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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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Road salt fills a storage barn in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Study: Road salts continue to build up in the Brandywine, damaging watershed

Researchers say the study is one of the first to evaluate the specific causes of salty water within a smaller watershed.

2 years ago

Listen 1:16
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Politics & Policy

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Scranton ammunition factory to thank workers and ask for more

On Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Pennsylvania's Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, kicking off a U.S. tour to shore up support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

2 years ago

a child receives a vaccination
Health

Whooping cough cases are rising to new high levels in Pa.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases are up across the U.S. this year.

2 years ago

Dancers dancing
Community

Claps, twirls and snaps: Desis of Doylestown celebrates Bucks County’s South Asian community by hosting Garba

Proceeds from a Garba fundraiser will support the organization’s public, free Diwali celebration at the Pearl S. Buck House on Oct. 27.

2 years ago

Listen 1:28
a hand holds mail-in ballots
Courts & Law
AP

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

The justices said Friday they will take the case that could determine the fate of thousands of votes that may otherwise be canceled in the Nov. 5 election.

2 years ago

Stacy Garrity and Erin McClelland
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: Contested race for Pa. treasurer

Incumbent Republican Stacy Garrity and Democratic challenger Erin McClelland are the major party candidates on the ballot. Three minor party candidates are also in the fray.

2 years ago

Three Mile Island
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pieces of Three Mile Island to be preserved for history

The plant’s control panel and a model of the reactor core will be preserved, as well as signs, maps, and photos from the time of TMI-2’s partial meltdown in 1979.

2 years ago

Chester Water Authority building
Urban Planning

If Chester’s water assets must be sold, the city’s retirees want them to go to the highest bidder

The bankrupt city’s largest creditor group believes the current plan doesn’t pull in enough money for the struggling city.

2 years ago

Listen 1:22
Kamala Harris sitting while holding a microphone
Politics & Policy

Harris addresses lower support from young Black men

Kamala Harris has gone up in the polls, but support from Black men is lower than what Biden needed to win Pennsylvania in 2020.

2 years ago

Chester County election workers process ballots
Politics & Policy

Despite confusion, mail voting has not yet started in Pennsylvania

County election officials say they will need time to test, print and mail the ballots — a process that could stretch into October.

2 years ago

Malcolm Kenyatta and Timothy DeFoor
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: Contested election for Pa. auditor general

Republican Timothy DeFoor, Democrat Malcolm Kenyatta and three other minor party candidates are in the race.

2 years ago

Listen 1:21
Tate Fall speaking at a podium
Politics & Policy

Election officials in Pa. and across U.S. preparing for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass

Luzerne County election officials estimate they now spend about 40% of their time on security and working with local law enforcement and emergency managers on election plans.

2 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Politics & Policy

Democrats run unopposed to fill 2 state House vacancies in Philadelphia

Keith Harris is seeking to replace Rep. Donna Bullock, while Andre Carroll is in line to succeed Rep. Stephen Kinsey.

2 years ago

File photo: Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as third-party candidate.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot, clears way for mail voting

The decision by the state Supreme Court sets in motion the process for counties to issue mail-in ballots to voters who requested one ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

2 years ago

Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell speaks
Community

With grief lingering, Blue Jackets GM Waddell places focus on hockey in wake of Gaudreau’s death

The resumption of hockey in Columbus began last week, when most Blue Jackets players returned to their facility to be together and lean on each other.

2 years ago

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