what the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania said are illegal challenges.

2 years ago

Donald Trump arrives
Politics & Policy

Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was ‘an absolute lovefest’

He was joined Tuesday night at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, by Puerto Rico's shadow U.S. senator, who defended him.

2 years ago

Kamala Harris speaks
Politics & Policy

Harris promises to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump

The vice president is delivering the speech Tuesday evening from the same site where Donald Trump fomented the Capitol insurrection.

2 years ago

The exterior of the federal courthouse in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy

Judge tosses GOP congressmen’s lawsuit over Pennsylvania’s overseas and military votes

On Tuesday, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit by six Republican members of Congress over how to count votes from military members and others who cast ballots from overseas.

2 years ago

Election official organizes mail-in ballots
Politics & Policy

Separating fact from fiction in Pennsylvania’s election process

With just a week to go before Election Day, conspiracy theories and misinformation about voting across the U.S. have been resurgent, especially in the commonwealth.

2 years ago

Kamala Harris
Politics & Policy

Harris reaches for a big moment in her closing argument for ‘turning the page’ on Trump

Kamala Harris will pledge to Americans that she’ll work to improve their lives while Donald Trump is in it for himself as she delivers her campaign’s closing argument Tuesday.

2 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Here’s where Harris and Trump stand on 3 big health care issues

The next president will face decisions on drug price negotiations, enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and medication abortion among other issues.

2 years ago

Rioters storm the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Election threats persist 4 years after far-right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol

American University professor Kurt Braddock says many of Donald Trump's supporters have doubled down on electoral conspiracy theories since the Jan. 6 siege.

2 years ago

Video boards outside Madison Square Garden say PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 2024
Politics & Policy

Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico ‘floating island of garbage’

The comment at Madison Square Garden drew wide condemnation and highlighted the rising power of Hispanic voters who have settled in Pennsylvania.

2 years ago

a canvas observer photographs Lehigh County provisional ballots as vote counting in the general election continues in Allentown, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to block counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania

The requested emergency order, concerning provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail ballots were rejected for not following technical procedures, could affect thousands.

2 years ago

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