1A is a show for a changing America.
Every day, host Joshua Johnson convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.
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.
The conversation isn’t just on air. 1A invites you to join in. We’ll regularly post questions and requests for feedback on this page. And you can talk to us on Twitter, Facebook, or by texting 1A to 63735.
1A is produced by WAMU 88.5, and distributed by NPR.
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Under international pressure to do more to address global warming, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a commitment to reducecarbon emissions to zero by 2060. But experts have warned that the country has offered few specifics about how it would reach this goal. -
Mitch McConnell says he has the votes to confirm a new justice. America passes the 200,000 COVID-related death mark.
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It's an especially painful time to lose a vanguard of the gender equality movement.
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Gerrymandering is notorious among both Democrats and Republican for skewing political power and breaking up constituencies. But Michigan is leading the fight to end gerrymandering with its new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
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Parents, especially mothers, are most vulnerable to post-pandemic detachment from the labor market.
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In Texas, you’re required to bring some sort of photo identification with you to the polls, but many types of IDs aren't permissible– including student IDs, work IDs, and military IDs. But some voting rights advocates have called it a form of voter suppression.
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The civil rights movement led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it was far from the last fight to make voting more accessible.
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The fight for RBG's seat on the Supreme Court is heating up.
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Each election, poll workers are what make voting possible. But some voting rights advocates say a shortage of recruits could complicate matters on Election Day.
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It might take much longer than 14 days for COVID symptoms to disappear. What then?
