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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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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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The Choice 2020: Trump v. Biden

President Trump is trying to overturn the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him join widely scorned Texas election lawsuit

Officials in the states targeted in the suit — Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — derided it as nothing more than an unfounded publicity stunt.

3 months ago

Obed Arango is originally from Mexico and has lived in Montgomery County for 15 years. He is the founder and executive director of the Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación, which serves the large and growing Spanish-speaking community in Norristown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Tracing Montco’s decades-long shift from GOP stronghold to boon for Biden

Two big reasons stand out: Republicans lost many of their moderate voters here as the GOP crept rightward, and suburbs have further diversified.

3 months ago

(Kent M. Wilhelm for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Firm ran Pa. senator’s campaign and worked with super PAC to attack opponent, but denies coordination

Coordination between independent expenditure groups and campaigns is forbidden. But weak state and federal campaign finance rules and meager oversight create gray areas.

3 months ago

Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raises her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted during a rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Politics & Policy

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

The court without comment Tuesday refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania.

3 months ago

An angry supporter of President Donald Trump shouts at crowds of celebrating demonstrators after the 2020 presidential election is called for President-elect Joe Biden, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign appeals another ballot case in Pennsylvania

The appeal, filed Friday, is one of at least four pending cases in which Trump or Republicans are trying to throw out certain ballots or trying to upend the entire election.

3 months ago

Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump’s legal losses come fast and furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News.

3 months ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election

According to a tweet from the Georgia governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state.

3 months ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority.

3 months ago

A supporter of President-elect Joe Biden holds up his mobile phone to display the electoral college map outside the Philadelphia Convention Center
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP leaders urge Congress to ‘object’ to Electoral College vote — Dems call it ‘desperation’

A group of Pa. Republican lawmakers are urging Congress to take an extreme, last-ditch, and likely ineffective step to overturn President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory.

3 months ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during the news conference in the parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Politics & Policy
NBC10

Trump’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping bill: On the house

President Trump’s campaign filings list more than 100 payments for facility rentals – but none to the Philadelphia company that hosted his most memorable press conference

3 months ago

Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officials anticipate that the task of scanning mail and absentee ballots will be completed Thursday.
Courts & Law

Supreme Court again asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

In the lawsuit, Kelly and the other GOP plaintiffs had sought to either throw out the 2.5 million mail-in ballots submitted under the law or to wipe out the election results.

3 months ago

(Matt Smith for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pandemic, partisan attacks exposed gaps in Pa.’s new mail-in voting law

While many lawmakers agree changes are needed, finding common ground in the current hyper-partisan climate might be impossible.

3 months ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump’s baseless allegations feed menacing undertow post-election

Death threats are on the rise, and local and state election officials are being hounded into hiding.

3 months ago

President Trump participates in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving at the White House.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump seriously considering 2024 run as he continues false 2020 claims

A quick move by Trump to position himself for a comeback would enable him to continue to raise questions about the legitimacy of Joe Biden's presidency.

3 months ago

Protesters carrying a banner reading
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Trump’s army of new Pa. voters could shape 2022 elections — if the GOP can keep them

While President-elect Joe Biden’s strength with urban and suburban voters ultimately won him Pa., Trump’s performance cannot be understated, far exceeding his 2016 totals.

3 months ago

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